A regionwide drive gets under way today (Monday 2 September) to help people aged 40-plus protect themselves against the hidden threat of high blood pressure, one of the biggest causes of premature death in the South West. Supermarkets, sports matches, libraries, workplaces, festivals and concerts will be hosting simple and free NHS blood pressure checks. […]
The UK Health Security Agency and NHS England in the South West are highlighting the benefits that a double RSV vaccination programme is expected to bring following its introduction from September. A recent detailed analysis estimated that the first strand – nationwide vaccination for pregnant women – could typically prevent 5,000 hospitalisations and 15,000 emergency […]
Would-be graduates and people looking to change career are being urged to use the university clearing system as a gateway into the NHS in the South West. As students receive their A-level results on Thursday (15 August), top nurses from the South West are backing a campaign to highlight the many healthcare career options available […]
As an NHS England Allied Health Professions (AHP) Clinical Fellow specialising in mental health, my journey has been both challenging and rewarding. In this reflective article, I share my experiences, the leadership skills I have acquired, and how adversity transformed into opportunity. Author: Sasha Johnston, Senior Mental Health Lead, Research Paramedic, and NIHR Doctoral Research […]
The South West is the best part of England in which to be an NHS nurse, according to new research to mark International Nurses Day (May 12). It comes out top of the seven English regions, in an analysis based on factors from vacancy and sickness rates to property prices. The South West did particularly […]
A mother and son have become part of the NHS family after completing its apprenticeship scheme – with both graduating on the same day. It is National Apprenticeship Week and mother and son Andrea and Zac Trewhela are fulfilling their ambitions after graduating from Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s apprenticeship programme. The NHS is the […]
People in the South West will now be able to get treatment for seven common conditions at their local high street pharmacy from today, without needing to see a GP, as part of a major transformation in the way the NHS delivers care in the community. More than 96 percent of community pharmacies in the […]
Parents in the South West are being urged to book their children in for their missed measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine as part of a major NHS drive to protect our children and communities from becoming seriously unwell, as measles cases continue to rise in parts of England. Dr Emma Kain, Consultant in Public […]
Life-saving lung health checks with an iconic South West backdrop are set to be offered to thousands of smokers and ex-smokers from Plymouth and surrounding areas. More than 15,000 people in the region have already been checked. The Lung Health Check Programme gives current and past smokers the chance of having lung cancer detected and […]
The NHS in South West is urging people to continue to use services sensibly after an amber cold weather alert is issued for the region straight off the back of six continuous days of junior doctors’ strikes. Pressure on many NHS services across the region remained high throughout the junior doctor industrial action over the […]