Secondary school flu vaccination has started in the North West this month, with school vaccination teams already taking the vaccine out to pupils to ensure they have the best protection this winter. The NHS is once again offering the flu vaccine, which is usually given to children as a nasal spray, to secondary school aged […]
The NHS North West’s Chief Pharmacist is reminding people not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions ahead of the Christmas break. Every bank holiday the NHS 111 phone service sees huge increases in people contacting it about repeat prescriptions – and over the Jubilee Bank Holiday earlier this year saw calls rising […]
The NHS in the North West is celebrating a double milestone after delivering its two-millionth autumn dose of the COVID-19 vaccine two years after the vaccination programme launched. It’s the latest in a long series of milestones achieved since the vaccination programme launched on 8 December 2020. Back then, Doreen McKeown from Lancashire and Ted […]
With winter fast approaching, the NHS in the North West is urging parents of young children to take steps to ward off serious illnesses over the coming months. The latest figures show that between October 2021 and September 2022 there has been an 15% increase in the number of emergency hospital admissions for children compared […]
The NHS in the North West is urging parents and guardians of young children to protect them from flu ahead of winter. A surge in serious flu cases and hospitalisations in the under-fives has prompted the NHS to remind parents and guardians to bring their children forward for a free flu vaccination, as soon […]
Thousands more staff are working in new roles in General Practice, so family doctors’ time can be freed up to see even more patients. Since 2020, more than 2,000 clinical and non-clinical roles have been recruited to practices in the region to offer more support in dealing with patients clinical and care needs and to […]
As Men’s Health Month comes to an end, the NHS in the North West is encouraging men to come forward for potentially lifesaving checks, in its latest campaign to catch prostate and other urological cancers early. Nationally, more people than ever before are receiving urological checks – including for prostate cancer– with over 40,000 more […]
This Black Friday, you can bag a booster as well as a bargain, when you’re out Christmas shopping across the North West. As thousands of bargain hunters hit the high street on Friday, 25 November, and throughout the weekend to grab the best deals, many will be able to grab a jab as well at […]
Clinical leaders including senior doctors in the North West are advising people who may be at increased risk of a fall – along with their family members and carers – to take some simple actions now to help keep them safe. In 2020 almost a thousand people across the North West died as a result […]
It’s estimated a network of surgical hubs across the region will provide more than 137,800 additional procedures and appointments a year, for North West patients waiting for treatment. NHS hospitals have been successful in securing £130.3 million to fund 13 surgical hub schemes, which are scheduled to be up and fully running by 2024/25. Surgical hubs […]