Please use the pages below to find out more about your health and how to help yourself.
Alcohol Questionnaire
Please answer the questions in the short questionnaire to enable us to assess your alcohol consumption rate and offer advice if necessary.
Asthma Review Questionnaire
For patients who are due an annual asthma review. Please would you answer the questions on the form below and submit it to us. If your symptoms are deteriorating or you ... [continue] Asthma Review Questionnaire
Blood pressure reading
Use this tool to enter your blood pressure reading and find out what it means, along with information on how to reduce a high reading. Go to the NHS website ... [continue] Blood pressure reading
BMI healthy weight calculator
Use this calculator to check your body mass index (BMI) and find out if you’re a healthy weight. Or you can use it to check your child’s BMI. If you ... [continue] BMI healthy weight calculator
Carers
Are You a Carer? Are you looking after or providing support for a relative friend or neighbour? Are you being helped or supported by a relative friend or neighbour? Your ... [continue] Carers
Chaperone
The Surgery prides itself in maintaining professional standards. For certain examinations during consultations an impartial observer (a “Chaperone”) may be requested by the clinician or patient. This impartial observer will be ... [continue] Chaperone
Child Immunisations
One of the best ways to protect your baby against diseases like measles, rubella, tetanus and meningitis is through immunisation. Your baby needs their first injections at eight weeks, then ... [continue] Child Immunisations
Depression and anxiety self-assessment quiz
If you’re 16 or over, this depression and anxiety self-assessment quiz can help you better understand how you’ve been feeling recently. With each question, think about how you’ve been feeling ... [continue] Depression and anxiety self-assessment quiz
Domestic Abuse Awareness
Social isolation can increase stress at home, impacting on you and your family’s well-being and so, we are here to help you. Please contact us for help and advice. In ... [continue] Domestic Abuse Awareness
Infection Prevention and Control in GP Practices
Patient information Together we can fight infection Any infection can be caught or spread where there are ill people together, this can be in a hospital, a care home, a ... [continue] Infection Prevention and Control in GP Practices
LGBT Patients
Research shows that LGBT people experience a number of health inequalities and barriers to healthcare compared to their hetero and cisgender counterparts. In 2018, Stonewall reported that LGBT people experienced ... [continue] LGBT Patients
Live Well
Advice, tips and tools to help you make the best choices about your health and wellbeing.
Maternity Self Referral Form
All new antenatal referrals to WWL’s Maternity Services will be via an online referral form, which enables direct booking of care. This includes self-referral and all referrals from professionals. Access ... [continue] Maternity Self Referral Form
NHS Health A to Z
Health A to Z – provided by the NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Podiatry Referral Form
podiatry_referral_form_2021 (1) Please click on the link above to access the referral form.
Refugee / Aslyum seekers
A Guide to the NHS for Migrants and Asylum seekers Primary Care Anyone can register with an NHS GP and see a Doctor or Nurse free of charge, regardless of nationality or ... [continue] Refugee / Aslyum seekers
Repossessions, homelessness, emergency housing and evictions
You can still register with a GP surgery when you are homeless. Please visit the surgery if you need any more information on joining a surgery, For more information, please ... [continue] Repossessions, homelessness, emergency housing and evictions
Self care
Did you know that 10 of the most minor ailments seen by GPs can also be treated by you at home? By treating yourself at home you could save a ... [continue] Self care
Should I have a PSA test?- Prostate cancer
The PSA test is a blood test to help detect prostate cancer. But it’s not perfect and will not find all prostate cancers. The test, which can be done at ... [continue] Should I have a PSA test?- Prostate cancer
Smoking cessation questionnaire
Please complete this questionnaire. Advice – if you do smoke and would would like advice on how to stop smoking, please click on this link NHS how to stop smoking ... [continue] Smoking cessation questionnaire
Who should I see?
We try to keep our GP appointments for patients with more serious health problems. Before you book an appointment to see a doctor please consider whether an appointment with a ... [continue] Who should I see?
Wigan Talking Therapies
Wigan Talking Therapies offers free NHS therapy for people registered with a Wigan GP with common mental health problems like anxiety or low mood, to help you change the way you feel by ... [continue] Wigan Talking Therapies
Adult MSK Physio Self-Referral
You can refer yourself for physiotherapy without visiting your GP first by downloading and completing the form below: Adult MSK Physio Self-Ref Form Oct 2025 Please note: If you have ... [continue] Adult MSK Physio Self-Referral
Date published: 29th March, 2021
Date last updated: 25th April, 2023