Your Local NHS Needs You

In March this year we worked with patients, the public and the community and voluntary sector to look at how we can better involve them in making decisions about local health services. We heard some really good examples of engagement and involvement and how these had made a difference.

We now want to take that conversation a step further and work with a wide range of representatives to co-produce how the NHS locally involves and engages with the wider population.

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Practise safe sex during Freshers’ Week

With students all over the country starting university, and many enjoying their new-found freedom during Freshers’ Week, local doctors are urging students to practise safe sex by taking care to use a condom or a dental dam.

Doctors at Cannock Chase Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG and Stafford and Surrounds CCG are advising students to be aware of the risks associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and how to avoid them. In 2015, there were more than 435,000 STI diagnoses in England and there is still a great deal of confusion about how people can catch STIs.

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There is still time to ...

People are being reminded to have their say about urgent and emergency care across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. The current online survey looking at these services, which most people use at some time, ends at midnight on Sunday October 31. The feedback from the survey, as well as focussed meetings and onlin...

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Patients welcomed at Longton's new £5 ...

Patients are now being welcomed to the new £5 million Longton South Primary Care Centre. The centre has become home to two of the area’s GP surgeries, Willow Bank Surgery and Longton Hall Surgery. It is now c...

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Staffordshire people urged to book ...

Health chiefs across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are urging people who are eligible for the COVID-19 booster vaccine to stay safe and book a jab as soon as possible. The booster jab is being offered to eligible people who had t...

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Staffordshire parents can now book ...

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent parents can now book COVID-19 vaccinations for their 12 to 15-year-olds online. People can visit the National Booking Service website to see whether their local vaccination site has appointments available to vaccinate children and young people. The service provide...

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Stafford people offered COVID-19 vaccine ...

Residents in Stafford and its surrounding villages can get their first, second, third or booster COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine at the town’s Kingston Centre. Patients who live in the borough of Stafford, and the Brewood and Penkridge areas ...

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