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PEOPLE URGED TO ONLY USE A&E FOR EMERGENCIES AS HUGE NUMBERS ATTEND OVER EASTER - April 27
Over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, more than 1100 people used A&E at the Royal Oldham Hospital. This is an increase of nearly a quarter more than the number who used it during the Easter weekend last year.
PEOPLE URGED TO ONLY USE A&E WHEN THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY - April 15
A local GP is making a plea for people to choose well over Easter and the following Royal Wedding weekend as A&E teams are faced with having to deal with cases such as backache and upset stomachs on a daily basis.
PATIENTS REMINDED TO GET THEIR REPEAT PRESCRIPTIONS BEFORE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKENDS - April 15
An Oldham GP is asking people to remember to make sure they get any repeat prescriptions before their doctors’ surgeries close over Easter and the following Royal Wedding weekend.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH WARNS OF SKIN CANCER INCREASE - April 11
The director of public health for Oldham is urging people to take care in the sun and avoid using sunbeds.