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 […]
The biggest and fastest vaccination drive in NHS history has today reached another milestone, announcing that more than one million people in England have received a spring booster. In the North West, one in five people who are eligible for the top-up dose – more than 141,000 people – have already received their spring […]
The parents and carers of more than 600,000 5 to 11 years old in the North West can now book a Covid vaccination using the national booking service, as the largest and most successful vaccination programme in NHS history expands yet again. The National Booking Service opened on Saturday, allowing parents of children who are […]
NHS England’s Chief Pharmaceutical Officer David Webb has visited Liverpool to see the incredible work done at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, including one of the best Discharge Medicines Services in the country in partnership with community pharmacies in the city. The Trust, which runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital […]
The NHS in the North West is reminding parents of the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine for clinically extremely vulnerable 5 to 11 year olds. The region’s vaccine lead said that, at a time of rising Covid infections in the community, the vaccine offered vital protection to young people with serious health conditions that could […]
The NHS in North West has delivered its first spring boosters to those eligible, as the biggest and fastest vaccination programme in NHS history moves to the next phase. Bernard Bailey, 76, a local resident of Newton Heath, Manchester, was one of the first to receive a spring booster dose and said he “felt really […]
Spring booster vaccines will begin in the North West this week as the biggest and fastest vaccination programme in NHS history moves to the next phase. In line with new advice set out by the JCVI, the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme will now invite more than half a million eligible people in the region for […]
The North West NHS is on track to roll out a new service, which will ensure anyone over the age of 18 will have access to a community crisis response within two hours in their own home or community setting, if their health suddenly deteriorates, or they are in in crisis. This will include […]
The NHS Refugee Nurse Support Pilot Programme which supports refugees who are qualified as nurses in their home country to resume their nursing careers in the NHS in England is celebrating a fourth cohort of nurses starting work in organisations across the North West. Refugee nurses will arrive at trusts across the country including three […]
NHS teams across the North West are returning to schools to offer first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as the majority of young people go back after the half term break. All schools in the region will have an agreed date for their vaccine session by Easter, making it convenient for pupils aged […]