New board members elected by Bolton practices
Bolton GP Federation is pleased to announce that shareholders have elected two new Practice Directors as members of the board this week. We are delighted to welcome Dr Dharmesh Mistry from Heaton Medical Centre and Clinical Director of Chorley Roads Primary Care Network, and Aimee Hilton, Practice Manager at Dr Uddin and Dr Anwar’s practice […]
New Chair and Vice Chair to showcase primary care in Bolton
Following the retirement of founder Chair, Dr George Ogden last week (Friday, 17 March), Bolton GP Federation is delighted to announce its new interim Chair and Vice Chair. Bolton GPs Dr Kamran Khan(Unsworth Group Practice in Westhoughton and Blackrod)and Dr Saveena Ghaie (Garnet Fold Practice in Rumworth) have been appointed as interim Chair and Vice […]
Zara – My time at Bolton GP Federation
We were very lucky to host Zara from Westhoughton High School, who joined us on work experience for a week during October. Here she reflects on her week with us and shares some of her most treasured experiences. My time at Bolton GP Federation has been a huge eye-opening experience into the world of work: […]
Jonathan Long joins us for counselling student placement (Part 2)
Jonathan joined us here at the Federation in October 2021 on placement whilst he studied for a master’s degree in counselling and psychotherapy. We’ve been following Jonathan’s journey with us through a short series of blogs in which he has shared how his placement has gone and some of his experiences. Here’s Jonathan’s second and […]
Bolton Practice Nurses Recognised on Special Day
PRACTICE nurses from all over Greater Manchester came together to celebrate International Nurses Day on Thursday, 12 May, with awards for General Practice (GP) nurses from Bolton for their innovation, dedication and resilience. Bolton GP Federation Chief Nurse, Kath Arrowsmith, was awarded the General Practice Nurse Innovator award at the Greater Manchester Primary Care event […]
Trans Awareness Week – Banijay Global Pride
The event was held online by Banijay Pride. Banijay are an international production company, having produced many TV shows such as Peaky Blinders, The Inbetweeners, Big Brother and Master Chef. The aim of the event was to raise awareness of Trans & non-binary people – showing them living a “normal” life and to celebrate International Transgender Awareness […]
Boosting health for people with learning disabilities
Part 1 – Every contact counts Residents of The Hollies supported living accommodation in Bolton were given the special treatment last month (18 and 25 October) thanks to a great local partnership approach and support from the prestigious Queens Nurse Institute (QNI). GP Federation nurses, along with Learning Disability (LD) nurses from the Council’s LD […]
Community wellbeing event a top hit!
People from all around Bolton came together to see what free groups and services are available to support them this week (Tuesday, 26 October), at an event organised by our Social Prescribing Link Workers. The drop-in event at Victoria Halls in Bolton Town Centre, was the largest of its kind in the town since before […]
Coming together for community wellbeing
A FREE community wellbeing event for people of all ages to find out more about the free support available to them following the Covid-19 lockdowns, is coming to Bolton town centre during October half-term. The drop-in event, which is set to be the largest of its kind in Bolton since before the pandemic, is being […]
SPLW World Mental Health Day
Sunday 10 October is World Mental Health Day. Here, one of our Social Prescribing Link Workers (SPLW), talks about her role and how it is much more than just signposting people to services and groups. People often come to us in crisis. They may be anxious, ambivalent about their current situation, they may be unsure about […]