Swine Flu

If you suspect that you may have Swine Flu please follow these instructions:

• DO NOT ATTEND THE SURGERY, STAY INDOORS.
   
• Please telephone the surgery for advice rather than attending.
   
• Follow personal good personal hygiene practice. CATCH IT, BIN IT, KILL IT.
   
• CLICK HERE for further details.

If would like up-to-date information regarding Swine Flu you can call the Swine Flu Information Line on 0800 1 513 513 or follow the link above.

CONGRATULATIONS DR WOODWORTH

Congratulations to Dr Woodworth and his wife who has given birth to a baby boy, Benedict. Both mother and baby are well.

DR MEENAL GOR'S BABY

Dr Meenal Gor has given birth to a beautiful baby girl - photos will follow. She will now be off on Maternity leave for 12 months.

Midnight Walk in aid of St Ann’s Hospice

On Friday 12th June some of the girls from Chadsfield Medical Practice, together with upwards of 3000 other people, took part in the Manchester Midnight Walk in aid of St Ann’s Hospice.

We completed the walk in 2 hours 20 minutes. We had a fabulous time and hope to raise a significant amount of money for such a worthy cause.

The route started at Manchester Central, originally GMEX, and went past Granada Studios, Strangeways, Piccadilly Station, Manchester University, Oxford Road then back to Manchester Central. Six of us completed the walk and our Practice Manager, Jenny Gordon, was a volunteer handing out T-shirts and medals.

The following people took part:

Jenny Gordon (Practice Manager), Janet Keane (Practice Nurse), Janet Colohan (Receptionist), Joanne Higginbottom (Receptionist), Lyn Durham (Receptionist),
Diane Anderton (Receptionist)

For more information about the fantastic work that goes on at St. Ann’s, please click HERE

PHONING THE SURGERY

On Monday March 16th our telephone system supplier performed an audit for us. Between the time of 8.30am and 9.00am (30 minutes) 2248 calls were logged trying to get through!

With this in mind, we hope our patients understand that if it appears to be ringing out for a long time it isn't that we're ignoring the calls but that the receptionists are busy on other lines. We prefer not to install a filtering system such as "Press 1 for this", "Press 2 for that" as we feel this is even more frustrating.

Unless your phone call is urgent we advise you to wait until later in the morning before trying to phone us and thank you for your consideration and patience.

Congratulations!

Dr Melanie Mather gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, in December, Sister Cath Pierce gave birth to a little girl in December and Miss Claire Wood gave birth to a little girl in March. All are doing very well.