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 […]
THE NHS will fund a further 54 medical students in the North West from September 2025, which means more medics will be training locally for the region’s hospitals and surgeries. The extra medical places are in addition to the 105 medical places announced earlier this year in the North West. The start of the 2025 […]
MORE patients are getting the care they need from their GP practice team, with the NHS in the North West employing innovative new technologies to race past its target, delivering over 3.5 million appointments in March 2024, almost 800,000 more than the same period before the pandemic. Every GP practice must offer face to face […]
Karen O’Brien MBE North West chief pharmacist is advising members of the public to order any repeat prescriptions ahead of the spring bank holiday. Any repeat prescriptions due in the days over the May bank holiday will need to be ordered by Friday, 17th May. Each bank holiday the NHS 111 phone service sees huge […]
Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 takes place 13–19 May, and this year’s theme is ‘Movement: Moving more for our mental health’. We all know exercise can improve our physical health and strength, but did you know that physical activity can also help our mental health? Making sure we are moving enough can be something many […]
New NHS data published today, shows that in March the North West met the 28 day faster diagnosis target for cancer again, with more than 27,000 people (76.9%) referred or screened received a definitive diagnosis or the all clear within four weeks, exceeding the national ambition of 75%. Thanks to the efforts of staff, […]
WITH hundreds of years of combined NHS nursing behind them, long serving nurses from across the North West are being highlighted by health chiefs from NHS England – North West for their contributions to health and social care this International Nurses’ Day 2024 on 12 May. Across the region, the NHS will be marking the […]
More than a quarter of a million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given in the North West in the first three weeks of the latest spring campaign. It means more than one in four of those eligible in the region – including those aged 75+ and people with a weakened immune system – […]