NHS Leaders in the North West have hailed the hard work of staff in the region after new figures showed overall waiting lists fell for the third month in a row in December, fighting the tide against prolonged periods of industrial action and increasing winter pressures hitting the region’s urgent and emergency care services hard […]

On the fifth anniversary of nursing associates joining the Nursing and Midwifery Council register in 2019, we now have more than 1,100 working across the NHS in the North West. The innovative pathway into the NHS helps bridge a gap between healthcare assistants and registered nurses, and provides a career pathway into becoming a registered […]

More than 3,000 NHS apprenticeships started in the North West in the past year, providing more opportunities for people to start careers in the NHS, whilst boosting staffing levels and providing outstanding care to communities. At the start of National Apprenticeships Week (5-11 February), and as the NHS nationally secures the accolade of the nation’s […]

DESPITE significant ongoing seasonal pressures across the NHS, patients in the North West are benefiting from the roll out of over 680 additional permanent staffed beds this winter. Last year, the NHS committed to delivering an additional 5,000 ‘core’ beds across the country as part of its urgent and emergency care recovery plan. ‘Core’ beds […]

Patients in the North West will be able to get treatment for seven common conditions at their high street pharmacy from today without needing to see a GP, as part of a major transformation in the way the NHS delivers care. Over 1500, 95.5% of all pharmacies in the region, will be offering the ground-breaking […]

MORE than 1,000 new doctors could be trained at North West universities in 2024 after the NHS announced it was funding an additional 105 medical school places from September to train more medics for the region’s hospitals and surgeries. The increase in medical places comes in advance of the larger expansion across the country from […]

Millions of parents and carers in England are being urged to book their children in for their missed measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine as part of a major new NHS drive to protect children from becoming seriously unwell, as measles cases continue to rise across the country. The NHS campaign will see all parents […]

Super surgery days and newly accredited surgical hubs are just two of the schemes that are helping to drive down the NHS backlog for elective care in the North West. Monthly regional performance data shows that the overall waiting list in the North West fell by more than 17,500 in just one month – from […]

There were nearly 600,000 more appointments in general practice in November 2023 compared to the same month before the pandemic, as part of the NHS primary care access recovery plan. New NHS data shows there were 3.7 million appointments (excluding vaccinations) delivered by GP practices in November 2023, making it the busiest November on record […]

When Mark Hatfield, now 62, left the army in the 1990s, there was little mental health or wellbeing support for veterans, and after suffering for years with poor mental health, even feeling suicidal at times, he finally decided to seek help in his 50s, with the NHS Op COURAGE service. And this week, the NHS has […]