Lockside Medical Centre

29/10/2025

If you need the emergency contraceptive pill, you can now get it free from pharmacies across England — without needing an appointment with your GP or at a sexual health clinic.

Pharmacists can provide advice and support. Find your nearest participating pharmacy: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/sexual-health-services/find-emergency-contraception/

27/10/2025

Whether it’s your first time or you’ve tried before, now is the perfect time to quit smoking.

Make it to 28 days smoke-free and you’re FIVE times more likely to quit for good.

Visit https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/ to find out more

18/10/2025

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

It’s important to regularly check for symptoms of breast cancer but do you know what to look for?

The handy guide below is a great tool 👇

16/10/2025

Do you need medical help but are unsure where to go? NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

- Search ‘NHS 111’ (call 111 for under 5s)
- Use the NHS App
- NHS 111 SignVideo is available for BSL users
- Text relay is available 18001 111

12/10/2025

Stopping smoking is the single best thing you can do to improve your health. However it's not just your health that improves. Stopping smoking will improve the health of those closest to you.

"Opening windows and doors or smoking in another room in the house will not make it safe for those around you. Harmful cigarette smoke can still blow back inside. And because more than 80% of smoke is invisible, you can't see where it goes making it impossible to control."

Read more at 👇

Find out the health dangers of passive smoking and how to protect people near you, especially children, from secondhand smoke.

11/10/2025

Are you a man aged 65 years+?

If so an AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm) scan could save your life!

82% of men with an untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) will tragically die.

However the good news is that a 10-minute, pain-free AAA scan will spot any swelling in the aorta early enough so it can be treated.

If you've been invited for your AAA check, please book today.

08/10/2025

Lockside patient Graham thought that he wouldn't be able to give up smoking. But two years ago he successfully gave up for good and has even started to encourage and inspire others to do the same!

"I had health issues, like asthma, sometimes I used to cry because I was so out of breath. Now I have quit for two years and I think it's the best thing I have ever done.

I work as a taxi driver around Ashton, and I love talking to people. I met this woman a few weeks ago, and I could tell she was a smoker; her clothes smelt of cigarettes.
I told her I had quit for two years and said 'If I could stop them anyone could'. I've had cancer, and I suffer from stress.

When I picked her up two weeks later, she said 'I'm glad you picked me up', she smiled, 'You inspired me, and I have quit as well'

People are just great. Now I tell people to 'pack it in' whenever I can"

Well done Graham!

For information on how you can stop smoking and how it will benefit your health clink on the link below
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/quit-smoking/

06/10/2025

Did you know that you can refer yourself for NHS pregnancy care so you start care with a midwife right away.

Simply sign up online, and the maternity team will contact you to book your first appointment with a midwife.

You should aim to do this by the 10th week of pregnancy, if possible, but it’s never too late to start. If you're over 10 weeks, refer yourself as soon as you can.

Start here: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/refer-yourself-for-nhs-pregnancy-care/

05/10/2025

Symptoms of ovarian cancer can be caused by lots of things, which can make it hard to diagnose, but it mostly affects women over the age of 50.

It’s important to contact your GP if things don’t feel normal for you, or if any symptoms continue or get worse.

Contact your GP if things don’t feel normal for you, or if any symptoms continue or get worse. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ovarian-cancer/

04/10/2025

Stopping smoking is one of the best things you can do to improve your health.

When you stop smoking you’ll start to feel the benefits in as little as 20 minutes. Within as little as 48hrs your sense of smell and taste will start to improve and after a year your risk of heart attack will have HALVED compared to that of a smoker.

It's never too late to quit.
For more advice and support visit 👉 https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/

03/10/2025

REMINDER - If you have been invited to attend our Flu Vaccine Clinic it is running on SATURDAY 11th OCTOBER 2025 (same time) NOT tomorrow

02/10/2025

The NHS bowel cancer screening kit can detect signs of cancer before you notice anything is wrong.

If you’re sent a bowel cancer screening kit don’t put it off.

➡️ http://nhs.uk/bowel-screening