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New Online Patient Triage System and Closure on 17/10/25

From 1st September 2025, please use our online form to contact the practice, open 8:00am until 6:30pm, Monday to Friday.
Please note, we cannot accept any emails or letters from patients with information or requests for our clinical team, all these requests must be submitted via the form, if you are unable to do this, please call us during opening hours.

Friday 17th October is the funeral of our colleague and friend Andrina Perry. We will close the practice doors from 10am – 2pm. We will be operating on reduced staffing levels for the whole day on Friday and will deal with same day urgent enquiries ONLY. If you have a routine issue, please contact us on Monday 20th. Whilst we are closed, please contact 111 for medical advise that cannot wait.

Cervical Cancer screening for autistic women and women with a learning disability

A series of films has been launched to support autistic women and women with a learning disability to access potentially life-saving cervical cancer screening: https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/cancer-screening-films-launch

The films have been made by autistic women and women with a learning disability for their peers – with a breadth of real-life experiences shaping every stage of development… A range of partners came together to develop several bite-size accessible films about cervical cancer screening and the HPV vaccine. The films are available on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8At_JsPt7YuRrUP9acT9JCjhTQ0-OiXB

There is also an ITV report, where Films urge women with autism or learning disabilities to have cervical screening
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2025-06-19/we-need-to-make-it-better-breaking-down-barriers-for-life-saving-screening