Community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are already freeing up hospital capacity in the North West by offering MRI, CT and other services closer to patients’ homes, often in the heart of local communities. Tests and checks carried out at these sites will help staff diagnose a range of conditions including cancer, heart and lung disease quicker […]

With calls handled by NHS 111 rising by 66% over the Easter Bank Holiday, North West Ambulance Service, which manages the service, is expecting an equally busy period over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend. Jackie Bell, Head of 111 in the North West, recommends the public try NHS 111 online to get quick health advice. […]

The NHS in the North West is encouraging parents of 5 to 15-year-olds to take advantage of time off school to get their COVID-19 vaccine during the May half term. As schools across the North West take their half term breaks from next week, parents of children aged 5 and over will be able to […]

Record numbers of men are getting checked for prostate cancer thanks to a lifesaving awareness raising campaign, the NHS said today. Urgent referrals for urological cancers reached an all-time high in March this year, with almost 25,000 people (24,331) checked in just one month, with 2,663 in the North West, following a campaign launched by […]

The North West’s chief pharmacist is reminding people not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions ahead of the four-day Jubilee bank holiday next week.  Karen O’Brien MBE heads up the pharmacy service across the region and has flagged up that any repeat prescriptions will need to be ordered before Monday 30 May […]

More than 360,000 people in the North West who are the most vulnerable to Covid have had their spring booster jab, six weeks since the latest phase of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme began. The rapid rollout means the biggest and fastest vaccination programme in health service history, has protected more than half of those […]

The North West NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme has reached another huge milestone in its effort to protect people from becoming seriously ill with the virus. Since the vaccination programme began in December 2020, 15 million vaccines have been delivered across the region, including more than four million top-up jabs (third and booster doses). NHS staff […]

THOUSANDS of people across the North West are already benefitting from the roll out of pulse oximeters and NHS leaders are calling for the most vulnerable people to come forward for the service in order to help them manage COVID-19 at home and keep their minds at ease. The free service, which has already been […]

Families are being encouraged to ‘grab a jab’ this weekend with more than 32,000 appointments available across the North West as the NHS continues to vaccinate people over Easter. NHS staff and volunteers are preparing to protect all those who are eligible with vaccines for the whole family available including 5 to 11 year olds, […]

A quarter of a million letters will be landing with parents and carers of 5 to 11 year olds across the North West inviting them to book their children’s COVID-19 vaccination as the NHS continues its effort to protect the population. Almost 5,000 children in the region were vaccinated during the first week of the […]