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.
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.
21 May 2024
A new Wirral Diagnostics Centre has opened to enable earlier diagnosis of illnesses such as prostate cancer.
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.
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.
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’.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
29 Apr 2024
More than 14,000 doses of the MMR vaccine were delivered to children and young people in the North West in the first three months of 2024, as part of the NHS MMR catch-up campaign.
29 Apr 2024
Patients across Cheshire and Merseyside are being asked to plan ahead for the May bank holiday weekend (Saturday 4 May – Monday 6 May) by ordering any repeat prescriptions they might need early.
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.
17 Apr 2024
Alder Hey Children's Hospital has recently performed Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) using a new advanced device to help treat dystonia.
16 Apr 2024
COVID-19 spring vaccine bookings to open for Cheshire and Merseyside residents
15 Apr 2024
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is establishing an Integrated Research and Innovation System (IRIS) that aligns with both local and national research and innovation priorities.
12 Apr 2024
Thousands of patients are receiving quicker, more convenient access to NHS care from their GP practice and high street pharmacies thanks to a major expansion of services.
11 Apr 2024
A 13-year-old boy has won a national award for working with a Liverpool hospital to make visits as easy as possible for children with learning difficulties.
08 Apr 2024
Endoscopy services across Cheshire and Merseyside are undergoing an extensive transformation aimed at improving waiting times, access, and the quality of services.
04 Apr 2024
Planned care programmes in Cheshire and Merseyside gained further recognition at the 2024 HSJ Partnership Awards.
02 Apr 2024
Children aged 5-11 who have missed doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine will be able to get vaccinated at selected Cheshire and Merseyside pharmacies for the first time thanks to a new initiative being trialled in the North West.
28 Mar 2024
Health leaders across Cheshire and Merseyside have joined forces to remind those not fully vaccinated to come forward and catch up on any missed doses of the MMR vaccination, amid a continued climb in measles cases in the UK.
25 Mar 2024
The next meeting of the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board will take place at The Department, Lewis's Building in Liverpool from 9am to 1:30pm on Thursday 28 March 2024.
25 Mar 2024
People across Cheshire and Merseyside are being urged to make sure that they know how to access urgent care in case they need it over the Easter weekend.