Welcome to our practice

Cornerstone Practice is an NHS General Practice which consists of four surgeries at: Shadsworth, Blackburn. Rhyddings, Oswaldtwistle, Lambeth Street, Blackburn, and Bentham Road Health Centre, Mill Hill, Blackburn. (Bentham Road is run by Cornerstone Healthcare Community Interest Company).

The Cornerstone Practice is a Christian Practice, founded by Christian Doctors and staff.
We will never impose our beliefs on people, but will treat people equally and will respect them as unique and important individuals.

The practice was started on 4 July 1988 to provide excellent whole person care for the Shadsworth area.

The Rhyddings surgery opened in 1996 in rented accommodation, and moved to its current building on the 1st May 2003.

on 29th August 2006, the Mayor & Lady Mayoress of Blackburn opened our surgery at Lambeth Street.

In the Summer of 2009 Cornerstone Signed the contract for Cornerstone Healthcare to be ran from Bentham Road Health Centre. Our aim is to provide excellent whole person care in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere with a good training environment.

Patient Notice

We are moving to a full telephone appointment service in the coming days in order to best protect and serve our communities.

Please do not enter the premises unless symptom free.

If you have:
A new continuous cough AND/OR
High temperature (of 37.8 degrees centigrade or higher)
please do not enter this building.
You are being advised to stay at home (self-isolate) without any testing for COVID-19, regardless of travel history or contact with confirmed cases
If someone has serious symptoms they cannot manage at home they should use NHS 111 online (people should only call NHS111 if they cannot get online).

Find out more at nhs.uk/coronavirus

Please find the attached letter (Via the link below) from all the Cornerstone G.Ps regarding Covid-19 sicknote requests. (19.03.2020) Thank you.

COVID-19 Fit Note letter 19.3.2020

Patient Access

my GP App

The MYGP app allows you to pre-book routine consultations, order repeat medication, receive update messages from the surgery and view aspects of your medical records securely through your smartphone. Please click on the image above for more information and to register with the app.

Surgery News

• Vitamin D Information
• Help us Help you
• COVID-19 and diabetes
• Covid-19 High(est) Risk FAQs for patients
• Advice for parents during Coronavirus

Privacy Notice

Please find the privacy notice via the link below, which contains important information regarding your records for during the Covid-19 outbreak, Thank you.

Privacy Notice - PCN - COVID

Coronavirus Information

Please click on the images for further information.


If are needing to isolate due to Covid-19 and require a note for your employer, please follow this link isolation notes

Local Services

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Contraception Service

We provide contraceptive services and aim to provide special support to women with unwanted pregnancies. While we do not refer for termination of pregnancy ourselves, we will provide the information necessary for women to access this service and support them through the process.

Electronic Prescription Service

The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is an NHS service. It gives you the chance to change how your GP sends your prescription to the place you choose to get your medicines or appliances from.