Here you will find everything you need to know about health services in your area including doctors, dentists, opticians, pharmacies, health centres, clinics hospitals and how to get emergency treatment. There are also sections about all of the specialist services that we provide for adults and older people, and also children and young people. You can also find out about how we are planning to develop and improve services and how the NHS will be evolving nationally thanks to the NHS Next Stage Review.
Choose Well
Choose well will help you to decide which NHS service you need if you become ill or injured.
By following the Choose Well guide, you will be able to get the care you need, in the quickest time. It will also help to free-up local NHS services so they can care for the people who need it most.
HMR Community Healthcare
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Community Healthcare is the leading provider of community services in the Rochdale Borough.
Making it Better
Services for families at Rochdale Infirmary are changing as part of the Making it Better programme to improve the system of care for pregnant women, babies and children throughout Greater Manchester. Changes to these services are due to take place in Rochdale in late June 2011.
Patient Choice
When you have needed to go to hospital for treatment, in the past your doctor will have automatically referred you to your nearest hospital, whether you liked it or not. Now you, the patient, have the power to decide where you want to go, thanks to an initiative called ‘Choice’.