Oaklands Health Centre

06/08/2026

🛒 Pop-Up Pantry! 💚

Looking to make your food budget go a little further?

Join us at the Holme Valley Food Bank Pop-Up Pantry, where you can pick up a bag of quality food for a suggested £5 donation.

📅 Wednesday 12th August
🕐 1:00pm – 3:00pm
📍 Holmfirth Methodist Church, HD9 7EQ

You’ll find a great selection of:
🥫 Tinned foods
🍎 Fresh fruit & vegetables
🥖 Bakery items
🥛 And more, subject to availability.

☕ Everyone is welcome! Stay for a free cup of tea, biscuits and a friendly chat. Children are very welcome too.

💬 Claire from Community Plus will also be available to offer advice and signposting to local support services.

🛍️ Please bring your own shopping bag
💷 Cash only

If you know someone who could benefit, please share this post and help us spread the word.

Together we’re Working Towards a Holme Without Hunger 💚

📞 For more information, call 07534 855332.

31/07/2026

27/07/2026

📢 FreeStyle Libre 2+ Sensor Users

We've recently had a number of patients tell us that their FreeStyle Libre 2+ sensors have either fallen off early or experienced technical issues. While the recent hot weather may have contributed in some cases, these problems have been reported more widely over the past few months.

If your sensor is faulty or comes off before it should, please request a replacement directly from Abbott, as they have a dedicated replacement service for eligible sensors. This is the quickest way to receive a replacement and helps reduce delays.

You can request a replacement here:
https://www.freestyle.abbott/uk-en/support/sensor-support-form.html

The Oaklands Team

Get help if your FreeStyle Libre sensor fell off, stopped working, showed an error message, or experienced another issue. Start your support or replacement request online in just a few steps.

21/07/2026

TRAINING DAY
The practice will be closed from 1pm today for practice staff training. Please note our phone lines are off for the afternoon. Pre-booked appointments will still be going ahead.
If you need to speak to a GP urgently please ring 111 and for emergencies please ring 999.
The practice will re-open tomorrow at 8am.

20/07/2026

If you're eligible, you can now get your free MenB vaccine.

MenB can cause serious illnesses like meningitis and septicaemia.

You may be eligible if you are:
✅ 17 to 18 years old and born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008
✅ Under 25 and starting university or moving into residential further education for the first time

Eligible 17 to 18-year-olds born between these dates can book online if they’re registered with a GP in England. Eligible under-25s can get vaccinated at a participating pharmacy – no GP registration is needed.

You'll need 2 doses, given at least 4 weeks apart, for the best protection.

Find out if you're eligible and how to get vaccinated: https://www.nhs.uk/book-menb

15/07/2026

📢 Our 2026 GP Patient Survey Results
Firstly, we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the NHS GP Patient Survey. Your feedback is invaluable and helps us understand what we are doing well and where we need to improve.

This year, 89% of patients rated their overall experience of Oaklands Health Centre as good. Whilst we are pleased that this remains well above the West Yorkshire ICS average (76%) and the national average (77%), we are naturally disappointed that our overall satisfaction score has fallen from 95% in 2025 to 89% in 2026.

The last 12 months have been a period of significant change for the practice. We have welcomed a new GP partnership, introduced a new clinical computer system (SystmOne), implemented a new telephone system and continued to develop our services to meet the needs of our growing patient population. We recognise that periods of change can sometimes affect patients' experiences and we would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding while our team adapted to these new ways of working.

Despite these changes, we are incredibly proud of many of this year's results:

⭐ 94% of patients found our reception and administrative team helpful.
⭐ 97% had confidence and trust in the healthcare professional they saw or spoke to.
⭐ 98% felt involved in decisions about their care and treatment.
⭐ 93% said their healthcare professional listened to them.
⭐ 92% said they were treated with care and concern.
⭐ 84% found it easy to get through to us by phone – significantly higher than both the ICS and national averages.
These results are a testament to the commitment, compassion and resilience of our entire team, who have worked tirelessly throughout a year of considerable change.

Although we are disappointed that our overall satisfaction score has fallen, we are absolutely committed to improving it. We will continue to listen to your feedback, review our services and make further improvements to our appointment systems, access and patient experience. Our ambition is to regain and exceed last year's excellent results.

Thank you for your continued support and for placing your trust in Oaklands Health Centre. Together, we will continue striving to provide the highest quality care for our community. 💙

10/07/2026

📢 NHS App Update

We are pleased to let patients know that the majority of NHS App issues have now been resolved and the app is working again for most users.

We are aware that some patients are still experiencing difficulties accessing or using the NHS App. Our IT team is continuing to work on resolving these remaining issues and we hope to have all patients fully back up and running shortly.

Thank you for your patience and understanding while this is being resolved.

10/07/2026

📢 Patient Notice – New Check-in Screen

We have recently updated our patient check-in system.

When you arrive for your appointment and use the check-in screen, it will now:
✅ Confirm that you have successfully checked in and arrived.
✅ Tell you which clinician you are seeing.
✅ Let you know how many patients are waiting ahead of you.

01/07/2026

NHS App Update

We are aware that some patients are experiencing issues with the NHS App following the installation of our new clinical system.

Our IT teams are working hard to resolve these issues as quickly as possible and we appreciate your patience while this is being investigated.

If you are experiencing problems accessing the NHS App, please try the following:

- Log out of the NHS App.
- Remove (delete) the app from your device.
- Download and install the NHS App again.
- Log back in using your NHS login details.

For many patients, this has resolved the issue.

If you continue to experience problems after trying these steps, please let us know by contacting the practice.

Thank you for your patience and understanding while we work to get everything running smoothly.