People over 40 encouraged to get their blood pressure checked
13May2025
This World Hypertension Day and during May Measure Month, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is encouraging people over 40 to get their blood pressure checked.
Campaigns
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 2025
07Apr2025
Is your bowel cancer screening kit sitting at the back of a drawer?
Cheshire and Merseyside health leaders say ‘Smoking Ends Here’ this No Smoking day
12Mar2025
On No Smoking Day 2025 (12 March), Directors of Public and Population Health in Cheshire and Merseyside have come together to launch ‘Smoking Ends Here’ a bold new initiative to create a smoke-free future for the sub-region.
New campaign highlights how health data can improve care across Cheshire and Merseyside
11Mar2025
A new awareness campaign has launched today to highlight how health data is starting to be used to improve patient care and advance medical research across Cheshire and Merseyside through the region’s Secure Data Environment (SDE).
Helping you to stay on your feet this winter
19Nov2024
The NHS is sharing advice on how to prevent falls both inside and outside the home.
Help reduce medication waste and support the NHS across Cheshire and Merseyside
11Nov2024
Pharmacists and GPs across Cheshire and Merseyside are urging people to only order the medication they need from their repeat prescriptions.
Supporting your children’s ‘super bodies’ this winter
04Nov2024
As children return to schools and nurseries after the autumn half term, the NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside are sharing guidance for parents and carers on common winter illnesses that often start circulating at this time of year.
Act FAST on signs of stroke
04Nov2024
Even if it doesn’t seem like much, at the first sign of a stroke call 999.
Change NHS: Helping shape a health service fit for the future
21Oct2024
This is a once in a generation opportunity to make the NHS fit for the future. Together we can fix it. We need your voice.
NHS urges people to prioritise mental health in the workplace
10Oct2024
This World Mental Health Day (10 October) the NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside is shining light on ‘burnout’, one of the most pressing issues affecting modern workplaces, by asking people to look after their mental health and ask for help if needed.
Smokers urged to take part in ‘Stoptober’, and help make Cheshire and Merseyside smokefree
01Oct2024
Today marks the launch of ‘Stoptober’ an annual campaign encouraging smokers to quit.
#AskAboutAsthma 2024: helping children and young people to live their best lives
09Sept2024
#AskAboutAsthma returns for its eighth year in September 2024. The campaign encourages simple changes to children and young people’s care that will make a big difference to how they experience their asthma.
NHS Equality campaign launched during Disability Pride Month
10Jul2024
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is raising awareness of the importance of fully accessible health services for patients across the region with sensory disabilities or other communication needs.
How would you prepare for an emergency?
10Jul2024
Emergencies such as flooding, fires and power cuts can affect us all. There are simple and effective steps you can take to be more prepared.
Armed Forces Week 2024
28Jun2024
Armed Forces Week is a chance to show our support for the men, women and children who make up the Armed Forces community
Active Soles: Changing the way we think about workwear to promote physical activity in Cheshire and Merseyside
21May2024
Active Soles is a movement to change the way we think about workwear, based on the belief that active workplaces lead to happier, healthier people which in turn leads to greater creativity, better problem solving and improved productivity.
North West man transforms mental health using exercise
13May2024
Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 takes place 13–19 May, and this year’s theme is ‘Movement: Moving more for our mental health’.
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside supports Earth Day 2024 ‘planet vs plastics’ initiative
22Apr2024
Earth Day takes place every year on 22 April and seeks to raise awareness of the environmental problems our planet is facing and promote efforts to tackle them.
COVID-19 spring vaccine bookings to open for Cheshire and Merseyside residents
16Apr2024
COVID-19 spring vaccine bookings to open for Cheshire and Merseyside residents
Start For Life’s ‘If They Could Tell You…’ campaign
18Mar2024
Start For Life’s ‘If They Could Tell You…’ campaign focuses on promoting the importance and benefits of strong parent-infant relationships, and the importance of building a strong connection from pregnancy to the age of two, which helps babies develop into happy and healthy children, able to manage their emotions, develop confidence and learn new things.
Cheshire and Merseyside’s health leaders say ‘there has never been a better time to quit a smoking habit that kills two in three’
13Mar2024
To mark the 40th anniversary of the national No Smoking Day, health leaders in Cheshire and Merseyside have joined forces to urge smokers to use the range of free support available to them give up a dangerous habit that kills two in three of those who do not successfully quit.
Make more time for the important things - order repeat prescriptions on the NHS App
12Mar2024
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.
Local NHS and Merseyside Police team up for Safer Sleep Week
11Mar2024
Safer Sleep Week (11-17 March) aims to raise awareness of sudden, unexpected death of an infant syndrome (SUDI) and the safer sleep advice that reduces the risk of it occurring.
Long COVID Awareness Day 2024
11Mar2024
International Long COVID Awareness Day takes place on Friday 15 March this year and aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of long COVID, and that NHS support is available to those who are suffering from the condition.
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