GIVE your children a Healthy Start in life – that’s the message being given to Liverpool parents. Healthy Start is the national NHS-led scheme that supports eligible families to buy healthy food and milk for children under four – but over £750,000 of funding is not being claimed in Liverpool, with an estimated one in … Read more
SCHOOLS across Liverpool have been awarded funding to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of their students. Following the pandemic, mental health needs increased across the city – so to better understand how children and young people had been affected, Liverpool City Council launched the anonymous ‘OxWell’ survey in collaboration with local health and education … Read more
As The World Health Organisation (WHO) marks WNTD on 31 May 2022 – could this be the perfect time for you to start your smoke free journey? The benefits of quitting smoking are well documented – some are immediate, while others are longer-term. Reasons to Quit Stopping smoking will make drastic improvements to your lifestyle … Read more
The government has today (Friday 25 June) published its findings into the first phase of the Events Research Programme (ERP) – in which Liverpool played a major role. The ambition of the ERP was to understand how the risk of transmission can be reduced at large events when public health measures are introduced. The study … Read more
‘Long Covid’ sufferer from Liverpool tells of battling debilitating symptoms as part of ‘Spread the Facts’ campaign. As lockdown restrictions ease, directors of Public Health in Cheshire and Merseyside are relaunching a campaign to ‘Spread the Facts’ about how young people can play their part in stopping the spread of COVID-19. With the vaccine rollout … Read more
The first nightclub event to take place in the UK in more than a year is coming to Liverpool on Friday 30 April and Saturday 1 May. Legendary club night Circus will be hosting The First Dance as part of the national Events Research programme (ERP) which will see 6,000 clubbers across two nights take … Read more
Liverpool City Council has thanked people for getting tested over the festive period. Figures show that from Monday 7 until Tuesday 29 December, 76,789 people took part in Liverpool’s SMART Testing programme which is aimed at asymptomatic people who may be carrying the virus unknowingly. The city’s Acting Mayor Councillor Wendy Simon and Matt Ashton, … Read more
Liverpool’s Public Health bosses are welcoming the news that the city is seeing a drop in Covid-19 cases, but are urging residents not to get complacent. Figures released today show that the total number of confirmed cases in the city in the last seven days is 2,044 – which is a decrease of 739 on … Read more
Director of Public Health Matt Ashton explains why the Covid-19 situation in Liverpool is a real cause for concern. The Covid-19 situation in Liverpool continues to escalate quickly – and today it has been officially been announced that the region will be placed on the very high third-tier lockdown. We have now had over 3,000 … Read more
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson and Director of Public Health, Matt Ashton are urging people to stay Covid-19 safe following a worrying rise in cases in the city. Latest figures show that the rate per 100,000 is 106.4 – and in just one week (7-13 September) there were 530 positive cases. If the rate continues … Read more