The NHS England North West’s health leaders are reminding people to ensure they use services wisely ahead of the next period of industrial action by junior doctors this week. The three-day walkout of junior doctors, from Wednesday, June 14th to Saturday, June 17th, comes as new data showed that A&Es across the country have just […]
The North West’s medical director has warned people to take precautions in the warm weather ahead of next week’s junior doctor’s strike. Dr Michael Gregory, Regional Medical Director for NHS England – North West, said there were many precautions which could be taken to help keep people well during the warm weather and avoid putting […]
With more than half of eligible people in the North West already protected by the spring booster, the NHS in the region is encouraging people to come forward ahead of the seasonal campaign ending on Friday 30 June. Since the latest phase of the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Programme started in April, more than 400,000 spring […]
Health leaders across the North West are urging the public to plan ahead this Bank Holiday weekend to ensure critical NHS services are available for those most in need. The NHS typically sees increased demand over Bank Holidays and both Easter and the earlier Bank Holidays in May were no exception. Health services across the […]
Senior clinicians across the North West are reminding people not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions if they are due in the next few days or over the Spring Bank Holiday. Every Bank Holiday – the NHS 111 phone service sees huge increases in people contacting it about repeat prescriptions –this year […]
Some of the North West’s most iconic buildings, including Liverpool’s Royal Liver Building, will light up blue this summer to mark the NHS turning 75. On the evening on 5 July 2023 – 75 years to the day after the National Health Service was founded – local landmarks and buildings up and down the region […]
With the fourth Bank Holiday weekend since the start of April looming, the NHS North West’s Chief Pharmacist is reminding people not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions if they are due over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend. Every bank holiday the NHS 111 phone service sees huge increases in people contacting […]
NHS clinicians in the North West are urging people with weakened immune systems to come forward for their spring COVID-19 booster vaccination, to top up their protection against the virus. The message came as region reached a new milestone of 18 million doses of Covid vaccine given since the vaccination programme started in December 2020. […]
The head of the NHS in England has hailed the ‘great strides’ the health service is making, as new figures show major improvements across long waits, urgent and emergency services, and cancer care. The number of patients waiting more than 18 months fell to just 10,737 by April – down by more than 90% from […]
New figures released by NHS England show that across the North West more than 250,000 repeat prescriptions are ordered through the NHS App every month, a number that has steadily risen since January 2022. Since the NHS App’s launch in December 2018, more than 42 million repeat prescriptions have been ordered through the app across […]