Updated 13 November 2019
Wigan GP Alliance LLP provides the Extended Hours’ requirements for the entire Borough of Wigan, which currently has 327,000 registered patients. They operate out of seven locations within the Borough of Wigan. The service headquarters is located at Cherry Croft Court, Rear of 47a Wigan Lane, Wigan, WN1 2JE.
There were three federations in existence within the Borough of Wigan representing 62 of the 64 Practices. These Federations worked together and created Wigan GP Alliance LLP on 14 April 2016.
Wigan GP Alliance LLP vision is to provide the best care possible, to all registered patients of the borough, at a day and time suitable for the patient, in a location as close to home as possible, whilst also supporting practices. It allows residents of the borough the opportunity to seek medical treatment at a time that is convenient to them, without needing to seek time away from work. It provides pre-bookable routine appointments during the evenings and weekends including Bank Holidays when most of Wigan GP Practices are closed.
Appointments can be booked through the Alliances internal telephony service which operates between the hours of 8am to 8pm. A weekend and mid-week Cervical Screening service is available to patients.
The service operates using either advanced nurse practitioners or GPs to offer patient appointments, and weekend surgeries are staffed by a team of GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, practice nurses and healthcare assistants. Receptionists offer support to these surgeries during their operation. A team of service coordinators are on call during core opening hours and they offer a range of support and guidance to the onsite teams.
Shevington Surgery is located in a small village in Wigan. The practice is a member of Wigan Borough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
Shevington Surgery is one location the Alliance operates the extended hours service for the Alliance. The practice opens between the hours of Monday to Friday 18:30 – 20:00.
The practice is a two-storey building with all clinical treatment taking place on the ground level which is fully accessible to those with mobility difficulties. There is car parking available with disabled parking spaces. And the practice hosts a pharmacy onsite.
Wigan GP Alliance is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to provide the regulated activities at Shevington Surgery, of diagnostic and screening procedures, surgical procedures, transport services, triage and medical advice provided remotely and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
Regulated activities are delivered to the patient population from the following address:
Shevington Surgery
The Surgery
Houghton Lane
Shevington
Wigan
WN6 8ET
The practice has a website that contains information about what they do to support their patient population:
http://www.wigangpalliance.org .
The service does not accommodate walk-in patients or attend home visits.