One hospital’s pilot to increase the number of orthopaedic elective surgeries every week, by performing four or five joint surgeries per day, is helping to drive down the NHS backlog for elective care in the North West. Monthly regional performance data shows that in the past 10 months waiting lists have gone down by over […]
One of the North West’s leading GPs is encouraging people to ‘keep health services in their pocket’ this summer by using the NHS App to stay well and get any medical help they need. As meteorological summer gets underway following the summer solstice on 21 June, Dr Paula Cowan, GP and Regional Medical Director for […]
NHS England North West has reminded people of the steps they can take to say well in hot weather after the UK Health Security Agency and Met Office extended their amber heat-health alert to the North West. Dr Gareth Wallis, Medical Director for System Improvement and Professional Standards, for NHS England in the North West, […]
Women and people with a cervix are being encouraged to book and attend their cervical screening appointments when invited by the NHS, this Cervical Screening Awareness Week (19-25 June). Cervical screening saves thousands of lives each year by preventing cervical cancer, yet hundreds of thousands of people in the North West are missing their cervical […]
NHS England North West has urged people to take precautions to keep well ahead of the warm weather returning across the region towards the end of the week. The advice to stay safe comes as temperatures are set to rise once again, with UVA and pollen levels potentially becoming very high. While many will enjoy […]
HEALTHCARE professionals of Caribbean heritage are being honoured across the North West as the NHS marks Windrush Day (22 June 2025). Since the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush in 1948, thousands of Caribbean men and women have contributed immensely to the NHS which was founded just a few weeks before the Windrush docked in Tilbury, […]
FROM war zones to the NHS, refugee doctors fleeing conflict-ridden countries are rebuilding their shattered lives while healing others across the North West. This Refugee Week (16-22 June 2025), NHS England in the North West celebrates the remarkable journeys of refugee and asylum seeker healthcare professionals who have overcome trauma and discrimination to serve their […]
HEALTH officials are urging the public to act now and get the COVID-19 vaccination before the Spring vaccination programme ends next week, as a new virulent strain continues to spread across the country. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed that the new variant, NB.1.8.1, has been detected in the UK and international data […]
Millions of patients will benefit from cutting-edge NHS robotic surgery over the next decade as part of radical plans to cut waiting times. Half a million operations will be supported by the trailblazing approach every year by 2035 – up from 70k in 2023/24 – according to NHS projections. Nine in ten of all keyhole […]
Eleven NHS organisations in the North West have been recognised for having some of the best performing or most improved A&E wait times and Category 2 ambulance response times in the country. NHS England’s integrated urgent and emergency care incentives scheme 2024/5 recognised the hard work of staff delivering emergency care, while also acknowledging there […]