Bolton GP Federation provides evening and weekend appointments on behalf of 6 PCNs across Bolton. Patients can book appointments in one of our hubs by contacting their own GP practice.
Appointments are available:
Monday to Friday – 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Saturday – 9am to 5pm
Clinical lead: Dr Manu Jeyam
Service Manager: Barry Barlow
If you wish to cancel your appointment please contact your GP practice to allow this appointment to be used by another patient.
Deane Road, Bolton BL3 5AH
Lindfield Drive, Bolton BL1 3RG
2 Lucy Street, Bolton BL1 5PU
Southbrook Grove, Bolton BL3 2DN
Hilton Street, Bolton BL2 6DY
Peter House, Captain Lees Road, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 3UB
We currently support 6 PCNs in Bolton.
The networks provide the structure and funding for services to be developed locally, in response to the needs of the patients they serve.
Primary Care Networks are geographical groups of GP practices, community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services working together to focus on local patient care.
They are small enough to provide the personal care valued by both patients and GPs, but large enough to have impact and economies of scale through better collaboration between practices and others in the local health and social care system.
Supporting practices is a Bolton GP Federation priority.
Our role in supporting practices is developing and growing in response to what they need.
We currently support them by:
Practices requiring Federation support should email victoria.westwood@boltongpfed.co.uk
In December 2019 we began the delivery of the Covid vaccination programme on behalf of five of Bolton’s Primary Care Networks throughout our communities in designated sites and our COVID Vaccine Bus.
We continue to support delivery of the COVID vaccination programme on behalf of four of Bolton’s Primary Care Networks; Central, Chorley Roads, Halliwell and Rumworth.
This involves:
We ran a 6-week pilot during May and June 2020 to help reduce demand on A&E.
Patients were seen over the 6-week pilot
Patients were referred back to emergency department after discussion with ED consultants
Patients were referred onward to other specialities
Of feedback about service delivery and staff was positive
We currently provide this year’s Winter Surge Hub to support the system during the high-demand winter period.
The service will run from the Bolton Primary Care Hub / Health Hive, Chorley Street, Bolton, BL1 4AL.
Patients can book an appointment in this service by contacting their own GP Practice.
Appointments are available:
Monday to Saturday from 10 November 2025 through to 6 April 2026.
If you have an appointment booked in this service and wish to cancel, please contact the Health Hive on 01204 463 518.
Clinical lead: Dr Saveena Ghaie
Service lead: Kristy Barlow
Our Bolton Health Hive is located at The Bolton Primary Care Hub, Bolton, BL1 4AL
Tel: 01204 463 518
Since 2017 we have provided clinical leadership and GP support to deliver enhanced care in care homes.
We provide this support to 12 beds in Wilfred Geere House and lead the multi-disciplinary team which is a dedicated team consisting of care supervisers, social workers, pharmacists, OTs and Age UK Bolton.
GP cover is provided Monday to Friday.
Clinical lead: Dr Nasifa Saba
Service lead: Kristy Barlow
This service is currently paused whilst we review the wider services we offer from the Health Hive.
Was a new pilot service developed in July 2020 in response to requests from GP Practice to support them with their nursing needs.
Following consultation with and requests from GP Practices, the Federations Experienced Nurse Network provides:
We provide a range of cover to practices, including:
Practices have found this service most helpful to support them with:
For practices wanting to access this service please contact us, hello@boltongpfed.co.uk
