We are proud to be a ‘Safe Surgery’ for everyone in our community. All are welcome. Everyone in the UK has the right to free care from a GP. If you don’t have proof of ID or address, you can still register. Immigration status or nationality don’t matter – our Reception team won’t ask for immigration documents and won’t share your information with the Home Office unless serious crime is involved.
Injections of anti-inflammatory medicines used to treat a range of conditions.
Access to this service can be arranged by the Practice.
Specialist clinics devoted to diagnose and treat disorders of the foot, ankle, lower limb and toes.
Access to this service can be arranged by the Practice.
Specialist Musculoskeletal practitioners who can see and diagnose muscle, joint or skeletal problems.
Access to this service can be arranged by the Practice.
One of the most important things that a parent can do for their child is to make sure that they have all their routine childhood vaccinations. It’s the most effective way of keeping them protected against infectious diseases.
Ideally, kids should have their jabs at the right age to protect them as early as possible and minimise the risk of infection.
Vaccination Checklist
Here’s a checklist of the vaccines that are routinely offered to everyone in the UK for free on the NHS, and the age at which you should ideally have them.
2 months:
3 months:
4 months:
Between 12 and 13 months:
3 years and 4 months, or soon after:
Around 12-13 years girls only:
Around 14 years:
Vaccines For Risk Groups
People who fall into certain risk groups may be offered extra vaccines. These include vaccinations against diseases such as hepatitis B, tuberculosis (TB), seasonal flu and chickenpox. See the NHS Choices pages on vaccines for adults to find out whether you should have one.
Read more about vaccines for kids on the NHS Choices website.
Please telephone reception by 10.30am if you require a home visit and let us know if your condition is urgent.
You may only request a home visit if you are housebound. A clinical professional will only visit you at home if they think that your medical condition requires it and will also decide how urgently a visit is needed.
A highly skilled and dedicated team of Emergency Care Practitioners (ECP’s) provide visits to patients in their own homes. When patients contact their GP requesting a same day home visit, the GP’s will refer on to the acute home visiting service. The aim of the service is to reduce inappropriate hospital admissions and enable patients to be cared for at home when it is clinically safe to do so. The service supports GP’s to manage urgent care needs and enables them to focus on other priorities in Primary Care.
Some useful numbers for other services available inside the Health Centre:
| District Nurses | Central Number 01422 652291 |
| Health Visitors | 03003045076 |
| Dentist | 01706 811123 |
| Podiarist | 01706 811127 |
| Physiotherapist | 01706 811125 |
| Out Patients Dept | 01706 811115 |
| Calder Community Practice & Walk-in | 01706 811106 |
Todmorden Health Centre operates a X-ray service, this is located on the 2nd floor in out patients. An x-ray request is only accepted via a referral from your GP and can take up to 2 weeks for the results.
Opening hours are: Monday – Friday 9:00am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm – 4:30pm. You will be contacted by the x-ray department with an appointment.
Please note this is NOT an emergency x-ray machine.
The practice has a blood pressure machine which is located in reception. Patients can use this machine any time of day during working hours. The machine takes your blood pressure and give you a print out (Please ask a member of the reception team for directions on how to use).
Alternatively, you can also have your blood pressure taken for you at any pharmacy. You can use the NHS Find a Pharmacy – Blood Pressure Service here: Find a pharmacy that offers free blood pressure checks – NHS (www.nhs.uk).
Please collect a travel from from reception.