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To: Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group (HMR CCG)

SAVE MIDDLETON NHS WALK-IN SERVICE

We the undersigned believe that the Walk-in Centre at Middleton Health Centre is an essential, well-located and accessible NHS facility in the centre of our town. We demand the Clinical Commissioning Group change their plans and keep it open.

Why is this important?

The NHS Walk-in service in Middleton Shopping Centre is very accessible to everyone living in the areas of Middleton, Heywood and Rochdale. The service is open from 8am-8pm every day (8am-6pm at weekends), 365 days of the year, including Bank Holidays. The GP and Nurse-Practitioner led walk-in centre sees over 22,000 patients per year meaning many patients can receive on the day access to urgent quality care. An in-house survey has shown that over 60% of our walk-in patients would otherwise go to A&E if the walk-in service was not available.

We do not believe that alternative local services will be able to cope with demand should the Walk-in service close and local patients will have reduced choice and access to urgent care. The central location and efficient nature of the service lets patients be seen in a timely and cost-effective manner.

We want the CCG to commit to keeping this service open for the future.

*The total number of signatories on this petition includes 7000 paper signatures collected at the Walk in Centre and around Middleton.

Middleton, Manchester

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2015-11-10 10:02:14 +0000

On Friday 6th November Middleton Patient Participation Group and staff delivered 9333 signatures to HMR CCG.
We have had overwhelming support from our patients, public, papers and politicians alike, and an undeniable message has been sent to the CCG that care about their services, do wish to be included in the decision making process, and that the walk-in centre is highly regarded and needed for the people of Middleton and surrounding areas.

The next event will be the Joint Commissioning Committee meeting on Tuesday 24th November 1-4pm at the Committee Rooms, Rochdale Town Hall where a decision will be made regarding the future of the centre.
We have now stepped down from active campaigning whilst waiting news.
Many thanks again. It has been a pleasure to run this campaign with you.
Very best wishes

Jenny Webster
Community Manager
Middleton Health Centre,

2015-11-04 13:59:52 +0000

On Tues 3rd November over 600 signatures were added to the petition to save the Walk-in Centre at our last push event with the 38 Degrees Ambulance drawing attention to the campaign. Patients, local councillors and 38 Degrees Supporters all braved the brisk weather and helped to raise the total tally to over 9000 signatures as we head towards the end of the HMR CCG consultation period this Friday 6th November

https://mobile.twitter.com/MiddletonHC1/status/661612017342615552/photo/1

This morning we are once more front page news for the Middleton Guardian with an article inside.
We will update on an event to deliver the petition as soon as details are confirmed.

Many thanks for your ongoing support
Jenny and the Middleton Health Centre Patient Participation Group,

2015-10-27 16:00:51 +0000

Support continues to build for the walk-in campaign, with over 7600 signatures so far.
We have had a visit and support in a parliamentary question time from Liz McInnes MP who asked Jeremy Hunt MP to support our campaign. Local Councillors have also been down to the centre and Cllr Chris Furlong tweeted a picture with colleagues "Vital service must not be cut."

Next week will be the end of the CCG consultation period and we will be supported by the 38 Degrees Campaign Ambulance on Tuesday 3rd November 9.30-2pm in a final push to raise awareness and gain signatures. Please come along! We'd love to see you there - Middleton Town Centre between Tesco and the Arndale Centre.

Thank you so much for your support!
Jenny

2015-10-16 14:07:54 +0100

1,000 signatures reached

2015-10-07 12:18:19 +0100

Support continues to build as we have now hit 4000 signatures to keep the Walk-in Centre in 2 weeks! The vast majority of these from people who have physically come into the centre to sign the petition. MP Liz McInnes has also given her support to the campaign and joined in with our twitter selfie campaign @MiddletonHC1 #SaveMiddletonWalkIn You can see her picture here at https://twitter.com/MiddletonHC1/status/651712295756808192

Please keep signing and sharing!

2015-09-30 16:24:33 +0100

Petition update: With the online and in-surgery petitions we have been delighted with the response and collected over 2000 signatures in one week. This morning at our official launch at the centre over 50 patients turned up to show their support and sign up to the petition and hear speeches from the team and our Patient Participation Group. Today we are also front page news for the Middleton Guardian with a great article from them on pg 5 of today's edition. middletonguardian.co.uk
We have ongoing updates and pictures on our Twitter @MiddletonHC1 and Facebook pages https://www.facebook.com/Middleton-Health-Centre-1446784618916890/timeline/
Please retweet and share the campaign progress. Thank you so much for all your support and comments. Please keep signing and sharing!
We genuinely cannot keep the service open without you.
Jenny Webster, Campaign Manager, Middleton Health Centre

2015-09-25 15:24:12 +0100

500 signatures reached

2015-09-23 14:19:11 +0100

100 signatures reached

2015-09-23 10:50:32 +0100

50 signatures reached

2015-09-23 09:09:41 +0100

25 signatures reached

2015-09-23 08:21:33 +0100

10 signatures reached