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Patients in Cheshire and Merseyside can save time by ordering regular medication using the NHS App.

The NHS App is the quickest and easiest way to order a repeat prescription – and it puts you in better control of your own health.

You can use the App to order your medication at a time that’s convenient for you, and select which pharmacy you would like your medication to be sent to each time you order.

We've had to move the meeting to 25 January due to current workloads.

The meeting will be an opportunity for our new chair to review current and future priorities with the HAB members.

Patients in Cheshire and Merseyside can save time by ordering regular medication using the NHS App.

The NHS App is the quickest and easiest way to order a repeat prescription – and it puts you in better control of your own health.

The public is invited to a webinar to ask questions of leading specialists about the latest research into obesity and mental health.

People across Cheshire and Merseyside are being urged to use NHS 111 for all non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of industrial action by junior doctors early in the New Year.

The Healthwatch Halton office is closing today and will re-open on Tuesday 2 January 2024. Wishing you a happy Christmas.

The Patients Association and Roche Diagnostics UK are embarking on a new project that will give patients the chance to share their understanding and experience of diagnostics in the NHS - and have their say on how access to testing could be improved.
Diagnostics are tests or procedures that can be used to help healthcare professionals determine the condition or illness a person has and/or the type of treatment and care they need.

Halton SEND Parent Carers Forum (HSPCF) and Healthwatch Halton are working together on a project, looking at the eligibility for 14+ annual health checks in Halton.

Currently, to be eligible for a 14+ annual health check, is that you must have a learning disability. This means many individuals with special educational needs and or disabilities (SEND), without having a learning disability are not entitled to a 14+ annual health check.

People across Cheshire and Merseyside are being urged to use NHS 111 for all non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of industrial action by junior doctors both ahead of Christmas and early in the New Year.

From 31 October 2023, GP surgeries must give patients online access to their new health record entries. Find out what information is in your record and how to access it.

The Specialised Respiratory Clinical Reference Group need a Patient and Public Voice (PPV) Partner to join their Specialised Respiratory Clinical Reference Group. NHS England is committed to ensuring that public and patient voices are at the centre of shaping healthcare services. Every level of the NHS commissioning system needs to be informed by insight from those who use and care about our services.

A new Healthwatch report, looking at health and social care from the patients' perspective, has warned that we risk "a two-tier health and care system" unless the NHS takes faster action to tackle access issues.