News and reports

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) are looking for someone with lived experience who loves quality improvement to join their Quality Standards Advisory Committee, as a standing lay member.

For Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, we are supporting the Eve Appeal to raise awareness of what adaptations women and people with a cervix can ask for during their screening to make the appointment more comfortable.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is looking at digital technologies used to pre-assess people before clinical assessment for NHS Talking Therapies and would like the views of people who have previously used the therapy service.
NHS Talking Therapies are psychological therapies for people who are experiencing depression or anxiety disorders.

Slings and baby carriers are useful for holding a baby hands-free and for bonding with your child. But it’s important they are made and used safely.
If a baby’s chin rests on their chest or if their nose and mouth is covered, their airway can be obstructed and they can suffocate.

Try Dry Anytime from Alcohol Change UK, to give your body and mind a break from alcohol and improve your health. Don't worry if you missed Dry January or wait for a particular day or week to stop drinking and improve your health and wellbeing.

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are joining forces and working as one.

Following the publication of the new Children and Young People Plan 2024-2027, Halton SEND Strategic Improvement Board are excited to develop the new Special Education Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) Strategy.

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is inviting views to help update 25 clinical policies for treatments and procedures in line with the latest evidence of what works best, in the third phase of its harmonisation programme to also ensure equal access for patients no matter which part of the area they live in.

The government has published its NHS Elective Reform Plan to reduce waiting times for planned hospital care.

The plan sets out how it aims, by 2029, for 92% of patients to have a diagnostic test, outpatient appointment or operation within 18 weeks of a GP referral - a target the NHS has not met for the past 10 years. Read the Healthwatch response to the plan, which aims to tackle record NHS waiting times and improve people's experience while they wait.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has launched new Patient Decision Aid documents on a number of conditions, including chronic pain, depression and glue ear.
The aim of a decision aid is to help people facing a decision about treatment or care options (and their family and carers, as appropriate) make an informed choice based on which of the different options’ advantages and disadvantages matter most to them.

This report highlights the public feedback received during our outreach sessions at Warrington & Halton Hospitals between September and November 2024.

A new mobile cervical screening service is to be piloted in Halton in a bid to improve uptake of the life-saving test.
The Living Well Bus, hosted by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT, will be at various locations across the borough offering drop-in cervical screening appointments to women and people with a cervix who have missed any previous appointments, making it easy and convenient for people to be screened.