Practice News

Meet Angela Bennett! Our local representative for Carers Link. Carers Link is an independent registered charity, who’s aim is to support unpaid workers across East Lancashire. According to a 2011 […]

Most people with COVID-19 feel better within a few days or weeks of their first symptoms and make a full recovery within 12 weeks. For some people, symptoms can last […]

Did you know? A large percentage of GP appointments in the UK are booked to treat conditions that could be managed by a local Pharmacist. Here at the surgery, we […]

AgeUK have partnered with Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) to offer digital support to patients over the age of 18, so they can use online services to […]

Sabden is now open! There is still a lot of work to be done and so Sabden is only open for prescriptions. We are streamlining our services and so the […]

Minutes of the Practice patient participation group meeting held at whalley medical centre on the 4 APRIL 2023 at 6.30pm Present Luan Stewart ~ Katie Read ~ Christine Bullamore ~ […]

Below is a rough map of our catchment area. If you are a resident of any of the below areas, we are your local surgery! Please note: we do not […]

Sabden and Whalley Medical Group are thrilled to announce Dr Thornber’s appointment as a partner to practice from 31/03/23! We are sure all our patients will join us in welcoming […]

We would like to announce that we are running a local photography competition for the staff and patients of Saden and Whalley Medical Group! We are looking for stunning snaps […]

The Reception Team receive a high volume of calls everyday and try their hardest to deliver good quality, efficient service to all patients who phone in. If you are phoning […]

We are working hard to improve the practice for the community of Sabden and Whalley Medical Group. Unfortunately, this means the Sabden site will be closed for 2 weeks from […]

PATIENT SURVEY 2023 We surveyed patients straight after an appointment at the surgery in February 2023. 250 text surveys sent out. Only 37 replies sent back. Thinking about your recent […]

A very warm welcome to our new Practice Manager, Luan Stewart! Luan joined our surgery over the New Year. She has worked in practice management for many years, and has […]

According to research collected by NHS England, over 15 million appointments are missed per calendar year. If you are 10 or more minutes late for your scheduled appointment, it will […]

PUBLICATION OF EARNINGS All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice. The average pay […]

PANORAMIC IS A UK-WIDE CLINICAL STUDY SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH TO FIND OUT IN WHICH PEOPLE NEW ANTIVIRAL TREATMENTS […]

We are sad to announce the retirement of Dr Kris Wlodarczyk. He will be greatly missed by all at Whalley and Sabden Surgery and we wish him a very happy […]

PUBLICATION OF EARNINGS The average pay for GPs working in the Sabden and Whalley Medical Group in the last financial year before tax and National Insurance was £70,542 This is […]

Today we started using a new Covid Vaccine Booking Programme called Accubook. Once your age/priority group becomes eligible, Accubook should make it easy for you to book in for your […]

If you are aged 50-64 and have not yet received your flu vaccination, please call the surgery to arrange.

COVID update re Health and Social Care Worker vaccinations. If you fall into this category, please DON’T call your practice, but instead follow the below: We would love to be […]

Whalley Surgery Monday 21st December 8.00am – 8.00pm Tuesday 22nd December                      8.00am – 6.30pm Wednesday 23rd December                   8.00am – 6.30pm Thursday 24th Dec – Christmas Eve 8.00am – […]

We are sorry for the inconvenience being caused for our patents trying to contact the practice by telephone recently.  You may have found that trying to reach us first thing […]

Lancashire and South Cumbria has been chosen by NHS England to be a national pilot for the digitalisation of Medical Records.  Scanning these paper based records and making them digital […]

Latest Coronavirus Information

We sincerely apologise if you have been inconvenienced by the temporary removal of online access to your medical notes. We have had to change how we manage requests for online […]

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NHS ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION SERVICE AND ONLINE PRESCRIPTION REQUESTS In March 2018 we are introducing the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) This is a free, confidential and safe service that makes obtaining […]

For more information about Care Navigation – please follow the link below Care Navigation

Please note – there is a national shortage of Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B vaccinations.  Currently, these are not expected to be available until 2018.

To help support Dementia Awareness East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have collated the following information to support GP Practices and People with Dementia and their Carers. Living Well with […]

From the 3 May 2017, please allow 48 hours for all prescriptions to be processed and dispensed at Sabden Surgery.

The Practice recently had our CQC visit. The Practice received an overall rating of ‘good’ with ‘outstanding for the care of people with long term conditions and the treatment room […]

From the 1 July 2015, the Practice is introducing a weekly smoking cessation clinic.  The clinics will be held on Friday afternoons. Please ask a member of staff for more information.

Did you know that the British Red Cross can offer you support when needed with services such as wheelchair provision and transportation? For further information please use the link below. […]

Do you want online access to book an appointment, order a prescription, and view your coded medical records? We now have the facilities to allow you do to all of these. Many […]

You may be aware that from April 2014 all Practices are required to provide all their patients aged seventy five years and over with a named GP. This does not […]

For further information on the Cumbria and Lancashire Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme please use the link below to take you to the NHS website. NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening