North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), which manages the region’s 111 health-advice service, is anticipating a busy Easter Bank Holiday weekend, and the following days of industrial action,which will see significant pressure on the NHS. This comes after the ambulance service offered 39,000 calls to its 111 service during the four-day long weekend in 2022, rising […]
The NHS in the North West will kick off the next phase of its successful vaccination programme today (Monday 3 April) with a spring campaign to protect the most vulnerable, starting in care homes. Around 800,000 people in total will be eligible for a spring Covid jab across the region, including over 75s, those […]
North West health leaders are reminding people not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions if they are due in the next few days, ahead of the Easter break and the following days of industrial action, which will see significant pressure on the NHS. Every Bank Holiday the NHS 111 phone service sees […]
The number of people waiting over 18 months for NHS care in the North West has fallen again despite continued demand for services, new figures show today. Thanks to the efforts of NHS staff across the region, the number of patients waiting more than 18 months for care has fallen by more than four fifths […]
NHS North West’s Chief Pharmacist is reminding people not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions if they are due ahead of the Easter break. Every bank holiday the NHS 111 phone service sees huge increases in people contacting it about repeat prescriptions – and on some occasions last year saw 5 times […]
Senior clinical leads across the North West are taking to social media, to encourage local people to sign-up to the NHS App. Recent analysis show that there are almost 2million logins to the app across the region each month. The NHS App can help people order repeat medications, meaning they do not need to ring […]
NHS staff in the North West have been praised and have seen their exceptional efforts being rewarded with reduced numbers of patients waiting more than a year and a half for treatment during the busiest winter ever for the health service. The total number waiting more than 18 months in the region has fallen by […]
Thousands more people across the North West will benefit from faster care at home thanks to the boosted rollout of healthcare teams in the community, as part of the NHS plan to recover urgent and emergency care services. Almost 28,000 people across the North West have received urgent care at home – many avoiding a […]
The NHS has today (6 March) launched the NHS Parliamentary Awards 2023, which recognise staff who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. The awards were created to celebrate NHS staff, carers and volunteers – their hard work, innovative ideas and unwavering efforts to put patients first – and this year they are […]
Thousands of people in the North West who have been sent a lifesaving home testing kit that can detect early signs of bowel cancer are being encouraged to use it and return it, as part of a new NHS campaign. The national campaign aims to increase uptake of the home testing kit, to ensure more […]