One of the North West’s top nurses has been recognised in this year’s New Year’s Honours list, as dozens of other dedicated NHS staff from the region and across the country are named for their contributions to healthcare. The honours have been awarded to an array of NHS staff in the North West including one […]
Strike action by junior doctors starting from today (Wednesday 20 December) will stretch healthcare services even further, as the NHS already faces winter challenges at the busiest time of the year, making it even more important for people to use NHS services wisely. Across the region, junior doctors are taking part in strike action from […]
THE FESTIVE season is almost upon us and the NHS in the North West is calling people to look out for frail and elderly relatives, friends and neighbours over Christmas and New Year. Many older people spend the Christmas period alone – and some will then deteriorate and end up requiring a hospital admission over […]
The NHS has set out how people in the North West will benefit from better access to life-saving vaccinations, following the success of initiatives already trialled in the region during the COVID-19 vaccination programme. The ambitious NHS vaccination strategy, published yesterday (Wednesday, 13 December) outlines how getting vaccinations will be made easier than ever before, […]
Hundreds of new staff have joined the emergency care workforce in the North West ahead of winter – including as paramedics and call handlers – with warnings of significant pressure due to winter viruses over the next few months. The numbers of both 999 and 111 call handlers nationally are up on last De cember […]
When John Gore, a 73-year-old patient from Cheshire, became ill with pneumonia recently, he thought he might have had to spend the lead up to Christmas in hospital. But thanks to the Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust’s Hospital at Home service, he is receiving hospital-quality treatment in the comfort of his own home this […]
With Christmas fast approaching, the North West’s Chief Pharmacist is urging people to add ordering and collecting repeat prescriptions to their to-do lists. GP practices and pharmacies will have different opening hours over Christmas and New Year period and will be closed on Monday 25 December and Tuesday 26 December, then again over the New […]
More than three quarters of GP practices [84%] in the North West are now giving patients access to their health records online, thanks to the NHS primary care access recovery plan. Instead of needing to contact their GP practice, 22 million people can now view test results and check their consultation notes on their smartphone […]
NHS organisations in the North West have appealed to people to use health services wisely as new figures show winter virus cases are “creeping up” alongside pressure on emergency departments. New NHS data published yesterday shows an average of 234 people were in hospital with flu every day last week, up 53% on the week […]
People in the North West are being urged to book their COVID-19 vaccine to get protected in time for Christmas as the NHS celebrates the third anniversary of the vaccination programme. In this latest phase of the biggest and fastest vaccination programme in NHS history, more than 1.3 million autumn doses have been given to […]