Irwell Medical Practice

Irwell Health Centre Irwell doctors' surgery in Bacup provides the highest quality healthcare to patients in the area. Our doctors, nurses and all our other staff are dedicated to offering a professional service and this surgery website will help us to keep all our patients up to date with news and information about our practice.

Reception Historically Bacup was an industrial town which specialised in the cotton and slipper industries. The practice is based on the former site of one of these mills (Irwell Mill), in a spacious and modern Health Centre in the centre of Bacup on Rochdale Road.

Due to the retirement of two local GP’s, the existing Bacup and Stacksteads practices decided to merge and form one practice to provide services to all the patients. Dr Cormack, formerly of Todmorden Health Centre, joined the merged practices at this time. Irwell Medical Practice was officially formed on 1st April 2005. Dr Morris joined the practice in 2006.

Opening Hours (for full details see the appointments page)
The Health Centre is open Monday - Friday 8.00am - 6.30pm (extended hours Mon/Tues).

Disabled Access
Our surgery is fully accessible to, and has facilities for, disabled patients.

Online Appointments and Repeat Prescriptions

Click here to order your repeat prescription online

Click here to book/cancel your appointment online

(Site updated 27/04/2012)

Noticeboard

Patient Participation Survey Report

We have now published the results of the Patient Participation Survey, click here to view

Appointments

Please telephone as soon as possible if you have to cancel your appointment.

Appointments are often in short supply so please ring and let us know if you cannot attend. It means that the appointment can be given to somebody else.

Missed Appointments

During February 2012, 211 appointments were missed by patients who failed to turn up and did not cancel their appointment in advance.

Medical Certificates (Sick Notes)

Illnesses that last a week or less do not require a certificate from your doctor. In this period you can fill in a self-certificate which you get from your employer. If you are self-employed then this certificate is available from the reception desk.

If your employer or insurance scheme requires a doctor’s certificate to cover the first week then the doctor can issue a private certificate for which a charge is payable.

Illnesses that last more than a week do usually require an NHS certificate known as a Med 3 or Med 5 for which you will have to have seen a doctor either at the surgery or at hospital. No charge is made for these certificates.