Local NHS wants your views to help shape urgent and emergency care services for the future
26 Jul 2024
The NHS in Southport, Formby and West Lancashire has today started a public conversation about local urgent and emergency services.
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NHS Cheshire and Merseyside July 2024 Board meeting
22 Jul 2024
The next meeting of the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board will take place at DCBL Statdium Halton from 9:30am to 12:30pm on Thursday 25 July 2024.
Global IT outage (updated)
22 Jul 2024
If you have an appointment please attend unless you are told otherwise.
Cheshire and Merseyside among top performing areas for fast diagnosis of health conditions
16 Jul 2024
Patients in Cheshire and Merseyside are having their health conditions diagnosed more quickly than in almost any other part of the country.
Patients have their say in annual Patient Survey
12 Jul 2024
Patients across the country have shared their experience of GP practices, pharmacies and dental services.
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.
People in Sefton invited for missed cervical screening appointments
01 Jul 2024
People who live in Sefton and have missed any cervical screening appointments, are invited to get the life-saving test done, as part of a pilot mobile service, in a bid to improve uptake of the screening.
VCFSE partner member recruitment to the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Board
01 Jul 2024
Find out more about the role and apply.
NHS delivers almost half a million spring covid vaccines in the North West
26 Jun 2024
Almost half a million people in the North West have now received their spring covid booster from the NHS just ten weeks after bookings officially opened as part of the latest vaccination campaign.
Public urged to use NHS 111 ahead of junior doctor strikes
20 Jun 2024
People across Cheshire and Merseyside are being urged to use NHS 111 for all non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of industrial action by junior doctors.
Young people urged to come forward for MMR vaccine, as campaign extends to 16–25 year-olds
18 Jun 2024
Young people in the North West are being urged to take up the offer of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine, amid rising cases of measles.
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside June 2024 Board meeting
17 Jun 2024
The next meeting of the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board will take place virtually on Thursday 30 June 2024 from 8:30 to 10am.
NHS industrial action
11 Jun 2024
Please do not hesitate to come forward to access care if you need it - using NHS 111 Online where appropriate
Young and at-risk urged to come forward for latest top-up Covid vaccine in the last few weeks of spring programme
04 Jun 2024
Younger people who are at extra risk from COVID-19 are being urged to get their life-saving spring vaccine before the latest offer ends on Sunday 30 June.
Quarter of a million more Cheshire and Merseyside GP appointments than before pandemic
24 May 2024
More patients are receiving care from their GP practice team than ever before, with the NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside employing innovative new technologies and multi-skilled teams to help meet a growing demand for patient appointments.
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.
New Wirral Diagnostics Centre opens
21 May 2024
A new Wirral Diagnostics Centre has opened to enable earlier diagnosis of illnesses such as prostate cancer.
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside warns of bank holiday impact on busy emergency care services
15 May 2024
Accident and Emergency Departments (A&E) across Cheshire and Merseyside are experiencing a challenging week following the May bank holiday weekend, with higher than normal levels of demand for care.
All Together Smokefree ambition gains support at senior stakeholder event
13 May 2024
Cheshire and Merseyside’s Directors of Public Health and Director of Population Health welcomed a range of senior stakeholders to a special event on Tuesday 23 April in Warrington to kick-start the subregion’s plan to become smokefree.
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’.
Cheshire and Merseyside Diagnostics Programme launches Physiological Sciences Network
10 May 2024
The Cheshire and Merseyside Diagnostics Programme, part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Acute and Specialists Trust Provider Collaborative (CMAST) has successfully launched its fifth network representing Physiological Science disciplines and services.
Whooping cough cases continue to rise
09 May 2024
New data published today by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows cases of whooping cough continue to increase with 1,319 cases confirmed in March in England.
Record numbers of women accessing perinatal mental health support
07 May 2024
More than 57,000 new and expectant mums have received specialist support for mental health problems over the last year, up a third on 2022, NHS figures show.
‘Game-changing’ new laser beam therapy for epileptic seizures comes to Cheshire and Merseyside
06 May 2024
The Walton Centre will be one of two centres in the country commissioned to offer a “game-changing” new laser beam therapy next month to help reduce seizures for patients with epilepsy.
Liverpool University Hospitals becomes first centre in Europe to use pioneering robotic-assisted surgical system for head and neck cancers
01 May 2024
Patients in Cheshire and Merseyside have become the first in Europe to be offered pioneering robotic-assisted surgery for head and neck cancers with Intuitive’s da Vinci Single Port (SP) surgical system, thanks to a £1m donation from the Marina Dalglish Appeal.
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