To mark 70 days until the NHS turns 70, local NHS charities across the UK are asking local people to raise a cuppa for the NHS Big 7Tea on 5th July. The NHS Big 7Tea is a chance for people to celebrate 70 years of the NHS, recognise the hard work and commitment of staff past and […]
OVER the last two years across Cheshire and Merseyside, over £45 million has been invested to transform primary care to make it more sustainable for the future. These figures are being released on the second anniversary of the launch of the General Practice Forward View (GPFV). Published in April 2016, the GPFV committed an extra […]
Thousands more people who are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes will start to benefit from the national NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme across Cheshire and Merseyside. The Programme is designed to stop or delay the onset of the disease through a range of personalised lifestyle interventions, including education on lifestyle choices, advice on how […]
Lancashire and South Cumbria residents are being urged to eat healthily and be more active in order to help reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes during Diabetes Prevention Week (16-22 April 2018). It is estimated that around 130,000 people in the region are currently at risk of developing type 2 diabetes; which can lead […]
People from across Yorkshire and the Humber are being urged to eat healthily and be more active to help reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes during Diabetes Prevention Week starting today. Cally, aged 49 from Grimsby has benefited from the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme; a free personalised tailored service for people at risk of […]
People in Yorkshire and the Humber are being urged to eat healthily and be more active to help reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes during Diabetes Prevention Week (16-22 April 2018). Arthur is 66 years old from Keelby in Grimsby and retired from a long managerial career within the bus and coach industry culminating […]
Former radiographer Neil Sinclair has joined Darwen Healthcare, working as a physician associate supporting GPs in the practice and helping to improve access to services for patients. Physician associates can treat patients with minor ailments or conditions as well as carrying out clinics, visit care homes and see patients in their own homes under direct […]
NHS England organised the events to recognise the skills, expertise and dedication of practice nurses across the area. There were nine categories in total including people’s choice, practice nurse of the year, practitioner of the year and rising star with an overall winner of inspirational practice nurse. Deputy Director of Nursing for Yorkshire and the […]
The NHS is urging people across the North East and North Cumbria to take care of themselves and their neighbours as freezing weather blows in this week. Cold weather can be very harmful to health and around 25,000 more people die over the course of each winter compared with other times of the year. Exposure […]
A GP surgery in Keighley is leading the way with a new type of medical professional helping to support GPs this winter. Mohammed Hussain is a physician associate, based at Holycroft Surgery in Keighley, part of NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven Clinical Commissioning Group. Mohammed is one of two physician associates across Yorkshire. Trained up […]