A Wirral doctor is the star of a new film clip showcasing a day in the life of a GP, launched at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) annual conference in Liverpool this week (24-26 October). Dr Santiago Puig, a GP at The Warrens Medical Centre, takes viewers through his typical working day, which […]
Patients across the North West will benefit from significant capital funding investment today that will improve health and care services across the region, supporting mental health services, people with learning disabilities, patients seeking urgent and emergency care, as well as many other important programmes of work. The Department of Health and Social Care has today confirmed […]
Richard McCarthy is Programme Director for the Urgent and Emergency Care Cross Cutting Theme, which sits under the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. The programme board has identified the respiratory pathway as a priority area for them. As part of a national focus on Respiratory Care by NHS England-Improvement through their social media […]
The biggest transformation to the way family doctors work in more than a generation will be launched from today (Mon 1 July). It will see general practices, large and small, working to support each other while offering a wider range of specialist care services to patients from a range of health professionals. In the North […]
The NHS in the North West has today revealed the ten individuals and teams it has chosen as regional champions for the prestigious NHS Parliamentary Awards, supported by Fuji Film to celebrate outstanding health and care staff helping patients as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The regional champions will now go head to […]
GP practices across Cheshire and Merseyside are rolling out a new scheme to help support and guide patients to access the most appropriate service for their need. This scheme is often called care navigation, but the role is sometimes also known as a patient advisor or care coordinator. General practice receptionists and admin staff have […]
A new five-year contract for general practice across England will see billions of extra investment for improved access to family doctors, expanded services at local practices and longer appointments for patients who need them. The deal – the biggest reform to GP services in fifteen years – was approved by NHS England yesterday. NHS England […]
A new five-year contract for general practice across England will see billions of extra investment for improved access to family doctors, expanded services at local practices and longer appointments for patients who need them. The deal – the biggest reform to GP services in fifteen years – was approved by NHS England yesterday. NHS England […]
General practices across Cheshire and Merseyside are transforming the way they work to improve services for patients. They are joining together as groups of practices working with community service providers and other health and care organisations – a partnership known as primary care networks. The development of primary care networks was described in the NHS […]