Author: Meg Pugh

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has issued advice to the UK government on the use of the COVID-19 Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged under 40. The Committee …

People living in West Lancashire are being invited to see local NHS decision-making in action – albeit in a virtual setting. NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group’s next Primary Care …

Everyone aged 40 and over is now being invited to book a life-saving COVID-19 jab as the NHS vaccination programme, the biggest and fastest in the health service’s history goes …

Dr Peter Gregory, a GP in West Lancashire and chair of NHS West Lancashire CCG, delivers this week’s vaccination update for West Lancashire. Following the news earlier this week that …

RESIDENTS across West Lancashire are being urged to prepare for the upcoming Bank Holiday by familiarising themselves with health services available across the region. With the Early May Bank Holiday …

Dr Bapi Biswas, a GP at Beacon Primary Care in West Lancashire, has asked for patience as lockdown eases across the country. GP Practices are seeing huge demand for services …

More than five million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given in the North West in less than five months, latest figures show. The region reached the latest significant …

People aged 44 will be invited to book their COVID-19 jab from today (Monday) as the NHS vaccine programme, the biggest and fastest in its history, continues at pace. England’s …

Health chiefs are urging parents, families and guardians from across West Lancashire to attend essential, time-critical routine childhood immunisation appointments when invited, this World Immunisation Week. Routine vaccination appointments have continued …

Dr Bapi Biswas, lead GP for the Northern Parishes vaccination site, delivers the latest weekly update on the COVID-19 programme in West Lancashire. It comes as the number of doses …