Helping you to stay on your feet this winter
19 Nov 2024
The NHS is sharing advice on how to prevent falls both inside and outside the home.
Campaigns
Help reduce medication waste and support the NHS across Cheshire and Merseyside
11 Nov 2024
Pharmacists and GPs across Cheshire and Merseyside are urging people to only order the medication they need from their repeat prescriptions.
Supporting your children’s ‘super bodies’ this winter
04 Nov 2024
As children return to schools and nurseries after the autumn half term, the NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside are sharing guidance for parents and carers on common winter illnesses that often start circulating at this time of year.
Act FAST on signs of stroke
04 Nov 2024
Even if it doesn’t seem like much, at the first sign of a stroke call 999.
Change NHS: Helping shape a health service fit for the future
21 Oct 2024
This is a once in a generation opportunity to make the NHS fit for the future. Together we can fix it. We need your voice.
NHS urges people to prioritise mental health in the workplace
10 Oct 2024
This World Mental Health Day (10 October) the NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside is shining light on ‘burnout’, one of the most pressing issues affecting modern workplaces, by asking people to look after their mental health and ask for help if needed.
Smokers urged to take part in ‘Stoptober’, and help make Cheshire and Merseyside smokefree
01 Oct 2024
Today marks the launch of ‘Stoptober’ an annual campaign encouraging smokers to quit.
#AskAboutAsthma 2024: helping children and young people to live their best lives
09 Sept 2024
#AskAboutAsthma returns for its eighth year in September 2024. The campaign encourages simple changes to children and young people’s care that will make a big difference to how they experience their asthma.
NHS Equality campaign launched during Disability Pride Month
10 Jul 2024
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is raising awareness of the importance of fully accessible health services for patients across the region with sensory disabilities or other communication needs.
How would you prepare for an emergency?
10 Jul 2024
Emergencies such as flooding, fires and power cuts can affect us all. There are simple and effective steps you can take to be more prepared.
Armed Forces Week 2024
28 Jun 2024
Armed Forces Week is a chance to show our support for the men, women and children who make up the Armed Forces community
Active Soles: Changing the way we think about workwear to promote physical activity in Cheshire and Merseyside
21 May 2024
Active Soles is a movement to change the way we think about workwear, based on the belief that active workplaces lead to happier, healthier people which in turn leads to greater creativity, better problem solving and improved productivity.
North West man transforms mental health using exercise
13 May 2024
Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 takes place 13–19 May, and this year’s theme is ‘Movement: Moving more for our mental health’.
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside supports Earth Day 2024 ‘planet vs plastics’ initiative
22 Apr 2024
Earth Day takes place every year on 22 April and seeks to raise awareness of the environmental problems our planet is facing and promote efforts to tackle them.
COVID-19 spring vaccine bookings to open for Cheshire and Merseyside residents
16 Apr 2024
COVID-19 spring vaccine bookings to open for Cheshire and Merseyside residents
Start For Life’s ‘If They Could Tell You…’ campaign
18 Mar 2024
Start For Life’s ‘If They Could Tell You…’ campaign focuses on promoting the importance and benefits of strong parent-infant relationships, and the importance of building a strong connection from pregnancy to the age of two, which helps babies develop into happy and healthy children, able to manage their emotions, develop confidence and learn new things.
Cheshire and Merseyside’s health leaders say ‘there has never been a better time to quit a smoking habit that kills two in three’
13 Mar 2024
To mark the 40th anniversary of the national No Smoking Day, health leaders in Cheshire and Merseyside have joined forces to urge smokers to use the range of free support available to them give up a dangerous habit that kills two in three of those who do not successfully quit.
Make more time for the important things - order repeat prescriptions on the NHS App
12 Mar 2024
Patients in Cheshire and Merseyside can save time by ordering regular medication using the NHS App. The NHS App is the quickest and easiest way to order a repeat prescription – and it puts you in better control of your own health.
Local NHS and Merseyside Police team up for Safer Sleep Week
11 Mar 2024
Safer Sleep Week (11-17 March) aims to raise awareness of sudden, unexpected death of an infant syndrome (SUDI) and the safer sleep advice that reduces the risk of it occurring.
Long COVID Awareness Day 2024
11 Mar 2024
International Long COVID Awareness Day takes place on Friday 15 March this year and aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of long COVID, and that NHS support is available to those who are suffering from the condition.
Get your blood pressure checked
11 Mar 2024
People aged 40 and over are being encouraged to get their blood pressure checked at their local pharmacy.
Increase in childhood infections prompts vaccine call
04 Mar 2024
Childhood infections like measles and whooping cough are rising, with outbreaks across the country. If your child isn’t vaccinated, they’re not protected.
Think pharmacy first
19 Feb 2024
Did you know your pharmacist can now provide some prescription medicine without seeing a GP?
NHS launches catch up campaign for missed MMR vaccines
24 Jan 2024
Millions of parents and carers in England are being urged to book their children in for their missed measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
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