Leesbrook Surgery

31/10/2026

🎃👻 HALLOWEEN SAFETY – YOUR COMFORT MATTERS! 🧡

Halloween should be fun for everyone, but we know that not everybody feels comfortable or safe during the Halloween celebrations.

Whether you're staying at home or heading out trick-or-treating, here are a few tips to help you feel safer this Halloween:

🏡 If you're staying at home:

🧡You do not have to answer the door if you don't feel comfortable.
🖤Keep your doors locked, even when you're at home.
🧡If you don't wish to receive trick-or-treaters, consider displaying a polite 'No Trick or Treat' sign.
🖤Never feel pressured to open your door to anyone.
🧡Let someone you trust know if you're feeling worried.
🚶 If you're heading out:

🖤Go trick-or-treating with friends, family or someone you trust.
🧡Stick to well-lit, familiar streets.
🖤Only visit houses that are clearly decorated and welcoming trick-or-treaters.
🧡Keep your phone charged and let someone know where you are.
🖤If something doesn't feel right, walk away and find somewhere you feel safe.
❤️ A little kindness goes a long way!

Please remember:

🧡Respect people who don't wish to participate.
🖤Never pressure anyone to answer their door.
🧡Be considerate of older people, vulnerable neighbours and those who may find Halloween overwhelming.
🖤Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own home and community.

If you feel in immediate danger, call 999.

Let's look after one another and make Halloween enjoyable, respectful and safe for everyone.

🎃 Wishing our patients and local community a safe and happy Halloween!

From all at Leesbrook Surgery 🧡

30/10/2026

🗣️Calling all Veterans ❤️🖤

Navigator provides up to six months of personalised support for veterans experiencing isolation, loneliness, or challenges with their mental or physical health.

Through meaningful activities—such as hobbies, volunteering, or training—and by connecting with others, veterans can improve their wellbeing, gain confidence, and prepare for future employment.

Potential benefits include:
❤️Increased confidence and direction through hobbies, volunteering, or education
🖤A stronger local support network, including connections with professionals, charities, and community groups
❤️Greater independence, with knowledge of where to turn for support if challenges arise
🖤Progression to our Veterans Employment Service, taking the next step towards meaningful and sustainable work

❤️The Navigator service offers up to six months of personalised one-to-one support for veterans who may be experiencing isolation, loneliness or challenges with their mental or physical health that are making it difficult to move towards employment

🖤The service is free and open to veterans who self-refer directly, or who are referred by regional partners.

❤️Navigator is designed to take a practical approach to employment, helping veterans move forward through hobbies, activities and opportunities for training or volunteering, rather than pushing people directly into job applications before they are ready.

🖤The aim is for veterans to feel healthier, more independent and better connected with employment as the destination rather than the starting point.

📍Currently available in:

📍Midlands: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull, Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Leicester, Worcester, Daventry

📍North West: Cheshire, Merseyside, Stoke on Trent, Manchester, Bolton, Preston

📍North Wales: Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham

📍South Wales: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen, South Powys, Swansea, Neath & Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend, Cardiff, Vale, Carmarthen, Llanelli

📍South West: Bristol, the Wye Valley

20/10/2026

We wanted to make families aware of the support available during the school holidays.
families may be able to access support through Oldham’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme. The programme provides funded holiday activities and aims to help children eat more healthily, stay active, remain safe and connected, and learn more about health and nutrition.
Children aged 5–16 who receive targeted benefits-related free school meals in Oldham can book eligible HAF sessions free of charge. From September 2026, HAF eligibility applies to children receiving targeted free school meals.
You can find out more and access booking information here: Holiday activities and food programme (HAF) | Oldham Council
Families who are unsure whether their child meets the criteria can also access the free school meals eligibility checker through the HAF page. Free school meals checker | Free school meals checker | Oldham Council
Other support available
The Oldham Council HAF page also provides links to other sources of support, including:
• We Can Help, for wider help and support available to Oldham residents. We can help | Oldham Council
• The SEND Local Offer, for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Oldham SEND Local Offer
• The Family Information Service, which provides information about services for children, young people and families. Family Information Service | Oldham Council
We appreciate that school holidays can bring additional pressures for families and would encourage anyone who may benefit from support to explore the options available through Oldham Council.

Holiday activities and food programme 2021

20/10/2026

Good Morning
A polite request, if you are looking through the donation rail from Our Community Wardrobe - Oldham - CIC please can you keep the area clean and tidy.
We are a health care setting and the area is used for other things such as prescription drop offs and patients need clear access to this.
We shouldn’t have to be tidying up after people who have ripped open bags and taken our storage bags leaving items disorganised in the area.
If this proceeds to happen we will need to rethink wether we can accommodate the rail being at our practice and this is not something we want to do as it is so well received and Sally and the team work so hard to provide this service for people.
Please be mindful going forward 🥰

16/10/2026

🚶🏼‍♀️Sarah from our Reception team is walking
90 miles for Mind during the month of October
We have added a link for donations if anyone would like to support her

🚶🏼‍♀️So far Sarah has walked 46 Miles which just leaves 43 more togo… over half way 😁🙌🏼
The total raised so far is £216

If you would like to donate please follow the link below👇


https://www.facebook.com/donate/1004442842654415/?fundraiser_source=external_url

14/10/2026

🔴Please note we are CLOSED for Staff Training from 1pm on Wednesday 14.10.2026 and we will reopen at 8am on Thursday 15.10.2026 🔴

If you require non urgent medical assistance during this time please call the surgery on -
0161 621 4800 and you will be directed to our out of hours provider or visit your Local Pharmacy
If you Require urgent Medical assistance please phone 999 immediately

13/10/2026

Communication can become more difficult as dementia progresses, but connection can remain.
Empowered Conversations courses help family caregivers explore what may be happening beneath words and behaviour, develop practical communication skills and discover new ways of being together.

Below is a short Video empowered conversations have created highlighting this

10/10/2026

World Mental Health Day

At Leesbrook Surgery, we understand that mental health is just as important as physical health. Whether you’re experiencing anxiety, low mood, stress, depression, or simply struggling to cope, you don’t have to face things alone.
🌿 Where can you find support

🩷Your GP — Speak to your GP about how you’re feeling and the support or treatment that may help.

💙 NHS 111 — Call 111 or visit 111.nhs.uk for urgent mental health support in England.

💚 Samaritans — Call 116 123 free, any time, day or night, if you need someone to listen. Visit samaritans.org
Samaritans

💛 Mind — Find information and advice about mental health at mind.org.uk
Mind

🩵 Shout — Text SHOUT to 85258 for free, confidential, 24/7 text support in the UK. Visit giveusashout.org.

💜 Talking Therapies- please visit Pennine Care NHS Talking Therapies

09/10/2026

🩷October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

🩷Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the UK, so it's important to check your breasts regularly and be aware of any changes.

🩷If something doesn't feel right, get it checked. Early diagnosis and treatment can save lives.

🩷 Breast Screening Benefits
💕Early Detection: Finds cancers when they are very small and too tiny to see or feel, which makes them much easier to treat.
💕Higher Survival Rates: Catching cancer at its earliest stage significantly improves treatment success and lowers mortality rates.
💕Less Extensive Treatment: Early diagnosis often means less invasive treatment is required, reducing the need for major procedures like mastectomies.
💕NHS Program Availability: Under the NHS Breast Screening Programme, women and GP-registered females aged 50 to 71 are automatically invited for routine mammograms every 3 years.

🩷For more information, visit https://orlo.uk/uZJci

05/10/2026

🗣️We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to respond to our Friends and Family Test text messages. Patients who have had pre-booked face-to-face appointments should receive a text message asking for feedback, please ensure we have your up-to-date mobile phone number.
If you wish to give Feedback but have not received a text message you can do so by visiting our Website
🗣️There were 207 responses received in September 2026
Below we have selected a few of the Positive & Negative comments
It is with Regret that Negative feedback is received, however we discuss all feedback at our Practice Meetings
If any of our Patients wish to Discuss any Issues Raised please Contact the Practice Manager.
Thankyou