NHS Test and Trace will today (July 30) launch a new campaign to encourage everyone to get a free test as soon as they get symptoms, alongside a new business plan to expand testing capacity and prepare the nation for winter. It comes as weekly statistics show NHS Test and Trace continues to break the chain of transmission across England, with more than 218,000 people now contacted … Continue reading NHS Test and Trace launches campaign to encourage everyone with symptoms to get a free test

People across Sefton will benefit from the opening of Cheshire and Merseyside’s first dedicated walk-through Covid-19 testing sites in Bootle tomorrow (31 July) and in Southport next week. Walk-through Local Testing Sites (LTS) improve access to COVID-19 tests for the whole community, especially those who do not have access to a car and those people who should not be using public transport because they have … Continue reading Sefton hosting region’s first walk-through COVID-19 Local Testing Sites

Southport and Formby Cancer Information and Support Centre on Stanley Street, Southport are re-opening its doors to provide residents affected by cancer with face-to-face, COVID safe support following the recent easing of lockdown restrictions. The team at the centre – a partnership between Macmillan Cancer Support and NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) – has put measures in place so that it can … Continue reading Southport and Formby Cancer Information and Support Centre re-opens

A raft of measures have been revealed as part of the government’s new obesity strategy to get the nation fit and healthy, protect themselves against COVID-19 and protect the NHS. Obesity is one of the biggest health crises the country faces. Almost two-thirds (63%) of adults in England are overweight or living with obesity – and 1 in 3 children leave primary school overweight or … Continue reading New obesity strategy unveiled

The most comprehensive flu vaccination programme in the UK’s history has been announced by the government. A significant new group will be eligible for the free flu vaccine as people aged 50 to 64 will be invited later in the season for a vaccination. As part of the programme, a free flu vaccine will also be available to: people who are on the shielded patient … Continue reading Comprehensive UK flu programme to be rolled out this winter