Wilmslow Health Centre
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Pharmacy First available NOW!
How Pharmacy First can help you:
Pharmacy First provides easy access to prompt advice and treatment including prescription medicines, where appropriate, for seven common conditions. The common conditions covered are:
· Sinusitis
· Sore throat
· Earache
· Infected insect bites and stings
· Impetigo
· Shingles
· Uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTI) in women
How to access Pharmacy First:
It’s easy, just walk into a participating Pharmacy and ask for help. The vast majority of pharmacies now offer this service. You may also be referred by an NHS provider, like NHS 111.
Local Pharmacies:
Well, Located next to Wilmslow Health Centre 01625 535 663
Well, Located next to Kenmore Medical Centre 01625 528860
Well, 1 Lindow Parade, Chapel Lane 01625 525353
Well, 110 Wilmslow Road, Handforth 01625 532902
Boots, 24-26 Grove Street, Wilmslow 01625 523320
Wilmslow Pharmacy, Summerfield 01625 523 414
Town Lane Pharmacy, Mobberley 01565 872080
Cedrics Pharmacy, Alderley Edge 01625 583145
For more information, watch the video below or visit the Latest News section of our website (link above).
Long ambulance delays means GPs have no option but to drive patients to A&E themselves...
It was good (as always) to chat with Naga and Charlie on BBC Breakfast about a new study looking at influences on your alcohol intake and other factors that determine health.
In 2023, Over 75 THOUSAND appointments were delivered, 84% of them Face-2-Face.
GPs deliver over 90% of NHS appointments on less than 8% of the NHS budget!
IMAGINE what we could do if we were funded properly...
(PS: did you know GP practices in East Cheshire receive significantly less funding than practices in Manchester or Liverpool despite having more elderly populations and patients that tend to consult their GPs more?)
Conservatives please support local practices!
14/12/2023
Free community events coming up!
Free Guild events in January 2024 “We have work on show that learners found interesting to contribute because it marks a particular step on their own creative journey, which might be work that they found liberating to do, or because it represents a style of working that they gradually found out about and discovered, or it might be...
Another record breaking year for Wilmslow Health Centre, Over 70k appointments delivered (almost 60% more than pre-pandemic), thanks to our dedicated staff! Here's to an even better 2024!
Sister Lorraine McNally Retires after 23 years of service to the patients of Wilmslow Health Centre. All the very best for your well deserved retirement, Lorraine!
Dr Amar Ahmed won a prestigious international award for Innovation in Health. Other recipients last night included Prof Shamim Khan OBE, Dr Shera Chok, Prof. Colin Maciver, Prof John Devine, Dr Teresa Castiello and many more!
01/10/2023
Over 1500 jabs delivered today (Sunday 1st October)! If you eligible for a Flu Jab this year, contact reception to book in.
All GP Practices in Cheshire East affected by an issued affecting telephone lines (call cut out suddenly). NHS England (who maintain the network) are working on a fix.
14/07/2023
This year's independent patient survey showed us scoring 12% above the national average for overall patient experience.
Well done to all our dedicated staff whose hard work is appreciated by a growing list of registered patients!
Happy 75th Birthday to The NHS from all at Wilmslow Health Centre!
Wilmslow Health Centre’s very own Dr Fari Ahmad on BBC Breakfast this morning talking about this weekend’s and Yellow Heat Alert.
02/03/2023
Care navigator, Kim Jackson, retired this week after 24 years of selfless service in the NHS.
Wilmslow Health Centre has seen many changes during Kim's time. When Kim started in 1999, the practice comprised of just three GPs and a practice nurse with six thousand registered patients. As Kim leaves, the practice has over 15,000 registered patients, 10 GPs, four practice nurses and a Physicians Associate.
A huge thank you to Kim for all her hard work and devotion to the NHS over almost a quarter of a century!
A Regional NHS Network problem has knocked out telephone systems for all NHS GP surgeries in the area. NHS England engineers continue to work at solving the problem but telephone lines remain down.
The system seems to be holding callers in endless queues with no means for surgery staff to answer their call.
26/01/2023
NHS in crisis: A Day in the Life of Wilmslow Health Centre.
A 35 minute audio podcast recorded this week with interviews from across the primary health care team as well as consenting patients.
https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-in-crisis-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-gp-surgery-12795367
NHS in crisis: A day in the life of a GP surgery The NHS is in crisis. Ambulance response times are the worst on record and most departments are struggling to cope with a surge in demand this winter.
04/01/2023
Wilmslow Health Centre’s Dr Fari Ahmed on Sky News tonight speaking about unprecedented NHS winter pressures…
https://news.sky.com/video/nhs-pressures-horrendous-gp-on-last-few-weeks-in-nhs-12779967
NHS pressures: 'Horrendous' - GP on past few weeks in the health service Dr Fari Ahmad, a GP, was speaking to Sky's Katerina Vitozzi at Wilmslow Health Centre in Cheshire.
14/12/2022
Wilmslow Health Centre's Dr Amar Ahmed has recently co-authored an essay on the state of cancer diagnosis and treatment in the UK which has been published in The Lancet:
PRESS RELEASE EMARGOED UNTIL 23:30 14 DECEMBER 2022
Cancer crisis at ‘watershed moment’ as cancer pathway is ‘overwhelmed’ and upward trend in excess cancer deaths ‘likely to continue’ – The Lancet Oncology
In a paper published in The Lancet Oncology dated 14 December 2022- leading oncologists and doctors have set out the desperate and urgent need for action to tackle the crisis engulfing UK cancer care services urging Ministers to tackle the situation with same level of focus and urgency as was deployed to roll out the COVID vaccine. They warn of the danger of the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS not accepting ‘the true scale of the problem’ and set out their case that this is a defining ‘watershed moment’ for cancer care as the November NHS data confirmed that ‘in the last 12 months, 69,000 patients in the UK have waited longer than the recommended 62-day wait from suspected cancer referral to start of treatment (twice as many than in 2017-2018).’
The leading clinicians express their view that while the whole cancer pathway ‘seems overwhelmed’, some areas such as radiotherapy are now ‘critically threatened’ with collapse. The paper quotes European research which suggests a 17% increase in UK cancer deaths due to delays in diagnosis and treatment and cites statistics showing ‘excess cancer deaths since March 2020 are already 8815 with 3327 in the last six months, and this trend is likely to continue’.
The paper sets out the solutions presented by frontline clinicians that can prevent excess deaths if the Government and NHS take action. It states that: “Currently some front-line staff are exhausted and too afraid to speak out, never mind feel part of the solution” and warns that “inefficient practices have emerged; secretarial support suspended so consultants are less productive than they should be, obsolete IT is slowing every day work, workflow tools not being purchased and antiquated equipment such as radiotherapy machines so out of date they take twice as long as modern machines to treat patients less well than is possible.”
Founder of the campaign and leading oncologist, Professor Pat Price said:
“This is a watershed moment for UK cancer services - the biggest cancer crisis ever - we can’t accept the normalization of record-breaking cancer treatment waiting times. Clinicians know it doesn’t need to be this way and that we don’t need new groundbreaking research to avert disaster. We need a radical new plan, investment in capacity solutions in treatments like radiotherapy, and the political will to treat more patients on time. If ever there was a time for us to deliver much needed investment into cancer treatment it is now.”
Professor Gordon Wishart, former cancer surgeon and Chief Medical Officer of Check4Cancer said:
“The COVID-induced cancer backlog is one of the deadliest backlogs and has served to widen the cracks in our cancer services. Readers will be shocked to learn that even before the pandemic, the UK was near the bottom of the cancer survival league tables. Now we face a deadly cancer timebomb of treatment delays that get worse every month because we don’t have a sufficiently ambitious plan from policymakers. I urge the Government to work with us.”
Dr Amar Ahmed, General Practitioner based at Wilmslow Health Centre said:
“It’s very clear that Britain is in the midst of a growing cancer emergency. Just as there was a concerted national effort to tackle the COVID Pandemic, we need a similar national drive to address the declining state of cancer diagnosis and treatment in the UK. Freeing up frontline clinicians from needless box-ticking NHS bureaucracy will go some way to improve the NHS capacity to tackle this emergency.”
The full article can be found at this link:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(22)00754-9/fulltext
UK cancer care: a watershed moment and the need for urgent intervention In November, 2022, NHS England reported the worst ever waiting times for cancer treatment (figure 1).1,2 In the past 12 months, 69 000 patients in the UK have waited longer than the recommended 62-day wait from suspected cancer referral to start of treatment (twice as many than in 2017–18), with...
14/12/2022
Help us to help you during this busy festive period. Please visit the link below for important information for all patients of Wilmslow Health Centre (and our new Christmas Video!).
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Healthy New Year!
https://wilmslowhealthcentre.com/help-us-to-help-you-during-this-busy-festive-period/
Help us to help you during this busy festive period https://youtu.be/M4vgBzGPT0g Watch Wilmslow Health Centre's Christmas 2022 Video above. The recent outbreak of Strep A has been the source of overwhelming de
08/12/2022
Dr Fari Ahmad speaks to Roger Johnson on BBC1 about severe winter pressures facing the NHS.
https://youtu.be/GsenMmwsU5s
Dr Fari Ahmad of Wilmslow Health Centre Speaks to Roger Johnson on BBC1 Dr Fari Ahmad discussing severe winter pressures in the NHS.
07/12/2022
Sadly, Dr Shaffu will be moving on to pastures new this week after seven happy years at Wilmslow Health Centre.
We wish him all the best on the opening of his new Aesthetics practice, DR SKNN (), located just around the corner on Alderley Road
https://twitter.com/WilmslowHealth/status/1600570461179740160?s=20&t=_lKKYpaTariW1cDfVFVPkw
Wilmslow Health Centre on Twitter “Sadly, Dr Shaffu will be moving on to pastures new this week after seven happy years at Wilmslow Health Centre. We wish him all the best on the opening of his new Aesthetics practice, DR SKNN (), located just around the corner on Alderley Road https://t.co/TObqMEJVMd”
07/12/2022
Wilmslow Health Centre's Dr Fari Ahmad on BBC1 this afternoon.
https://twitter.com/yunusmulla/status/1600471286253326336?s=20&t=xb9HxcRJztZvYqEh5ItpmA
Yunus Mulla on Twitter “GP's and Hospitals have seen a surge in patients who fear they have symptoms of Strep A. This is Dr Fari Ahmad more ”
Christmas Stats 2022.
Over 62,000 appointments delivered (not including immunisations), 94% of appointments delivered Face-to-Face.
A huge thanks to all our devoted staff at Wilmslow Health Centre who, like GP surgeries up and down the country, have struggled on stoically despite the many challenges faced by the NHS over the past few years.
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us!
10/11/2022
83% of appointments delivered Face-to-Face in October and September.
83% Appointments Delivered Face-to-Face https://youtu.be/vYbw1kxLnRc 83% appointments delivered Face-to-Face
31/10/2022
From October to March we can’t make vitamin D from sunshine, so to keep bones and muscles healthy, it’s best to take a vitamin D supplement.
Adults and children just need 10 micrograms a day and you can get vitamin D from most pharmacies: nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/
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