Aughton Surgery

20/04/2026

Our service is regulated and assessed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Please feedback to CQC on the care you received from us by visiting www.cqc.org.uk/sye or by calling 03000 616161

18/03/2026

Update from UKHSA re the outbreak of meningitis in Kent https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cases-of-invasive-meningococcal-disease-confirmed-in-kent.

Please note that at the moment there is no recommendation to vaccinate against Meningitis B as a precautionary measure. The surgery cannot offer you this vaccine.

Latest updates from the ongoing outbreak.

17/12/2025

Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day Pharmacy opening hours.

12/12/2025

We are having technical issues today, which are preventing us from sending electronic prescriptions, ordering and printing lab forms, accessing online requests and also sending text messages to patients.
Our IT department is working to fix this issue. Our phones are working normally and planned appointments will still go ahead
We ask for your patience, our staff are doing their best to assist you.

09/09/2025

The surgery will close on 10.9.25 at 12.30pm for staff training and will open again as usual on 11.9.25 at 08:00.

Should you need urgent medical attention during this time, our local urgent treatment centre is open from 8am-8pm at Ormskirk Hospital, our closest A&E is at Southport or you can contact NHS 111. You can also visit a local pharmacy who can help with many minor ailments. In a medical emergency please contact 999.

21/08/2025

The surgery will be closed on Monday 25th August for the bank holiday for medical attention during this time please call 111.

Your local pharmacy will be Asda Skelmersdale which will be open 10am- 4pm.

18/07/2025

A public consultation has been launched asking people to share their views on where A&E services across Southport, Formby and West Lancashire should be located.

Services are currently split across two sites with children’s A&E at Ormskirk Hospital and the adult A&E in Southport. The local NHS partners (Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board) have been working together to find a solution that will provide everyone with safe, high quality urgent and emergency care services.

The consultation document outlines two specific options for bringing services together at one of these sites. Before making any decisions, we need the views of people across the local community. Please take this opportunity by following the links below, reading the consultation documents, completing the survey and/or attending one of the public events.

The consultation will run until 3 October 2025.

The following links can be used to access relevant documentation about the consultation, and the survey which you can complete to have your say:

Shaping Care Together website:
Your Say Shaping Care Together

Summary consultation document:
https://yoursayshapingcaretogether.co.uk/30670/widgets/128132/documents/86936

Easy Read Consultation document:
https://yoursayshapingcaretogether.co.uk/30670/widgets/128132/documents/86937

Survey:
Survey on proposals for urgent and emergency care services | Your Say Shaping Care Together

Public Events programme:
Public events programme | Your Say Shaping Care Together

23/06/2025

We are aware of the new national policy around the availability of weight loss injections from today, 23rd June.

At this time, there has been no decision made on whether GPs in Lancashire & South Cumbria will be commissioned to prescribe these medications.

Please see the below the update from our ICB. For any further queries, please contact the ICB via email: lscicb-fw.patientexperience@nhs.net

Until further commissioning updates are received, we will not be able to assist with any patient queries around the prescribing of weight loss injections.

02/05/2025

IMPORTANT:
Please can we remind our patients that from Tuesday 6th May, the surgery car park will be closed for at least 10 weeks.
This is due to building works commencing from this date to provide an extension to the existing premises which will give us an additional 2 new consulting rooms.
Any patients who have an appointment at the surgery whilst building works are ongoing will need to find alternative parking in the vicinity.
Further information can be found on our website post:

After 2 years of various meetings, discussions and applications; we are pleased to announce that we finally have a start date for building works to commence at the surgery, which will result in an…

17/04/2025

Easter bank holiday pharmacy
Opening times

Friday 18th April
Morrisons Ormskirk 09.00 - 17.00
Asda Skelmersdale 10.00 - 16.00

Sunday 20th April
Aspire pharmacy 09.00 - 12.00

Monday 21st April
Asda Skelmersdale 10.00 - 16.00

25/11/2024

From Monday 2nd December, the phlebotomy service at Ormskirk Hospital will no longer be on a walk-in basis and will be changing to appointment only. If you are requested to have a blood test by the surgery, and would like to go to Ormskirk Hospital to have your bloods taken, you can book an appointment in 2 ways:

Online - https://sthk.simplybook.cc/v2/
Phone - 0808 196 4500 (Line open Mon - Fri, 12pm - 3pm)

As usual, please ensure that you take your paper blood test request form when you attend Ormskirk Hospital for your appointment

This booking service is for adult phlebotomy clinics only. If you are booking an appointment on behalf of a child, please telephone 0151 430 1702. For all adult clinics, you must be registered with a GP in St Helens, Knowsley, or Halton and must be 16 years of age or above. Please onl...

12/11/2024

We are so delighted to celebrate Aughton Surgery, as our Community Stars of the Month, for October 2024.

The Aughton Surgery Team are proudly pictured receiving their certificate from our Deputy Care Manager and Head of Client Experience from Home Instead West Lancashire and Chorley.

The dedicated team at Aughton Surgery share our Home Instead values and ethos around the delivery of high-quality care and support services. Their proactive approach extends throughout every level, from reception, through to swift and timely GP interventions and after care.

Helping and supporting our team at Home Instead to try and ensure that our Clients and their Aughton Surgery patients feel secure, well-cared for, in the safety, comfort and familiarity of their own homes.

The Aughton Surgery’s mission statement is ‘to provide an appropriate and rewarding experience for our patients whenever they need our support’.

Which can be seen by their commitment to upholding high-quality patient care and support - values that perfectly align with our compassionate, respectful, and collaborative approach at Home Instead, as we strive to achieve the promotion of independence and positive longer, lasting life.

We are so pleased to recognise Aughton Surgery this way and be able to work alongside such a dedicated health care team in our local community, bringing together high-quality health and social care, peace of mind, and genuine empathy to our Clients, patients and their families.

To learn more about how the Aughton Surgery can support you or a loved one, check out their website for more information…

https://www.aughtonsurgery.nhs.uk/