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 […]
More than half a million top up COVID-19 jabs have been delivered in the North West in a month, as the NHS vaccination rollout continues to protect those most at risk from coronavirus. A total of 548,933 top ups have been administered since the programme began on September 20, just days after updated advice from […]
COVID-19 vaccine: working to protect our whole population By Dr Linda Charles-Ozuzu, Regional Director of Commissioning, NHS England and NHS Improvement – North West In October 2020, the NHS in the North West and across the rest of England was preparing to deliver the biggest vaccination programme in this country’s history, with no knowledge […]