Beech Hill Medical Practice

03/03/2026

🚨 Missed Appointments (DNA) Update for Febraury🚨
Here’s a breakdown of DNAs across our services:
🔹 Nurse – 39 missed appointments
🔹 Phlebotomist – 68 missed appointments
🔹 Healthcare Assistant – 23 missed appointments
🔹 GP – 18 missed appointments
🔹 Physio – 3 missed appointments
🔹 Advanced Nurse Practitioner – 4 missed appointment
📉 Total: 155 missed appointments compared to 156 in January
Please inform us if you can’t attend. Your support helps us offer appointments to those who need them.

02/03/2026

Why vaccines are important!

Vaccination is the most important thing we can do to protect ourselves and our children against ill health. They prevent millions of deaths worldwide every year.

Since vaccines were introduced in the UK, diseases like smallpox, polio and tetanus that used to kill or disable millions of people are either gone or are now very rarely seen.

Other diseases like measles and diphtheria have reduced to a very low number of cases each year since vaccines were introduced. These cases are often related to travel.

However, if people stop having vaccines, it's possible for infectious diseases to quickly spread again.

Please follow the below link to find information on the importance of vaccinations.

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/why-vaccination-is-important-and-the-safest-way-to-protect-yourself/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQSjWlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeV9UCppUzGU6sHo0HaqLTRTMwlgL86dHyAXPBfuNUSWNwxFzcl-I6SDO6frc_aem_0kWMdHtbWkyiYsYnpRXJhA

Find out how vaccines work, what they contain and the most common side effects.

04/02/2026

🚨 Missed Appointments (DNA) Update for January🚨
Here’s a breakdown of DNAs across our services:
🔹 Nurse – 70 missed appointments
🔹 Phlebotomist – 42 missed appointments
🔹 Healthcare Assistant – 12 missed appointments
🔹 GP – 26 missed appointments
🔹 Physio – 5 missed appointments
🔹 Advanced Nurse Practitioner – 1 missed appointment
📉 Total: 156 missed appointments compared to 146 in December
Please inform us if you can’t attend. Your support helps us offer appointments to those who need them.

28/01/2026

Samaritans number

28/01/2026

Be Well Stop Smoking Service

14/01/2026

Please see the attached post regarding health and wellbeing sessions which are being ran by Wigan Athletic/Wigan Warriors.

🙌 Following Women's Health & Wellbeing Day on Saturday, we are pleased to announce that health sessions for Women will take place at Edge Hall Road Community Stadium, starting on Monday, 19 January 2026.

Find out more and book. 👇

🔗 https://wiganathletic.com/news/2026/january/14/edge-hall-road---new-women-s-sessions-launched/

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06/01/2026

🚨 Missed Appointments (DNA) Update for December🚨
Here’s a breakdown of DNAs across our services:
🔹 Nurse – 37 missed appointments
🔹 Phlebotomist – 50 missed appointments
🔹 Healthcare Assistant – 13 missed appointments
🔹 GP – 35 missed appointments
🔹 Physio – 10 missed appointments
🔹 Advanced Nurse Practitioner – 1 missed appointment
📉 Total: 146 missed appointments compared to 159 in November
Please inform us if you can’t attend. Your support helps us offer appointments to those who need them.

01/01/2026

🎉 Happy New Year from all of us! 🎉
We would like to wish all our patients a Happy New Year! 🎆 Please note, we will be closed on New Year's Day (1st January 2025). If you need medical advice during this time:
🌟 For urgent medical advice, please contact NHS 111 or visit your local GP Alliance.
📞 NHS 111: Call 111 or visit www.111.nhs.uk for out-of-hours care.
💻 GP Alliance: Reach out to your local GP Alliance for further support. (excluding New years day)
We hope you have a wonderful start to 2025! 🥳

31/12/2025

Please see details of our festive opening hours🎄🎅
Please note, we will be posting details of services you can access when the practice is closed throughout the Christmas period.

28/12/2025

Community Pharmacy Bank Holiday Cover Christmas & New Year.

25/12/2025

🎄 Merry Christmas 🎄
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our patients a very Happy Christmas! 🎅🎁
Please note, we are closed on Christmas Day (25th December) and Boxing day (26th December), but support is still available if you need it:
🌟 For urgent medical advice, contact NHS 111 or visit the GP Alliance.
📞 NHS 111: Call 111 or visit www.111.nhs.uk for out-of-hours care.
💻 GP Alliance: Contact your local GP Alliance for support during this time. (excluding Christmas day and New years day)
We hope you all have a wonderful holiday and stay safe! 🌟