The NHS vaccination programme will offer every adult in the North West the chance to book a Covid-19 booster vaccine by the end of the year in a race to protect the region against the Omicron variant.   As part of the biggest and fastest vaccination programme in health service history, online bookings are now […]

Dr Linda Charles-Ozuzu, Regional Director of Commissioning for NHS England and NHS Improvement and SRO for the Vaccination Programme in the North West. In the last 12 months, we have delivered more than 12 million vaccinations to protect the population of the North West against COVID-19. 90.1% of the adult population have had their first […]

Compassionate and caring staff across the NHS in the North West are putting patients and their families first during the hardest times in their lives and ensuring end of life care is everyone’s business. National Grief Awareness Week runs from 1 – 8 December this year and the Good Grief Trust want to raise awareness […]

The NHS in the North West is celebrating a double milestone in the Covid-19 vaccination programme after achieving 12 million doses in less than 12 months, including delivering the first 2 million boosters. The latest figures show the 12 millionth vaccine has been given more than a week ahead of the first anniversary of the […]

More people across the North West are now eligible to book their life-saving top-up jab as the NHS Covid-19 Vaccination programme continues to boost people’s protection ahead of winter. People aged 40 to 49 are now able to book their booster vaccine, and 16 and 17-year-olds their second jabs, just seven days after the JCVI updated […]

The NHS has announced a further 112 Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) for schools across England. Mental Health Support Teams provide early intervention on some mental health and emotional wellbeing issues, as well as helping staff within a school or college setting to provide a ‘whole school approach’ to mental health and wellbeing. In the […]

NHS North West is encouraging people to use antibiotics responsibly as we support World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and European Antibiotic Awareness Day (18 November). Antibiotics, part of the antimicrobial family of medicines which fight infection and disease, will not treat viral infections such as flu and the common cold. The wrong use or overuse of […]

The North West’s top midwife is encouraging pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine as new data shows that nearly 20% of the most critically ill Covid patients are pregnant women who have not been vaccinated. Last week it was revealed that, since July, one in five Covid patients receiving treatment through a special lung-bypass […]

The North West’s top midwife is encouraging pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine as new data shows that nearly 20% of the most critically ill Covid patients are pregnant women who have not been vaccinated. It has been revealed that, since July, one in five Covid patients receiving treatment through a special lung-bypass machine […]

Parents in the North West will be able to book COVID-19 vaccinations online for their 12-15 year old children from the end of today (Friday) with appointments available as soon as tomorrow, the NHS has announced.   People will be able to go online and check the National Booking Service to see if their local […]