News and reports

SoBS is very pleased to announce that it is opening a new group to support members of the LGBTQ+ community who have been bereaved by suicide,

SpeakOUT is a free & confidential online peersupport group for anyone who identifies as LGBTQ+ who has lost a loved one to suicide. They will also support the loved ones of an LGBTQ+ person who has died by suicide.

A FREE animation club for young people in St Helens . Participants will take part in a variety of animation activities.

Kind to Your Mind is a website which can help support the mental health and wellbeing of people living and working in Cheshire and Merseyside.

January is cervical cancer awareness month.

The ICB have a new campaign around medicines waste.

Our offices will close Friday 20th December and re-open Thursday 2nd January 2024.

Jane Mullarkey at St Helens Welbeing Service has very kindly collated information that can help us to share what support services are open in St Helens over the festive period for those who may need some support.

The NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside is urging people to know how to access urgent help while their GP practice is closed during the Christmas and New Year bank holidays.

Anyone still eligible for the flu, COVID-19 or RSV** vaccines should
get booked in ahead of the busy winter holiday period, when we
expect flu, and other respiratory viruses to spread between people
more easily as we spend more time indoors

Flu hit hospitals in the North West even harder last week, as a ‘tidal wave’ of infections led to a 28% increase in hospital cases across just seven days.

This guide aims to provide guidance to Healthwatch on their power to Enter and View health and
care services. It includes recommended practice based on learning from the Healthwatch
Network.

Is local Healthwatch accountable to Healthwatch England?

No, your local Healthwatch is commissioned by their local authority and will be accountable to them.

However when something is a problem and other local Healthwatchs are experiencing it too, Healthwatch England will gather evidence to look at the problem on a regional or national basis.