A MAJOR redesign of Bury’s urgent care system, which includes moving the town’s walk-in centre to Fairfield General Hospital, is back on the agenda.

Moorgate Primary Care Centre, which stopped offering walk-in services at the start of the coronavirus crisis, would be relocated to the hospital if plans pass.

Feedback from the 201 people who completed a public consultation survey, has now been collated, analysed and presented to local authority leaders.

Under the proposals, which will be considered on Monday, all urgent patients will be seen in a new 24-7 unit in front of the accident and emergency department at Fairfield General Hospital.

An enhanced urgent treatment centre would function as a primary care facility, see “minors” and offer mental health and GP out of hours services.

Digital triage and consultation services would be used more by GPs practices, most of which have started seeing to patients remotely during the pandemic.

Bury NHS clinical commissioning group (CCG) approved the roll out of the AskMyGP software for all practices in the borough but Uplands, Blackford and Birches have had their requests for alternative solutions to be funded refused.

A new clinical assessment service could be also implemented sooner than expected as a “phone and book” approach to appointments at A&E is now being designed and will be piloted this month at Fairfield General Hospital.

Prestwich walk-in centre, which is currently being used as a 24-hour COVID management hub, would remain open, including on weekends, but authorities will consider consulting on changes to the facility further down the line.

Dr. Jeff Schryer, co-chair of the strategic commissioning board, thanked all those who took part in then public consultation earlier this year.

He said: “We are really keen to make it easier for people to find their way around urgent care services and to support them to access care outside of normal working hours and at weekends.

“Our proposal to create a new 24/7 urgent treatment centre at Fairfield General Hospital to house the current Bury walk-in centre service and a range of connected urgent care and mental health services, with access to a wide range of diagnostic tests not currently available, gained overall support from those that responded to the consultation.

“It is this feedback that the board will fully consider and discuss at its meeting, before making a decision on next steps.”

The strategic commissioning board will be asked to approve the proposals in the urgent care review on Monday.

Members of the public can submit a question to the board in advance by visting www.buryccg.nhs.uk/your-local-nhs/primary-care-commissioning/questions-for-strategic-commissioning-board/.