It’s National Eye Health Week and today’s focus is on being screen smart and preventing symptoms of screen fatigue. It is number six on Eye Health UK’s list of ways to keep the health of your eyes in sight. Our partners can support you with the other savers – call us on 0300 323 0181 to find out how. National Eye Health Week’s six simple … Continue reading Don’t lose sight of eye health

A 17 year old from Kirkby has been shortlisted for apprentice of the year in the North West Skills Development Network Informatics Apprentice of the Year awards. Daniel Curran, who went to Maricourt Catholic High School in Maghull, has been shortlisted for the prestigious award due to the hard work he has displayed throughout his apprenticeship in the business intelligence team at NHS South Sefton … Continue reading Local teenager shortlisted for NHS apprentice of the year

A new service to encourage people in Sefton to stop smoking will be launched later this month. The new-look Smokefree Sefton, commissioned by Sefton Council Public Health and a partner of Living Well Sefton, has a ‘Wellness on Wheels’ Smokefree bus which will visit communities giving people the chance to start their smokefree journey or plan their own time to quit smoking. The bus will … Continue reading Smokefree Sefton gets in gear

As part of the #ItStartsWithYou campaign, Healthwatch Sefton and the local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are calling on GP practices in Sefton, as the front line of the health service, to send a strong cultural signal to patients that the NHS is open and interested in listening to their views. Healthwatch Sefton and the CCGs are also encouraging GPs and other primary care staff to … Continue reading Make it easy for patients to feedback – GPs told

Since 2010 the partnership between National Rail and Samaritans has been developed to reduce the number of deaths on the railway, and has so far been reported as a success in suicide prevention. In 2015/16 there were 252 suicides on the railway – 35 fewer deaths than the year before. National Rail and the Samaritans believe that a world leading suicide prevention programme that they … Continue reading Partnership works to prevent suicide