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The GP surgeries rated "very difficult" to contact by phone, according to the GP Patient Survey 2026 results

The GP practices hardest to contact by phone

Get Winter Ready - book your vaccinations

Book winter vaccinations now, urge health chiefs

GP practices in Wigan rated according to how easy they are to contact by phone

The GP practices easiest to contact by phone

Ranked according to the results of the GP Patient Survey

Worst rated GP surgeries revealed

The best GP practices in Wigan have been revealed in the results of the GP Patient Survey

Best rated GP surgeries revealed

Only selected pharmacies will be open on Easter bank holidays

Easter pharmacy opening times

GPs in Wigan are being urged to join the parkrun practice programme as new data released on Social Prescribing Day shows the positive NHS impact the initiative is having.

Wigan GPs urged to join parkrun practice programme as data shows positive NHS im...

GP conversating with client

The new GP contract explained: key changes and implications

Patients with respiratory symptoms are being reminded to wear face masks when visiting hospitals.

North West hospitals ask patients to wear masks as winter viruses rise

Patients across Greater Manchester have shared how they feel their GP surgeries are performing.

The 22 GPs in Greater Manchester with the most dissatisfied patients

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How important are winter flu jabs?

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NHS Greater Manchester advises public ahead of resident doctor industrial action

Generally, how easy or difficult is it to contact your GP practice on the phone?

GP practices ranked by how difficult it is to phone them

Patients in the North West have shared how they feel their GP receptionist is performing.

The GP surgeries in the North West with 'very helpful' receptionists

Generally, how easy or difficult is it to contact your GP practice on the phone?

GP practices ranked by how easy it is to phone them

Community Matters

NHS Greater Manchester shares advice ahead of resident doctor industrial action
NHS Greater Manchester is sharing advice to help people access care during the next period of industrial action by resident (junior) doctors, planned from 7am on Friday 14th November to 7am on Wednesday 19th November.
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Astley General Practice

Wigan GP teams turn pink to boost breast cancer awareness

Community Matters

Health Column: Be kind to GP practice staff

According to the GP Patient Survey results

Least helpful GP receptionists revealed

According to the GP Patient Survey results

Most helpful GP receptionists revealed

People in more deprived areas and coastal towns often have the highest needs for the NHS, but the fewest GPs.

Major changes to GP services in UK's poorest areas announced

Dr Tim Dalton

Dr Tim Dalton: It's time for flu vaccine season

Tell us what you think about Pharmacy First

Have Your Say on Pharmacy First: Healthwatch Wigan & Leigh Wants to Hear from Yo...

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According to the results of the latest NHS Patient Survey

Worst rated GP surgeries, according to patients

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Dr Tim Dalton: Satisfaction in GP Practices

According to the results of the GP patient survey

Highest rated GP surgeries
The best rated GP surgeries in Wigan borough have been revealed.
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SWAN PCN team members.

SWAN Primary Care Network wins award

The best GP surgeries in the North West, voted for by patients have been named - is yours on the list?

The 20 best GP surgeries in the North West where patients are happiest

The results of the GP Patient Survey 2025 are in - here are the best rated GP surgeries in England as voted for by patients.

The best rated GP surgeries in England where patients are happiest

Ratings from the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Best and worst GP practices according to CQC inspectors

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Health column: Managing chronic pain in Leigh

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The Office for National Statistics' most recent health insight survey carried out in March received responses from 1,658 people who tried to contact their GP in NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board recently. Of them, 78.4 per cent said it was an overall "good" experience – an improvement from 71.6 per cent recorded in the first wave of the survey which started at the end of July 2024

GP patient satisfaction on the rise

The NHS is reminding those at highest risk of getting seriously unwell if they catch the virus to come forward for their free vaccination and top up their protection this spring

Spring Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Josh at the coffee morning alongside the GP testing van

Josh Simons MP: Healthcare is coming back to Orrell

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Health column: Healthier Ashton, Golborne and Lowton

The top 19 GP surgeries in the North West - as rated by patients.

The 19 top rated GP surgeries in the North West - as voted by patients

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The role of GP practices in building healthier communities

These are the 16 health conditions that can now be treated using a new Online Doctor service.

The 16 health conditions that allow you to skip the lengthy GP queue

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Avoid A&E this half term with health advice for parents and carers

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Health column: Have you had a health check?

GPs and A&E units are busy following the festive period

Wigan residents urged to get medical advice online to help busy A&E and GPs

Fewer GP appointments are being carried out in person

Fewer face-to-face GP appointments in Wigan

The best GP surgeries in England have been named after being rated by patients in the GP Patient Survey.

The 21 top GP surgeries in England ranked the best in the country

The 19 best-rated GP surgeries in North West as voted for by patients in the GP patient survey 2024.

The 19 best GP surgeries in North West - as rated by patients

The NHS mobile clinic which will be parked behind B&M at Robin Retail Park, Wigan

Lung MOTs come to more GP practices in Wigan

Hindley PCN staff at a diabetes community event

Health column: Happy, healthy Hindley

A mobile clinic will offer quick, free lung health checks in Atherton

Lung MOTs come to Atherton and Tyldesley

The population of Standish has increased by a fifth in the last decade due to the building of hundreds of new homes

Population explosion impact on village health services

The latest North West annual data on vaccinations, published this week by NHS England, shows 15.5 per cent of children who turned five between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 had not received both doses of the MMR vaccine – and in some parts of the region the figure was as high as one in four children not fully vaccinated.

Medics urge parents to get their young children vaccinated

Dr Tim Dalton, Local GP

Dr Tim Dalton: preparing for flu vaccine season

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Greater Manchester residents urged to get winter vaccinations to protect others

It's important to have access to a GP when you're at university. (Photo: Pexels/RDNE Stock project)

Student health: how to register with a GP at university

Several pharmacies across Wigan borough will open on the August bank holiday

The local pharmacies open on Bank Holiday Monday

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