Practice Updates

9th Mar

Lung cancer screening now available to patients

If you’re aged 55-74 you may be contacted to participate in the programme.

You will be eligible for a Lung Health Check if:


You are aged between 55 and 74
You are a current or former smoker (and this is recorded on your
medical history)

You are registered with a GP surgery


You live in an area where screening is currently operating


Find out more at

http://roycastle.org/lungcancerscreeninglancashire or
email lscicb.lungscreening.enquiries@nhs.net

14th Dec 2025

Support Service

Clinical Team

Denise Bolton (f) is currently supporting healthcare teams in practice as a locum Nurse Prescribing Practitioner and is in practice sessions adhoc days in the week which may vary from month to month 

Grace Easter (f) is currently supporting the Pharmacy team in practice as a locum prescribing pharmacist 

9th Sep 2025

Training Practice

Longton Health Centre is a training practice and is committed to supporting the ongoing learning and development of trainee doctors and medical students.

The surgery supports the following medicine placements :

UCLAN

Year 1 Medicine Placements

Year 5 Medicine Placements

Year 2 Nursing Placements

MANCHESTER

Year 5 Medicine Placements

GPST2 Doctors

GPST3 Doctors

Runshaw College Apprenticeships

UCLAN Degree Apprenticeships

 

 

16th Apr 2025

Help us to Help You

MILITARY VETERAN / ARMED FORCES HEALTH CHECKS

Please tell us if you are or have been a member of the Armed Forces

We have information for help and support groups and can offer healthcare checks

CARER HEALTH CHECKS

Please tell us if you rely on or there is someone who relies on you to look after them or isn't able to care for themselves

We have support workers who can offer health and wellbeing advice and support and carer health checks and where appropriate refer to the social prescribing services who may be able to support you

SPECIFIC ACCESS, INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION NEEDS

Please let us know if you have any specific access, information or communication needs 

We can support with these specific needs and a note can be added so our teams are aware

Our patients may wish to see their named GP of choice where clinically available, irrespective of who your informed, named or allocated and accountable GP is - our teams encourage continuity of care where possible 

Page last reviewed: 09 March 2026
Page created: 18 August 2021