With the August bank holiday approaching, the North West’s top pharmacist is urging members of the public to order repeat prescriptions in good time. Chief Pharmacist, Karen O’Brien MBE, who leads the pharmacy service across the region, has advised that any repeat prescriptions due in the days over the August bank holiday should be ordered […]
The NHS and Asda are teaming up to provide vital advice on millions of toothpaste tubes and mouthwash bottles encouraging people to contact their GP or dentist if they notice any potential symptoms of mouth cancer. From this month, Asda’s own brand of oral hygiene products will now feature NHS advice in over 500 Asda […]
A vocal cord cancer survivor from Chester, is urging parents to sign the consent form for their children’s HPV vaccination when they receive it, this World Head and Neck Cancer Day (Saturday 27 July 2024). Dad-of-two Steve Sweeney, who was diagnosed with T2 vocal cord cancer in 2015, is now warning parents that HPV (human […]
A talented year five student from the North West has celebrated being named national winner of the prestigious annual contest that promotes NHS careers. Aarna Wagh, a pupil from Elmridge School Primary School in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, received first prize in the Step into the NHS primary school competition for 2024. She beat almost 2,000 […]
People who live in Sefton and have missed any cervical screening appointments, are invited to get the life-saving test done, as part of a pilot mobile service, in a bid to improve uptake of the screening. The Living Well Bus, hosted by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT, will be at various locations across Southport […]
With just three days left of this year’s spring COVID-19 vaccine programme, the North West’s vaccination lead Dr Linda Charles-Ozuzu, is urging anyone eligible to get their jab by this Sunday 30 June. Since the campaign began in April, more than 467,987 people across North West have received their spring booster, this includes around two-thirds of […]
Almost half a million people in the North West have now received their spring covid booster from the NHS just ten weeks after bookings officially opened as part of the latest vaccination campaign. People aged 75 and over, those with a weakened immune system and older adult care home residents are eligible for a spring […]
A retired mum-of-two from Liverpool, who says routine cervical screening saved her life, is urging others to come forward for their screening test this Cervical Screening Awareness Week (17 to 23 June 2024). Rita Doyle, who is now 61, was diagnosed with cervical cancer in December 2020, after a routine cervical screening. She said: “When […]
Young people in the North West are being urged to take up the offer of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine, amid rising cases of measles. NHS vaccination leads in the region are calling on 16–25-year-olds to catch up on missed doses when the next phase of the vaccination campaign starts on Tuesday 18 […]
Younger people who are at extra risk from COVID-19 are being urged to get their life-saving spring vaccine before the latest offer ends on Sunday 30 June. NHS England – North West’s vaccine lead, Andrew Bibby, has made a final call for all those eligible who have yet to have their top-up dose to come […]