Lots of partners are involved in transforming community mental health services in Oldham.

Key partners include many of our mental health staff, GPs and primary care colleagues, Oldham Council, Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind, Positive Steps, Age UK and Turning Point.

Primary care networks are groups of GP practices which are are working with mental and physical health services, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services. There are five primary care networks in Oldham:

North network:

  • The Royton and Crompton Family Practice
  • Oak Gables Medical Practice
  • Royton Medical Centre
  • Village Medical Practice

South network: 

  •  Hilltop Medical Practice
  • Oldham Medical Services
  • Hollinwood Medical Practice
  • Quayside Medical Practice
  • Medlock Medical Practice 

Central network: 

  • St Mary's Medical Centre
  • The Chowdhury Practice
  • Oldham Family Practice
  • Hopwood House Medical Practice
  • Alexandra Group Medical Practice
  • Jalal Practice, Perkins Practice
  • Glodwick Medical Centre
  • John Street Medical Practice
  • Lindley House Health Centre
  • Greenbank Medical Practice 

East network:

  • Leesbrooke Surgery
  • Saddleworth Medical Practice
  • Springfield House
  • Lees Medical Practice
  • Moorside Medical Centre
  • Pennine Medical Centre

West network:

  • Chadderton Medical Practice
  • Woodlands Medical Practice
  • CH Medical Practice
  • Danson Family Practice
  • Littletown Family Medical Practice
  • Werneth Medical Practice
  • Kapur Family Care.

GP practices in our south and central primary care networks are now supported by dedicated team of mental health professionals. This includes:

  • Senior mental health practitioner
  • Mental health wellbeing practitioner
  • Community navigator
  • Peer support worker 
  • Diverse communities link worker (working across both networks)

They'll work with your GP to provide the right mental health support for your needs. If you need more or different support than they can provide, they'll link with the borough's living well team. You can read more about this here. 

Our living well team

We've been working hard to develop our living well team, which will work with all five primary care networks to make sure people receive the right support for their needs.  

This work has involved developing new roles, recruiting staff and looking at new and innovative ways of working together. 

This new way of working is being rolled out in a phased approach. The south primary care network was the first to "go live" in July 2024.  The central network is aiming to go live by the end of the year.

For more information about the transformation programme, contact Oldham programme manager Julie Bell at julie.bell8@nhs.net

How to get mental health help

If you have mild to moderate issues such as low mood, anxiety, trouble sleeping, isolation or panic you can can self-refer to NHS Oldham talking therapies.

If you need more help please make an appointment with your GP in the first instance. 

If you're experiencing a mental health crisis you can contact our helpline.

If there's an immediate risk of danger to life, you should ring 999