Services

Managing your health online

Using an online form There are many things you can do online at our surgery. Some tasks you can do using a website called where you can: request an appointment...

The NHS does not pay for some of the services we provide. These include private sick notes, insurance forms, holiday cancellation forms, medical reports, fitness to travel certificates, private prescriptions,...

Carers

Are you caring for or supporting a relative, friend or neighbour? Are you helped or supported by a relative, friend or neighbour? We need to know so we can offer...

Prescriptions

Ordering repeat prescriptions The easiest way to order repeat prescriptions is: using your NHS account (through the NHS website or in the NHS App) This accounts shows you all your repeat medicine...

Appointments

Before you use the online consultation tool for the first time please read this guide When you submit an online GP request through our website or the NHS App, you...

Acute Respiratory Infection Service

*Not currently available* To provide additional appointments during the winter period Trafford practices including St Johns Medical Centre are offering same day appointments based at Trafford General Hospital for Acute...

Acute Visting Service

Mastercall’s Acute Visiting Scheme (AVS) offers additional capacity and support to St Johns patients needing a home visit. Patients may be referred to this service – for acute, non-emergency, urgent...

Clinical Pharmacist Team

Working closely with both the administration team and clinicians, our Clinical Pharmacist team is responsible for helping patients to manage long-term conditions, handles hospital discharge summaries, supports those on multiple...

District Nurses and Dieticians

Can be contacted directly on 0300 323 0303

Dressings

The practice holds very limited dressings and thus does not provide this service but you can contact Meadway on 0300 323 0303 who offer this free service

Ear Syringing

The practice does not provide this service but you can contact Meadway on 0300 323 0303 who offer this free service

Emergency Contraception and / or Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Testing

For emergency contraception and / or sexually transmitted disease infection testing please contact Northern Sexual Health Service on 0161 749 1160.

Emergency Eye Care Service

Considers most ophthalmic presentations to same-day service Covers red or painful eye or eyelids; recently occurring flashes and floaters, recent and sudden loss of vision, foreign body in the eye...

First Contact Physiotherapists

Our team of First Contact Physios can help adult patients with musculoskeletal issues such as back, neck and joint pain by assessing and diagnosing issues, giving expert advice on how...

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

At St John’s it is our priority to put patients and patient safety first and we pride ourselves on practising evidence-based medicine. Please see the following HRT updates below:

Mental Health Practitioner

The service is to provide comprehensive assessment, brief intervention, sign-posting and onward referral for patients over 18 presenting with mental health complaints. Ideally, patients presenting with mental health problems should...

Midwives

If you have found out you are pregnant and wish to access maternity care you can self refer to Wythenhsawe Hospital, Saint Marys Manchester or North Manchester Hospital by following...

Pharmacy First Service

Further support for 7 conditions is available via the Pharmacy First Scheme without an appointment The new NHS Pharmacy First service involves community pharmacies providing advice and prescription treatment for...

Podiatry

The practice does not provide this service but you can self refer to the Trafford Podiatry service by completing the attached and emailing or posting to the address on the...

Real Food Lifestyle Sessions - Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes Programme

St Johns Medical Centre is working with the Public Health Collaboration Charity to provide “Real Food Lifestyle support sessions” from the surgery. These are group, face to face sessions run...

Requests For Antibiotic Prophylaxis To Take Abroad

We sometimes receive requests from patients asking us to prescribe antibiotics to take abroad, with the intention of only using the antibiotics if the patient develops an infection. We are...

Social Prescribing

The Social Prescribing Team supports St Johns Medical Practice’s patients over the age of 18 to live well in their local community. The team focuses on improving the mental health...

Trafford Talking Therapies Service

More information is available on the link below and the service is contactable on 0161 357 1350

Weight Loss Injections - Semaglutide (Wegovy or Ozempic) or Tirzepatide (Mounjaro)

Mounjaro (Tirzepatide) for Weight Management We are receiving lots of enquiries about Mounjaro (Tirzepatide) for weight management due to the recent coverage that NHS England have authorised its use in...

Travel Vaccinations

If you are travelling abroad you may need to be vaccinated. Please make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss the vaccinations you will need, which will depend on...

Urgent Dental Care Service

Greater Manchester Urgent Dental Care Service is available 8am-10pm everyday including weekends and bank holidays and are contactable on 0333 332 3800. They can help with dental and soft tissue...

Referrals

There is a high demand for hospital appointments following the pandemic. The NHS app now shows the waiting time for patient over the age of 16 who have been referred...

Date published: 18th April, 2024
Date last updated: 27th April, 2026