Practice Notices

June Bank Holiday Opening Times 2012

The Surgery will be closed from 12.30 p.m. on Saturday 2nd June  and will re-open on Wednesday 6th June at 8.30 a.m.

The Wirral GP Out of Hours service is available during this period and can be accessed on 0151 678 8496

The Annual General Meeting of the Patient Participation Group will be held on:

Thursday, 14th June 2012 at 6.30 p.m. in the Practice

Please come along to support your Group who have worked very hard over the last 12 months. They will let you know what they have been up to. Dr Cowan will be attending to speak at GP Commissioning - one year on!  We will be offering refreshments so if you wish to attend please inform the receptionists, alternatively email the practice on

wir-pct.easthamgrouppractice.nhs.net

The Practice are currently updating their records and also collecting mobile telephone numbers for patients who would like to receive appointment reminders via text messaging. We should be grateful if our patients would take the time to complete this simple questionnaire Patient Questionnaire  and either hand or post this to the surgery or alternatively this questionnaire can be emailed back to us on our patient email account: wir-pct.easthamgrouppractice@nhs.net

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire!

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The Community Programme

For information on free local healthy activities and courses call 0151 630 8383 or visit

www.wirralct.nhs.uk/ourservices/healthaction

Community Ophthalmology Service

Suffering from bloodshot or watery eyes?  Seeing flashes of lights or floating objects? In need of long term glaucoma monitoring?

The new Community Ophthalmology Service can treat many common eye problems in your local opticians, without the need for an appointment.  For a list of service providers please visit:

Community Ophthalmology Service -Participating Opticians

Patients Forum's Speedy Survey October 2011

A big THANK YOU to all those patients who have invested their time in completing either our on-line or in-waiting room "Speedy Survey"

We have now had over 800 patients complete a survey form.

The responses have been anlaysed and have been discussed by the Patients Forum with the Practice's Management team to identify potential opportunities for improvement. If you wish to learn more, please look at the Patient Group Noticeboard or alternatively attend the AGM on 14th June!

Thanks again for sharing with us your thoughts on the Practice

If you would be interested in more information about the Patient's Forum or would like to join us, please email egp.patientsforum@yahoo.co.uk  

Then we would be really interested in hearing from you. Click here for more details.

WirralWell.org

Wirral Well is a one stop shop, online information resource for wellbeing, health and social care services in Wirral. Click here for more information

Citizens Advice Bureau

Wirral Citizens Advice Bureau provides a service in Eastham Group practice through the Primary Care Advice Liaison (PCAL) team. They provide advice and support for patients who are suffering from mild to moderate mental health conditions by advising on issues that could affect their condition, or be affected by the condition.

Click here to download their leaflet