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Book your blood tests
Please see attached new poster including new website information for patients wishing to book a blood test appointment on-line.
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LGBTQ+ Suicide Bereavement Support Group
SoBS is very pleased to announce that it is opening a new group to support members of the LGBTQ+ community who have been bereaved by suicide,
SpeakOUT is a free & confidential online peersupport group for anyone who identifies as…
SpeakOUT is a free & confidential online peersupport group for anyone who identifies as…
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Know Where To Go For NHS Help During The Christmas And New Year Bank Holidays
The NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside is urging people to know how to access urgent help while their GP practice is closed during the Christmas and New Year bank holidays.
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Have Your Say on GP Services is ending end of February 2025
Residents across Cheshire and Merseyside are being urged to make their voices heard and help shape the future of local GP and health services by taking part in a new survey launched by local Healthwatch. Plans to improve patient access to primary care…
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Spring Covid vaccination
Cheshire and Merseyside residents urged to get life-saving COVID-19 jab this spring.
The NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside is urging…
The NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside is urging…
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Launch of a free Cheshire and Merseyside Women’s Health and Maternity APP 20th January 2025
We are pleased to announce the launch of a free NHS Cheshire and Merseyside (C&M) Women’s Health and Maternity APP.
A new APP has…
A new APP has…
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Animation | Digital Creators Club | St Helens
A FREE animation club for young people in St Helens . Participants will take part in a variety of animation activities.
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A Guide to Enter and View
This guide aims to provide guidance to Healthwatch on their power to Enter and View health and
care services. It includes recommended practice based on learning from the Healthwatch
Network.
care services. It includes recommended practice based on learning from the Healthwatch
Network.
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Fairfield Report 2024
Part of the local Healthwatch duty is to carry out Enter & View visits. Local Healthwatch representatives carry out these visits to health & social care services to find out how they are being run and make recommendations where there are areas for improvement.
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