During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak when people need to stay at home as much as possible to protect everyone’s health, it is more important than ever that we all take care of our health. NHS South Sefton and NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), together with Sefton Council and Living Well Sefton want to remind people that staying physically fit not only helps fight off … Continue reading Coronavirus: How to keep fit and healthy at home

Thousands of patients could benefit from potential treatments for COVID-19 that will be fast-tracked through a new national clinical trial, the Health and Care Secretary has today announced. This platform will accelerate the development of new drugs for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, reducing the time taken to set up clinical studies for new therapies from months to just weeks and helping to ease pressure on … Continue reading COVID-19 treatments could be fast-tracked through new national clinical trial initiative

Galloway’s Society for the Blind, which has a base in Southport, has expanded many of its services during the coronavirus outbreak to support blind and partially-sighted people in the area. One of those that has been expanded is the online talking news service. The charity has also developed a range of ‘how to’ video tutorials as well as providing a Talking Together service where people … Continue reading Galloway’s is here to help

Sefton Adult Learning Centre is reminding people about the opportunity to join the DIY Face Mask session it is offering which begins next Wednesday 6th May starting at 10.30am. All resources needed to make the masks are in a pack, including the pattern etc. All you need is a sewing machine but it can be completed by hand sewing. Once registered the packs will be available … Continue reading Join in online courses

Anyone in England with symptoms of coronavirus who has to leave home to go to work, and all symptomatic members of the public aged 65 and over, will now be able to get tested, the government has announced today. This will mean people who cannot work from home and those aged 65 and over can know for sure whether they have coronavirus and need to … Continue reading Further expansion of access to coronavirus testing helps protect the most vulnerable