The NHS is reminding the public to continue to use 111 online for health advice ahead of the August bank holiday weekend. Local NHS services experienced a surge in demand over the Jubilee bank holiday weekend – with attendances at A and E departments in the North West having increased by 15 per cent since […]

The NHS in the North West is encouraging people with symptoms such as a long-standing persistent cough, to contact their GP practice for potentially lifesaving checks in its latest campaign to catch lung cancer earlier when it is easier to treat. The launch of the latest Help Us Help You campaign comes after figures suggest people […]

The public across the North West are being urged to order repeat prescriptions in time, ahead of the August bank holiday. The North West’s chief pharmacist is reminding people not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions ahead of the bank holiday next week. Last bank holiday – the NHS 111 phone service […]

Thanks to a collaboration between three hospital Trusts across Merseyside, patients struggling with respiratory conditions such as COPD and community-acquired pneumonia may find themselves increasingly able to be treated at home instead of spending weeks or longer in a hospital bed. Services across St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Heart and […]

NHS staff in the North West have been praised for all their hard work to tackle waiting lists exacerbated by the pandemic, by employing initiatives including introducing virtual wards in Cheshire and Merseyside, specialist cataract surgery clinics in Lancashire and South Cumbria and a walk-in, walk-out model of care for children in Greater Manchester. As […]

Midwives and other NHS staff have helped almost 15,000 mums-to-be in England quit smoking during the last four years, according to new analysis by the health service. Latest figures show that the smoking rate for pregnant women at the time of birth in 2021-22 fell to 9.1% from 9.6% in the previous year, which is […]

Two NHS teams working across Cheshire and Merseyside have scooped national prizes, at this years’ NHS Parliamentary Awards. The Surgical Cancer Hub Team at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are the 2022 winner of the Excellence in Healthcare award, which was presented by Daisy Cooper MP. Established during the pandemic, the surgical […]

62-year-old Mike Crowe from Liverpool has had quite a life but is now advocating people to come forward if they’re worried about cancer after beating it himself. Since then, he has been a tireless campaigner and, following the recent passing of cancer campaigner and podcaster Dame Deborah James, Mike sees it as more important than […]

The vaccination programme in the North West continues to remind those eligible for a spring booster to take up the offer as soon as possible as a quarter of a million reminders go out before the end of the month. The largest and fastest vaccination programme in NHS history has now invited everyone eligible for […]

As the UK marks Clean Air Day (16th June) NHS Trusts across the North West are set to play their part in helping the NHS cut more than 1m tonnes of C02 emissions in the next three years – the equivalent of taking 520,000 cars off the road. More than 200 new green plans have […]