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Patients due an annual review with a nurse to help with the management of a long term condition can now book their appointment via the NHS App. Annual reviews are … [continue] More appointments now bookable via the NHS App

Last month, around 550 patients didn’t attend a pre-booked appointment at the Practice. This included GP appointments, nursing appointments, vaccinations and more. If you no longer need your appointment please … [continue] November 2023 – missed appointments

Last month, around 700 patients didn’t attend a pre-booked appointment at the Practice. This included GP appointments, nursing appointments, vaccinations and more. If you no longer need your appointment please … [continue] October 2023 – missed appointments

In addition to non-urgent GP appointments, patients can now book a flu vaccination, a smear test, an asthma review or a COPD review via the NHS App. Patients will hopefully be … [continue] More appointment types bookable via the NHS App: flu vaccinations, smear tests, asthma and COPD reviews

Introducing our new Nursing Associate Tower Family Healthcare is proud to introduce a new type of clinical role to our team of health care professionals. The role of Nursing Associate … [continue] New nursing role now delivering care to Tower patients

Patients can now book a non-urgent GP appointment via the NHS App. Having listened to patient feedback, in a bid to reduce the telephone waiting times and to provide an … [continue] New: Book a non-urgent GP appointment via the NHS App

Information taken from the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance website. Chest x-rays are a useful way for us to find out if you have any problems with your lungs that might … [continue] Direct access to chest x-ray (self-referral)

Enhanced Access General Practice appointments are available through the Enhanced Access Service at the weekend and on bank holidays.  The service operates from three locations across Bury. If you contact … [continue] 28 August 2023 Summer bank holiday

In this video Practice Nurse Sophie Hayes, and GP Dr. Ajay, talk about why flu vaccination is important and how to book in with the Practice to get protected ahead … [continue] Now booking flu vaccinations

Find out more about the Practice in this short video clip, which covers: How to get in touch about a health concern or other enquiry. How to order a repeat … [continue] Catch up on the latest video update from the Practice

In this video, Dr. Ahmad Ali, GP, provides an update about some changes we hope will improve your experience when accessing our services.

There is a shortage of injectable and oral GLP-1 analogue receptor agonist (GLP-1s) medicines for type 2 diabetes. These include Dulaglutide (Trulicity®), Exenatide (Byetta® or Bydureon®), Semaglutide (Ozempic® or Rybelsus®), … [continue] National shortage of some medications for type 2 diabetes

To celebrate this key milestone, athletes from Team GB, Paralympics GB and Special Olympics GB have come together to pay tribute to the NHS on its 75th birthday, including our … [continue] Happy 75th birthday to the NHS!

News story posted on behalf of: The University of Birmingham and the Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research* *We are looking for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who are … [continue] Research trial for women with polycystic ovary syndrome who are trying to conceive

There is lots of free help and support available for people wanting to lose weight safely. If you are looking for advice on eating more healthily, getting a bit more … [continue] Support for people wanting to reach a healthier weight

Covid-19 is more serious in older people and those with certain underlying health conditions. Eligible patients are now being contacted by the Practice starting with those at the highest risk.  … [continue] Covid-19 spring booster vaccinations – updated 1 June 2023

Enhanced Access General Practice appointments are available through the Enhanced Access Service at the weekend and on bank holidays.  The service operates from three locations across Bury. If you contact … [continue] 29 May 2023 Spring bank holiday

Getting lifelong protection against measles is simple, you just need to have two doses of the MMR vaccine. If you think you or a loved one isn’t up to date, … [continue] Measles – are you protected?

The Practice will be closed on the following bank holidays: The Early May bank holiday, Monday 1 May 2023. The bank holiday for the coronation of King Charles III, Monday … [continue] Service availability – bank holidays taking place on 1 and 8 May 2023

We would like to welcome our patients to join our Practice wide Tower Family Healthcare Patient Participation Group (PPG). What is a PPG? A PPG is a great example of … [continue] Join our Patient Participation Group and get involved

Our team would like to wish all of our patients a happy and healthy break over the Easter bank holiday weekend. The Practice will be closed on the following bank … [continue] Service availability over the Easter period

Managing current demand As is the case with other General Practices and the wider NHS, we continue to be under significant pressure with an extremely high number of requests for … [continue] Managing current demand – Service availability – Monday 3 to Thursday 6 April 2023

My retirement from General Practice Dear Tower Family Healthcare Patient After more than three decades of being a GP in Bury, I will be taking my retirement at the end … [continue] A message for our patients from Dr. Simon de Vial

The health and care system as a whole continues to be under significant pressure. We continue to receive a very high number of requests every day, a substantial number of … [continue] Service availability update – from Monday 23 January 2023

Have your say on the way your local GP services are working Around 2.4 million people, aged 16 and over, who are registered with a GP practice in England will … [continue] GP Patient Survey in England

The health and care system as a whole is under significant pressure, and this is likely to be felt for many weeks. There are a number of challenges facing health … [continue] Managing ongoing levels of demand

Our team would like to wish all of our patients a happy and healthy break over the Christmas and New Year period. The Practice will be closed on the following … [continue] Service availability over the festive period

Following temporary measures put in place in response to significant demand, as planned we have enabled the ability to create new requests online, along with accepting all requests including those … [continue] Service availability – update 19 December 2022

For eligible patients that haven’t yet had their flu vaccination, it’s not too late to get protected. Patients that have received a link to book an appointment for their flu … [continue] Flu and Covid-19 vaccinations – it’s not too late to get protected

As is the case with other General Practices and the wider NHS, we are currently under extreme pressure with an unprecedented number of requests for care being received every day. … [continue] Managing current demand – Service availability