Appointments

Oldham Medical Services will be holding triage clinics every Mon-Friday. The reception team will be answering calls at 8am and taking some information regarding the nature of the appointment and adding you into a triage list where a strained senior staff member will call you back and sign post accordingly. 

All appointments are triaged by 1pm and any Urgent appointments needed are booked in same day. 

• phone us on 0161 357 2270 Monday to Friday 
• email us on gmicb.old.p85012@nhs.net  before 1pm

To request a routine appointment in the next 7 days:

• use our online system, Patient Access
• phone us on 0161 357 2270, Monday to Friday from 11am
• email us on gmicb.old.p85012@nhs.net
• visit the surgery and speak with a receptionist, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm
• use your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App) to book a screening test or vaccination

Local GP practices are working together to continue to provide additional appointments in the morning, evening and on Saturdays.

These are available from 07:00 – 08:00 Tuesdays at Medlock Medical Practice, and the same times on Wednesdays at Quayside Medical Practice, Hollinwood Medical Practice and Hilltop Surgery.

Appointments are also available from 6.30pm until 9pm Monday to Friday and from 9am until 5pm on Saturdays at Quayside Hub in the Keppel Building.

These will be a mix of GP and nurse appointments.

There will also be additional access to a physiotherapist via Quayside Medical Practice on Wednesdays.

We are also running a Paediatric GP clinic for children age 0-12 daily Monday-Friday from 11am-2pm at Hollinwood Medical Practice.

The number to call to book an appointment in the evening or Saturday call 0161 271 3180 and you can call anytime 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.

For any of the other appointment please ring the surgery as normal and we will book you in.

However you choose to contact us, we may offer you a consultation:

• by phone
• face to face at the surgery
• on a video call
• by text or email

Appointments by phone, video call or by text or email can be more flexible and often means you get help sooner.

We ask that if you are unable to attend an appointment you inform us in enough time for us to offer it to someone who needs it.

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To cancel your appointment:

• use your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App)
• using the GP online system - Patient Access
• phone us on 0161 357 2270, Monday to Friday from 8am
• reply CANCEL to your appointment reminder text message

If you need medical help now, use NHS 111 online or Call 111.

NHS 111 online is for people aged 5 and over. Call 111 if you need help for a child under 5.

Call 999 in a medical or mental health emergency. This is when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.

Please tell us:

• if there’s a specific doctor, nurse or other health professional you would prefer to respond
• if you would prefer to consult with the doctor or nurse by phone, face-to-face, by video call or by text or email
• if you need an interpreter
• if you have any other access or communication needs

To Book a Home Visit from the GP, please see instructions below:

1. Ring the Practice on 0161 357 2270 before 11am on the day you require the visit. This is to allow the GP enough time to triage and prepare for the visits

2. Home Visits should be requested by truly housebound patients only. This can include those who are temporarily housebound due to e.g. a recent operation

3. Requests made after 11am: If URGENT attention is required, call 999 or visit A&E, however, if patient feels they can wait to be seen, they can contact OOH GP from 18.30pm 

All calls will be triaged by reception staff members and you may be asked to provide further information to aid the GP

Home visits should not be requested due to lack of transport to attend the surgery