News and reports

With just one week left before the spring COVID-19 vaccination offer ends on Tuesday 17 June, the NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside is urging those eligible who haven’t yet had their COVID-19 vaccination to come forward as soon as possible to protect themselves and their friends and family.

Our next ISAB meeting will take place on 19th June 2025.
Papers for the meeting yet to be added.

We visited Oak Meadow on 17 March 2025 as part of our regular Enter & View programme, where we speak with residents and staff, and observe care being provided.

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.
It also helps people who don't think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify as carers and access much-needed support.

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) has launched a six-week public consultation on proposed changes to local fertility treatment policies, running from 3 June – 15 July 2025.

With people having an average of 27 conversations every day. It’s time to start making the conversation about early detection and diagnosis of cancer one of those! By raising awareness and knowledge of early detection or diagnosis for bowel, breast and cervical cancer within the borough of Halton.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence are currently recruiting 2 new lay members to join their board to bring the perspective of patients, people who use services, and carers to a range of topics.

Dementia Action Week is an awareness raising campaign. Each year, Alzheimer's Society works across the UK to encourage people to act on dementia.

This year the focus is on diagnosis and highlighting the most common symptoms of dementia.

Research reveals costs of additional eye care services are likely to deter some people from visiting opticians altogether.

This year, Mental Health Awareness Week will take place from 12 to 18 May 2025. The theme for 2025 is 'Community'.

Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week is a week-long campaign dedicated to talking about mental health problems before, during and after pregnancy. The theme for 2025 is 'Your voice, your strength'

The mission of Dying Matters is to break down the stigma and taboo of talking about death and dying.

To this day, that’s still applicable to much of the UK. But do we all have the same attitudes, views and practices on death and dying?