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NHS to roll out variant busting booster jab from September ahead of winter

22Aug2022

The NHS will become the first healthcare system in the world to use the next generation, bivalent Covid-19 vaccine

NHS expands lifesaving home testing kits for bowel cancer

18Aug2022

Home-testing kits that can help detect early-stage bowel cancer will be rolled out to 58-year-olds in England for the first time, as part of a major expansion of the lifesaving screening programme.

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August Bank Holiday 2022

16Aug2022

With the Bank Holiday coming up, make sure that you check that you’ve got enough of your medication left – it can take a couple of days for a repeat prescription to come through and you don’t want to run out. You can use the NHS App to put in a request for a repeat prescription; or check your GP practice website for details of how to order a repeat prescription.

NHS staff pull out all the stops to reduce waiting lists across Cheshire and Merseyside

16Aug2022

NHS staff in Cheshire and Merseyside have been praised by NHS England for all their hard work to tackle waiting lists exacerbated by the pandemic, by employing initiatives including the introduction of virtual wards.

Remember to order your repeat prescriptions before the bank holiday

15Aug2022

Public urged to order repeat prescriptions in time for the August bank holiday.

Pregnant women urged to get vaccinated

12Aug2022

Expectant mums, and those thinking of becoming pregnant, are being urged to get fully vaccinated against Covid-19

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Merseyside NHS Hospital Trusts collaborate to provide ‘incredible’ service to keep more patients healthy and closer to everything they love

11Aug2022

Thanks to a collaboration between three hospital Trusts across Merseyside, patients struggling with respiratory conditions such as COPD and community-acquired pneumonia may find themselves increasingly able to be treated at home instead of spending weeks or longer in a hospital bed.

Heat warning affects parts of Cheshire and Merseyside

09Aug2022

An amber warning has been issued by the Met Office

Webcast recording of Board meeting on August 4th 2022

08Aug2022

Catch-up on the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board meeting held in St Helens on August 4th 2022

A man sat up in bed coughing into a tissue. Text reads "A cough that lasts three weeks or more could be a warning sign. Contact your GP practice. Clear on cancer, help us help you"

Help Us, Help You - Be Clear on Lung Cancer

04Aug2022

The NHS has re-launched the ‘Help Us, Help You’ lung cancer campaign to encourage people with a cough lasting three weeks or more to contact their GP practice.