GP Enter and View Report - Hopwood Medical Centre

Healthwatch Rochdale representatives conducted an Enter and View visit at Hopwood Medical Centre on 14/10/2025 at 10.00 as part of a planned Quality Visit by the Primary Care Team, Greater Manchester Integrated Care HMR (Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale locality). Hopwood Medical Centre is a GP practice in Heywood in the Rochdale Borough. The practice is in a purpose-built building and has about 9,000 patients.

The purpose of the visit was to review how patients access GP services, including appointment booking systems, accessibility of information, and the overall patient experience, including that of the Patient Participation Group (PPG). We spoke with three patients in the waiting area during the visit, made observations and spoke with the practice manager. Due to staff sickness, we were unable to speak with the staff. There was a telephone mystery shopper review done the same week, looking at appointments etc. This combined approach highlighted several areas for improvement to services for patients.

Who was involved:

 ▪ Moira Auchterlonie - Project Officer HWR

 ▪ Adele Hardacre - Practice Manager 

▪ Jackie Woodhall - Primary Care Commissioning Team

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GP Enter and View Report - Hopwood Medical Centre