People in the North West with long term conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, diabetes or heart or kidney disease are being urged to take extra precautions to manage their health as hospitals continue to treat high numbers of patients with flu, COVID-19 and norovirus. National data published today (6 […]

MORE than 100,000 contributions have already been made to the biggest conversation ever about improving the NHS and now health bosses across the North West are urging people to have their say on some of the early ideas for change. There have been more than 1.5 million visits to the change.nhs.uk portal since it launched […]

NHS staff retention schemes in the North West and across the country have helped cut the number of workers leaving the health service to one of its lowest levels in over a decade. In the North West, one in 10 (10%) hospital and community healthcare workers left the NHS in the 12 months up to […]

A 73-year-old great-grandmother is urging women to attend their breast screening appointments, as the NHS launches its first-ever breast screening campaign. The campaign – supported by leading charity Breast Cancer Now – launches with a new advert across TV, radio and online to highlight that screening can detect any cancers as early as possible, while […]

PATIENTS struggling with winter illnesses that affect their breathing are getting faster, specialised medical help from acute respiratory hubs in the North West that can help prevent them needing a hospital admission. The region has 19 Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) hubs, which operate in a wide range of health service locations, from general practices and […]

HOSPITALS in the North West have been hit by a storm of norovirus infections recently as the number of beds taken up by patients with the virus across England reached a record high last week. In the North West, an average of 72 patients a day were in hospital with norovirus over the last two […]

The NHS in the North West has launched a brand new, first-of-its kind campaign, to raise awareness of the lifesaving abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme, and encourage eligible people to come forward for screening when invited.  An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the aorta, which is the largest artery in the body. […]

As NHS staff from across the North West gathered to discuss what they want to see from the government’s 10 Year Health Plan, a children’s oral health service in Liverpool is already paving the way in bringing preventative care into the community. As part of a visit to the North West for the first of […]

Invitations are due to go out to hundreds of thousands of older people living in the North West, encouraging them to go for their respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine.  The call to action comes as NHS chiefs warn that RSV is ‘not just a winter illness.’ Starting this week, invites will be sent to individuals aged […]

Around 100 frontline NHS staff will be joined by NHS England directors in Liverpool today (11 Feb 2025) to discuss what they want to see from the government’s 10 Year Health Plan.   It marks the first of a series of events where frontline NHS staff across the breadth of the NHS workforce will come […]