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 – […]
MORE than 57,000 new and expectant mums have received specialist support for mental health problems over the last year, up a third on 2022, NHS figures show. Every part of England now has a specialist mental health team thanks to the NHS Long Term Plan, with experts offering women with moderate to severe or complex […]
More than 14,000 doses of the MMR vaccine were delivered to children and young people in the North West in the first three months of 2024, as part of the NHS MMR catch-up campaign. The region is leading the rest of the country, seeing the biggest increase in those coming forward for vital protection – […]
The North West’s medical director has urged the public to use services wisely this bank holiday weekend (Saturday 4 to Monday 6 May 2024) to ensure critical NHS services are available for those most in need. The NHS typically sees increased demand over bank holidays and the early May bank holiday is no exception, as […]