It’s estimated a network of surgical hubs across the region will provide more than 137,800 additional procedures and appointments a year, for North West patients waiting for treatment. NHS hospitals have been successful in securing £130.3 million to fund 13 surgical hub schemes, which are scheduled to be up and fully running by 2024/25. Surgical hubs […]
Outreach teams have taken the COVID19 autumn booster out to thousands of people across the North West as part of efforts to make getting the vaccine more convenient than ever. Services including a home outreach team in Lancashire and South Cumbria and a unique ‘Living Well’ bus in Cheshire and Merseyside that offers the Covid […]
People across the North West are being asked to consider getting their blood pressure checked at their local high-street pharmacy, in order to prevent strokes and other cardio-vascular diseases. The pharmacy service is just one of the ways the NHS is looking to increase capacity to provide help and guidance for local people. Whilst the traditional […]
Record numbers of people in the North West are being checked for cancer, with more people being diagnosed at earlier stages than ever before. As of August 2022, 382,956 people registered with GPs in the North West were seen by providers following an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer*. By contrast, between March 2019 and […]
Pharmacy vaccination teams are going into antenatal clinics across the North West as part of a pilot scheme to make it easier for pregnant women to get the vaccinations needed to keep them and their babies safe. The Maternal Flu and Pertussis Pharmacy scheme is being trialled by NHS England – North West and involves […]
People across the North West are being urged to continue to use the NHS 111 online service, for urgent health problems that do not need an emergency response. It comes as latest data shows that more and more people are using the NHS 111 service to get advice. Between March 2020 and September 2022, calls to […]
People in the North West are being urged to take up the flu vaccine as soon as possible as the latest data published by UKHSA shows lower than expected uptake in September. Yet our data shows that flu cases are continuing to increase which could lead to a difficult winter. Following the publication of seasonal […]
Smokers across the North West are being urged to kick the habit as the annual Stoptober campaign draws to a close. This year marks the 11th Stoptober campaign encouraging people to quit smoking, as evidence shows that people are five times more likely to quit for good, if they can go 28 days smoke-free – […]
The NHS North West COVID-19 vaccination programme has reached a huge milestone in the first few weeks of the autumn booster campaign. NHS staff, partners and volunteers have vaccinated more than one million people across the region in a fantastic effort to protect our communities from becoming seriously ill with COVID-19 during winter. People aged […]
An innovative approach to children’s surgery at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH) has demonstrated benefits for patients and their families and is being highlighted by regional health leads as an example of how NHS services have adapted as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Set up in August 2020, more than 2,500 children have […]