NHS England and NHS Improvement is delighted to announce that Dr Amanda Doyle, current Chief Officer of Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS, has been appointed as the new Regional Director for the North West. Amanda will replace Bill McCarthy, who retires as Regional Director at the end of July.  As a GP who has spent […]

Dear colleagues, WOW! We have now given more than eight million vaccinations to protect our population against COVID-19, including 4.7 million first doses and 3.5 million second doses. Some of this is due to our wonderful weekend of walk-ins (WOW) from 17 to 20 June, during which more than 150,000 vaccinations were delivered. I made […]

As the largest ever NHS vaccination programme enters its last lap the North West Regional Director of Commissioning has encouraged local residents to come forward for their first jab and remember to get their second dose, which she called “vital and lifesaving”. The plea comes as people aged 40 and over are now able to […]

Dear colleagues, We are moving at pace to implement the new targets set for us yesterday by the Prime Minister, so everyone aged 18+ is offered a first dose by 19 July and two-thirds of all adults are fully vaccinated by the same date. This will be a challenge but with 72.4% of adults in […]

Two young women, who this week will be able to book their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccination have opened up about why they will be booking their appointments as soon as they are eligible. Elizabeth Alogba, 26 and Gode Bolefo, 29 both initially had questions about the vaccine and heard similar queries from within […]

Seven community pharmacy Covid-19 vaccination sites have opened this week across the North West, as the region reaches 6 million doses of vaccine given and the country hits 30 million first doses. The additional sites will improve access to the vaccination programme with a number of them hosted in community, religious and spiritual venues including […]

More than five million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been given in the North West in less than five months, latest figures show. The region reached the latest significant milestone over the weekend, with figures published today (Monday, 26 April) showing a total of 5,049,333 first and second doses of the vaccine have been […]

Health chiefs are urging parents, families and guardians from across the North West to attend essential, time-critical routine childhood immunisation appointments when invited, this World Immunisation Week. Routine vaccination appointments have continued throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and millions of children have been vaccinated safely. Essential, routine vaccinations like the MMR vaccine can save a child’s […]

The North West’s top doctor today urged everyone who is entitled to a Covid jab to come forward as new figures showed the NHS vaccination programme racked up record numbers of jabs last week. Regional medical director Dr David Levy called on anyone who qualifies for a jab but has not yet received one to book […]

As of 24th February 2021, if you are an adult with severe and profound learning disabilities or if you are someone with learning disabilities in long-stay nursing homes or a residential care home, you should have already been offered the Covid-19 vaccine. What do I need to know about the vaccine? Covid-19 is a new […]