Archived News
Autumn 2008
Welcoming Dr Saqib Khan to the Practice
We are delighted to welcome Dr Saqib Khan to the practice. As part of his ongoing training to become a GP, Dr Saqib Khan is our first specialist training year 2 doctor. He will be at Saddleworth Medical Practice until February 2009. Specialist training year 2 doctors are fully qualified doctors preparing to enter general practice and their training will be supervised by Dr Gibbons and Dr Watson
Summer 2008
Extended opening hours
Since mid June the practice has extended its opening hours to offer a greater choice of appointments for those who have found it difficult to access GP’s during our usual opening times.
7.00am-8.00am Uppermill surgery
6.30pm-8.00pm Delph surgery
Appointments are not on each nor fixed days at present during the pilot phase, but currently on average provide an additional 30 appointments per week.
Please note that these sessions are for pre booked appointments only. There will be no administrative staff present to deal with enquiries. For all other advice or treatment during these times our current arrangements apply i.e. by telephoning the surgery you will be transferred to our out of hours service Go-To-Doc who will help you further.
Premises development
Some of you may have heard rumours or speculation about new health premises in the Saddleworth area.
From our perspective we have been in negotiation with the Primary Care Trust for some time for additional space as we have outgrown our existing premises.
We have no plans to move out of our current settings in Uppermill and Delph, but are hopeful that any new development in Saddleworth would provide us with additional space to expand our services. We await more concrete proposals.
Hay fever
It’s that time of year: the following links may prove useful.
