The North West’s lead clinician for COVID-19 vaccination is encouraging people to come forward for their booster doses before the offer, part of the biggest and most successful programme in health history, ends next month. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that, thanks to the success of the programme, the offer […]

Two women from the North West who say routine cervical screening saved their lives are urging others to attend their smear test appointments when invited. Mum of two Sophie Banawich, 30, from Kirkby, and Sarah Waters, 31, from Prescott, have shared their stories to help raise awareness of the importance of cervical screening during Cervical […]

NHS leaders in the North West are urging eligible people to get their free NHS flu vaccine as thousands of people across the country are still in hospital with flu and hundreds in critical care, as levels of flu circulating within our communities remain high. The latest data shows that flu inpatient numbers are still […]

Health chiefs in the North West have urged people to grab a ‘Jabuary’ boost to protect themselves from COVID-19 and flu amid continuing high infection rates and hospital admissions. Hundreds of sites across the region, including general practices, pharmacies and hospital hubs, are continuing to offer first, second and autumn booster doses of the Covid […]

A North West midwife who caught flu and thought she could die has joined patients and health chiefs in pleading with the public to get their flu vaccines amid rising hospital cases. It comes as latest data shows nearly 1,000 people in the North West were in hospital with flu in the week to January […]

Three NHS colleagues from the North West have been recognised for their contributions to healthcare, along with dozens of other NHS staff across the country in this year’s list, ahead of the health service’s 75th birthday. Richard Barker, Regional Director of NHS England – North West said: “I’m incredibly proud of colleagues working across our […]

The public across the North West are being urged to use online services if they run out of regular medication over the extended Bank Holiday weekend. Earlier this week the Regional Medical Director Dr Michael Gregory asked the public to ensure they had enough medication to get through the extended New Year weekend. And he […]

The public across the North West are being urged to ensure they have enough of their regularly prescribed medication ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend. The quickest way to ensure you get your repeat prescription in time for the long New Year weekend coming up is to download the NHS app, register and then order […]

Hundreds more people will be diagnosed with dementia thanks to a new specialist service being set up across the country, the NHS announced today. Care home residents will be assessed for the condition by specialist nurses and other healthcare professionals with 14 new pilot schemes rolled out backed by almost £1 million. But family and friends can […]

Leading NHS children’s doctors in the North West are encouraging parents to be alert to the dangers of small toys this Christmas after surgeons have had to perform life-saving operations to remove button batteries, magnetic balls and Christmas cracker toys, in previous years. The number of children being admitted to hospital after ingesting small objects […]