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 […]
Everyone aged 50 and over in the North West can book their autumn booster and flu vaccine from today (Friday). The NHS is making the first appointments available for this age group over the weekend and coming days. Along with thousands of appointments offered by GP practices and clinics this weekend, the National Booking Service […]
More than 400,000 at risk people and those aged 65 and over in the North West who are eligible for their autumn COVID-19 vaccine booster will be reminded to book their jab this week, ahead of winter. The fastest and largest vaccination programme in NHS history has already delivered more than 800,000 life-saving autumn top-ups […]
The NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Programme autumn campaign in the North West is off to a ‘fantastic start’ with just over a quarter of a million autumn boosters delivered in just over a fortnight. NHS chiefs are urging people to get vaccinated without delay ahead of a potential ‘twindemic’ of COVID-19 and flu this winter. In […]
April Grierson, now 21, a make-up artist from the Belle Vale area of Liverpool documented her cancer journey at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre on Tik Tok. April first noticed something was wrong when she began suffering from night sweats and increasingly itchy skin, and after being treated for suspected scabies, noticed a lump on her […]
New NHS electric vehicles have hit the road over the last few months, helping to relieve pressure on the ambulance service and also helping the NHS cut its carbon footprint. The North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has three zero-emission vehicles two rapid response vehicles and 1 mental health ambulance. The mental health ambulance is dedicated […]
Last year, attendances at A&E for children went up by 32% in September compared to the previous month. And now, four of the region’s senior health leaders have come together as children across the North West go back to school, to raise awareness of guidance and support available that could help to keep children out […]
Care home residents and staff in the North West have become some of the first in the world to receive the new, variant-tackling jab, as part of the next phase of the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme. The autumn booster rollout started this week, with around 1.6 million of England’s care home residents, staff and people […]
Record numbers of people are getting checked for bowel cancer across the North West as more people become eligible for home screening tests. The latest NHS figures show that awareness raising by the late Dame Deborah James, as well as the latest NHS Help us, Help you campaign, had an immediate impact as lower gastro-intestinal […]
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 […]