INSPECTORS say improvements are required at a private mental health hospital in Warrington after finding high use of restraint on some wards, with others not clean and poorly maintained.
NEW ambulances, elective hubs, virtual wards and care transfer hubs are among the innovative measures in place to ensure patients across Warrington, Cheshire and Merseyside receive the best possible NHS care this winter.
WOMEN and people with a cervix are being urged to attend NHS cervical screening when invited, after new figures show three in ten of those eligible for screening in the North West do not take up the potentially life-saving offer.
ST Rocco’s Hospice was successful in an application for funding to be part of a new £2 million innovation programme that will explore how technology can enable new approaches to care at home and in the community.
THOUSANDS of women across the North West will be able to get the contraceptive pill at their local pharmacy from next month, as part of a major expansion of primary care services.
There are many sexual as well as general health conditions that can drastically impair our daily lives. Peyronie’s disease and Dupuytren’s disease are two good examples.
Accidents are, unfortunately, still common occurrences, and they cause significant health problems for the individuals involved.
WORKERS at Warrington-based health and social care charity Making Space have been shortlisted for 25 awards in three separate ceremonies.
RETIRED photographer Alan Taylor had a bittersweet moment when he was on hand to take pictures of his son and grandson abseiling down the side of the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in memory of his wife.
HUNDREDS of healthcare assistants (HCAs) at Warrington and Halton hospitals are striking for four days in a continuing pay dispute despite ongoing and active negotiations.
