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News and Events

• NHS England Launches Long Term Plan
• NSPCC works with St Helens to launch new guidance on responding to harmful sexual behaviour
• Working to transform cancer care in Halton, Knowsley, St Helens and Warrington.
• Butterfly Model Accreditation for Kershaw Day Support Centre
• Let's Do It Together campaign
• St Helens leaders make Time to Change pledge on mental health
• Sarah's blog (1)
• St Helens partners with North West Ambulance Service to raise awareness of essential health services
• Summer water safety
• Biggest reform to GPs in a generation will bring new services for St Helens' patients
• Have your say on our ‘Care at the Chemist Scheme’
• CCG receives ‘good’ rating from NHS England
• Sarah's blog (2)
• New national patient safety strategy for the NHS
• NHS St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group Annual General Meeting (AGM)
• Think - do you need to be at A&E?
• Living your best life - community discussion and activity sessions
• Community Pharmacy appointment pilot launched
• Organ Donation Week 2019
• Be Clear on the Signs of Blood Cancer
• Contact Cares celebration event and launch of single point of contact number
• Year 11 Students in St Helens Enjoy Taster of Careers in Medicine and Healthcare
• Outcome of the public consultation on the 'Care at the Chemist' scheme
• NHS Flu Campaign Launches
• Sarah's Blog (4)
• Play your part to keep antibiotics working
• Are you weather ready?
• Changes to community services provider in St Helens
• NHS In St Helens promotes community alternatives to A&E and ask public to ‘Lets do it together’
• St Helens Shared Care Record shortlisted for HSJ national award
• Parents of toddlers urged to get flu jab as cases continue to rise
• Christmas bank holiday pharmacy opening hours and other community services
• Are you p[repared for a healthy Christmas?
• GP fully booked? Evening and weekend appointments available across St Helens
• CCG backs #LetsDoItTogether Campaign
• CCG supports national push to recruit male blood donors
• Women urged to attend their cervical screening
• Sarah's Blog (5)
• Advice leaflets produced on the 'Big 6' illnesses for parents
• New 'FIT' test for St Helens patients to rule out bowel cancer
• Coronavirus - latest information from NHS and Public Health England
• 'Kooth' online mental health support now available for young people in St Helens
• Sarah's blog (6)
• Call for volunteers to help coronavirus response in St Helens
• Number of community services in St Helens move to new providers
• Prevent pressure on the NHS by requesting an isolation note digitally
• Local doctor urges patients to not put off making GP appointment during coronavirus crisis
• GP surgeries to remain open over Easter bank holiday
• Coronavirus - information for vulnerable patients on shielding
• Easter Weekend Pharmacy Opening Times
• New 24/7 crisis line to support people’s mental health
• St Helens needs you! ‘Be a Care Hero’ and join us!
• St Helens Carers & Young Carers Centre – providing support during Covid-19
• Parents asked to keep baby and childhood vaccination appointments during Covid-19 crisis
• Safeguarding vulnerable residents from hoax calls
• NHS health services still there for you when you need them
• Concerns raised that people are not seeking medical help for serious medical conditions during Covid-19 crisis
• Free online mental health support for children and young people in St Helens
• Support for patient video online consultations with GP practices
• Covid-19 Testing
• Public urged to support pharmacists
• Could it be cancer? St Helens Hospital launches new advice line for those worried about symptoms
• Mental Health Awareness Week 2020
• Mental Health Awareness Week (1)
• NHS expands offer of help to people with diabetes during coronavirus outbreak
• Sarah's blog (7)
• NHS Test and Trace service launches
• New online tool launched to help support adults struggling with their mental health
• Updated guidance for people who are clinically extremely vulnerable (shielding)
• Deployment of the mobile Covid-19 testing unit (MTU) at Eccleston Park golf course
• St Helens GP joins NHS BAME advisory group on coronavirus response
• NHS receives the keys to major new cancer centre
• Additional COVID-19 regional testing site in Cheshire and Merseyside
• Cervical screening saves lives - don't put off your test
• Advice on face coverings
• Government announces steps to relax shielding guidance
• Coronavirus mobile testing facility visiting Rainhill
• Join us this Sunday at 5pm to say thank you to the NHS on its 72nd birthday
• Join us for our virtual AGM
• Public urged to ‘play their part’ in staying safe as venues reopen
• 24/7 mental health crisis lines now free to call
• Annual General Meeting 2020
• Help shape the St Helens local borough strategy
• Advice and guidance on face coverings
• St Helens CCG supports Better Health campaign
• Coronavirus isolation period extended from seven to 10 days
• Change in guidance for shielded patients
• St Helens GP reminds patients 'your GP practice is here for you'
• Stay safe by keeping your distance while socialising
• Play your part to stop the spread
• Can you help us find a treatment for people with Covid-19?
• St Helens Coronavirus Update
• Mobile Testing Unit in St Helens - Thursday 17th and Friday 18th September
• Sarah O’Brien to leave St Helens CCG and Council to take on key role at Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership
• TALKFEST is back!
• Could it be Covid? Local GP gives parents advice on what to look for
• Stronger measures introduced in St Helens to tackle spread of Covid-19
• Updated information on testing and self-isolation
• New Covid-19 tracing app launches
• Mobile Testing Unit in St Helens over the coming days
• St Helens Talkfest sessions - be part of the conversation around health and care
• Cancer quality of life survey
• St Helens Covid-19 Update
• Record numbers offered flu vaccination this year - have you had yours?
• New restrictions for St Helens - Covid-19 Update
• 'Clinically Extremely Vulnerable' residents to receive updated advice tailored to local Covid alert levels
• Local GPs remind patients that practices in St Helens remain open for business
• Local GP urges residents to stay fit and healthy to fight the virus
• Sarah O'Brien Awarded Honorary Professorship at Edge Hill University
• New local Covid-19 testing facility now open in Parr
• Clinically extremely vulnerable people are strongly advised not to go to work outside their homes during lockdown
• As a second lockdown begins, the NHS in St Helens is reminding people that health services are still there for those who need them
• New Accountable Officer confirmed for St Helens CCG
• CCG pledges commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Public urged to contact 111 first if they need urgent - but not emergency - care
• Self Care Week reminds us to live self care for life
• Self-isolation brings people together
• St Helens Cares shortlisted for prestigious HSJ award
• New eating disorder champion introduced for young people in Knowsley and St Helens
• St Helens to enter Tier 2 from 2 December
• Covid-19 vaccination update
• 50-64 year olds can now get their free flu jabs ahead of the Covid vaccine rollout
• NHS urges people with mental health worries to seek help
• A big thank you from Frank to NHS staff for outstanding cancer care
• St Helens GPs are ready for Covid-19 Vaccinations as part of biggest NHS immunisation programme
• Saints legend Bill is first St Helens patient to receive Covid-19 jab
• Health services in St Helens over the Christmas and New Year holidays
• CCG welcomes approval of Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
• Health leaders in St Helens urge people to make a resolution to be healthier in 2021
• Due your Covid-19 booster vaccination this week? Please attend your booked appointment
• New lockdown rules for England
• Can you help with Covid-19 vaccination roll out across Cheshire and Merseyside?
• First supply of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines arrive in St Helens
• Covid-19 vaccination appointments update
• GPs vaccinate Mary, 108, at Abbeyrose Court Care Home
• Covid vaccinations in St Helens - update
• High risk patients with Covid-19 in St Helens given home monitoring boost

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