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• New building safety regulator to enforce tougher rules
  19 Jun 2019
  The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced plans to create a new national building safety regulator, to enforce tougher safety rules on residential buildings more than 18m high. read more...
• Breastfeeding Celebration Week
  17 Jun 2019
  Public Health England is proud to be supporting Breastfeeding Celebration Week from Monday 17th June. read more...
• The health effects of Sure Start
  17 Jun 2019
  New evaluation finds Sure Start had major health benefits for children in poorer neighbourhoods read more...
• The NHS Explained: How the Health System in England Really Works
  14 Jun 2019
  Join this free online course to get a detailed understanding of the NHS - its inner workings, current and future challenges, and how it all fits together. read more...
• Office for National Statistics: Economy contracted 0.4% in April
  12 Jun 2019
  The economy contracted 0.4% from the month before in April, with this meaning growth for the three months to April slowed to 0.3% compared to 0.5% from January to March read more...
• Carers Week (10-16 June 2019)
  10 Jun 2019
  The theme for Carers Week 2019 is ‘Getting Carers Connected in their Community’. Find out more... read more...
• Impact of the Immigration Bill on the NHS and social care
  10 Jun 2019
  This nuffield trust briefing examines the potential impact of the Immigration Bill on the NHS and social care. read more...
• 'Care deserts' mean older people may not be getting the care they need
  06 Jun 2019
  A report form Age UK indicates that around 1.4 million people are living in ‘care deserts’ covering nearly a third of the country where it is not possible to find a care home place. read more...
• Sexual health figures mask serious trends and inequalities
  05 Jun 2019
  House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee suggest that sexual health must be sufficiently funded on a national level, to deliver high quality sexual health services and information, say the Health and Social Care Committee in its report on sexual health. read more...
• Whorlton Hall – BBC abuse story
  29 May 2019
  The abuse and mistreatment of vulnerable adults at a specialist hospital has been uncovered by the BBC's Panorama programme. read more...
• Council spending on local services down 21% over past decade
  29 May 2019
  Council spending on local services has fallen by more than a fifth since 2010, according to a report from Britain’s leading independent economics thinktank. read more...
• Evaluating preventative investments in public health in England
  20 May 2019
  In this report, Public Health England and Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy argue that a culture change in the way local organisations evaluate long-term investment in prevention is key to making the most of the proposed shift to Integrated Care Systems by 2021. read more...
• Adult health screening: House of Commons Public Accounts Committee Report
  17 May 2019
  This report argues that national health bodies are not doing enough to make sure that everyone who is eligible to take part in screening is doing so, and do not know if everyone who should be invited for screening has been. read more...
• Progress delivering the Emergency Services Network
  16 May 2019
  The National Audit Office report on the Emergency Services Network (ESN) - the government’s chosen option to replace the Airwave system. read more...
• How to look after your mental health during revision and exams (Young Minds)
  16 May 2019
  If you’re struggling with your mental health during revision and exam season, you’re not alone. read more...
• UK Labour market overview: May 2019
  15 May 2019
  Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK. read more...
• Active Ageing: the costs of physical inactivity in older people to the NHS
  14 May 2019
  This report highlights the costs of physical inactivity in older people to the NHS and estimates that by 2030, this could be as much as £1.3 billion. read more...
• Next generation public health: towards precision and fairness
  13 May 2019
  Developments in big data and artificial intelligence are transforming medicine, but has public health somehow been lagging behind in embracing their potential? read more...
• Wirral youngsters say 'Be Yourself' to mark Mental Health Awareness Week
  13 May 2019
  A group of Wirral youngsters have created a film about body image to mark Mental Health Awareness Week. read more...
• A compendium of innovation methods
  10 May 2019
  Bringing together the 13 innovation methods that NESTA have analysed, developed, tested and spread... read more...
• Fixing the care crisis: Centre for Policy Studies
  09 May 2019
  Social care is one of the most controversial topics in British politics – but one that urgently needs to be addressed. In a new report for the Centre for Policy Studies, the Rt Hon Damian Green MP puts forward his proposal. read more...
• Children’s services at breaking point – Government must back local authorities with funding that meets demand
  09 May 2019
  Constricted funding and ever increasing demand have left children’s services in England at breaking point, a report published today by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has found. read more...
• Class privilege remains entrenched as social mobility stagnates
  07 May 2019
  The Social Mobility Commission's State of the Nation 2018 to 2019 report highlights inequality in Britain and sets out key findings and recommendations. read more...
• Pressures on children’s social care - Report by NAO
  06 May 2019
  Local authorities in England have statutory responsibility for protecting the welfare of children and delivering children’s social care. This National Audit Office report 'Pressures on children’s social care' covers the response of national and local government to increasing demand for children’s social care read more...
• Addressing rural challenges according to House of Lords report
  06 May 2019
  The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy has published its report into the challenges and constraints facing the rural economy and how they can be addressed. read more...
• Almost 3 million children from working families living in poverty
  03 May 2019
  BBC News are reporting (April 2019) that official figures show that a record 2.9m children from working families in the UK are living in poverty after housing costs have been paid. read more...
• World Maternal Mental Health week - ‘Positivity Pot’
  03 May 2019
  Day 5, and our final day of sharing information with you during World Maternal Mental Health week read more...
• Study shows older men feel ‘excluded, overlooked and cut-off’
  03 May 2019
  With increasing numbers of older men experiencing loneliness, a new report published today calls for a better understanding of how to tackle the growing public health challenge. read more...
• London's new water fountains have saved 155,000 plastic bottles in 12 months
  03 May 2019
  New water fountains across the capital have dispensed more than 77,000 litres of water in the last 12 months, saving over 155,000 single use 500ml plastic water bottles. read more...
• Seaside towns must be inspired to reinvent themselves, says Lords report
  03 May 2019
  The problems facing seaside towns stem from a combination of geography and wider industrial decline according to House of Commons report. Cut off from much of the country, they are often over dependent on tourism and sea-based industries such as fishing and shipbuilding. read more...
• CQC improve access to continuing regulatory histories
  02 May 2019
  As part of our new approach to registration CQC are changing the way they are displaying a location’s historic inspection reports. read more...
• World Maternal Mental Health week - Promoting Recovery
  02 May 2019
  Day 4 of sharing information with you during World Maternal Mental Health week read more...
• World Maternal Mental Health Day 'The Village'
  01 May 2019
  'It takes a village to raise a child' as the saying goes, and this is true. However, when a baby is born so is a mother and a father; a whole new family. read more...
• What good perinatal mental health support looks like...
  30 Apr 2019
  Ahead of World Maternal Health Day... some articles of interest.... read more...
• What is perinatal mental health?
  29 Apr 2019
  Ahead of World Maternal Health Day... some articles of interest.... read more...
• Violence in England and Wales in 2018: an accident and emergency perspective
  17 Apr 2019
  Despite the recent spate of knife violence and homicide in some UK cities, the number of people injured in serious violence in England and Wales dropped by 1.7% between 2017 and 2018, according to a report published by Cardiff University read more...
• Call for climate change evidence launches today
  15 Apr 2019
  The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has today launched a call for evidence to identify relevant published information about the risks and opportunities facing the UK from climate change. read more...
• What would you do? Share your views and help make local NHS services better
  10 Apr 2019
  Healthwatch Wirral, along with Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group, is taking part in a national Healthwatch survey to give everyone the chance to contribute to the NHS Long Term Plan. You can add “your voice” by taking part in the survey read more...
• Exploring loneliness in children
  09 Apr 2019
  Multivariate analysis of Children's Society data to see which factors contribute to loneliness in children aged 10 to 15 years. The focus is on poverty and the child's perspective. read more...
• Government announce "world first" online safety laws
  09 Apr 2019
  The Government have announced plans for significant new online safety initiatives in a White Paper published on 8th April. read more...
• The cost of living alone
  08 Apr 2019
  As the number of one-person households continues to rise, what are the costs of living alone? read more...
• Increasing number of over-65s 'dangerously unsupported'
  05 Apr 2019
  A new report warns there are more than 1m childless people in the UK aged over 65 who are “dangerously unsupported”, and at acute risk of isolation, loneliness, poor health, poverty and being unable to access formal care. read more...
• Inactivity and poor health
  05 Apr 2019
  A major study by Queens University in Belfast indicates that each year as many as 70,000 deaths in the UK are caused by inactive lifestyles, with around 12 per cent of all deaths possibly associated with sedentary behaviour. read more...
• Married by 30? You’re now in the minority
  03 Apr 2019
  It’s not so long ago that most people in England and Wales were married in their late teens or twenties. But times have changed and those that are married by the age of thirty are in the minority now. read more...
• Almost 9 out of 10 child hospital tooth extractions due to decay
  03 Apr 2019
  Public Health England (PHE) is encouraging parents to swap children's sugary foods and drinks for healthier alternatives and protect children’s teeth by using fluoride toothpaste. read more...
• Improving outdoor air quality and health: review of interventions
  02 Apr 2019
  This report provides local practitioners and policy-makers with an indication of the broad range of interventions that can be used to improve air quality and health. read more...
• Split ‘Big Four’ audit function from consultancy services, say MPs
  02 Apr 2019
  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) should aim for the full structural break-up of the ‘Big Four’ firms into audit and non-audit businesses, say the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee. read more...
• Independent high street firms get business rate boost
  01 Apr 2019
  Many news sources are today reporting that thousands of independent high-street premises are to benefit from business rate cuts from 1st April 2019, under a two-year Government scheme that will cut bills by a third for premises with a rateable value below £51,000. read more...
• High blood pressure quality improvement in Cheshire & Merseyside
  01 Apr 2019
  The Cheshire and Merseyside (C&M) Blood Pressure Quality Improvement (BPQI) package is an effective and well-received way to improve practice-level blood pressure (BP) care and control, and meets a national need for BP quality improvement solutions in general practice. read more...
• Knife crime: safeguarding children and young people in education. Lessons from London (Ofsted)
  29 Mar 2019
  New knife crime research looks at how schools, colleges, and pupil referral units (PRUs) in London protect children from knife violence in school and makes recommendations. read more...
• What would you do to make mental health support better? (Healthwatch)
  28 Mar 2019
  The NHS has included mental health in the NHS Long Term Plan with Mental Health is listed as one of the core areas the NHS wants to improve, to make sure people get the support they need, when they need it and they want to hear from you.... read more...
• World's first mobile app to measure outdoor workers exposure to air pollution launched
  27 Mar 2019
  King’s College London and British Safety Council launch Canairy, the world’s first mobile app for outdoor workers to measure their exposure to air pollution in London. read more...
• Schools should have 'no idling zones', Public Health England chief says
  20 Mar 2019
  Public health chiefs have proposed a ban on cars idling outside school gates in a bid to cut air pollution. read more...
• A brief guide to measuring loneliness (What Works Centre for Wellbeing)
  15 Mar 2019
  This guide on measuring loneliness is aimed at charities and social enterprises in the UK. read more...
• Wirral Partnership survey - creating Wirral Vision 2030
  14 Mar 2019
  Wirral Partnership, including the Council, Health partners, the Police and Fire Services,  Wirral Met College, the voluntary sector and local business are working to create a new vision for Wirral to promote the area to attract investors, businesses, visitors and talent. read more...
• Paying to breathe: why unfair asthma prescription charges must be stopped
  14 Mar 2019
  Asthma UK has conducted the largest-ever survey carried out on prescription charges, engaging over 9,000 people. The results reveal many people with asthma are cutting back on their medication for financial reasons. read more...
• Air pollution: outdoor air quality and health. Quality standard [QS181] (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE))
  13 Mar 2019
  This new quality standard covers road-traffic-related air pollution and its impact on health. read more...
• Exploring the UK’s digital divide
  12 Mar 2019
  This ONS article explores the scale of digital exclusion in the UK and its impact. read more...
• International comparisons of health and wellbeing in adolescence and early adulthood
  12 Mar 2019
  Adolescents and young adults make up around a fifth of the UK population, yet the significance of this age group is sometimes overlooked in health policy-making. So how does the UK fare when compared internationally on a range of outcomes measuring the health and wellbeing of this age group? read more...
• NHS staff survey 2018: national results briefing
  11 Mar 2019
  The latest NHS staff survey shows a decline in overall levels of wellbeing and an increase in the numbers of staff reporting discrimination. read more...
• What does Brexit mean for social policy in the UK?
  11 Mar 2019
  This report explores the potential consequences of Brexit for domestic social policy. read more...
• New clues as to why non-smokers, as well as smokers, develop COPD
  08 Mar 2019
  Researchers reveal findings that explain why some people who have never smoked develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. read more...
• Keeping kids safe: improving safeguarding responses to gang violence and criminal exploitation
  08 Mar 2019
  This report estimates there are 27,000 children in England who identify as a gang member, only a fraction of whom are known to children’s services. read more...
• Trends in life expectancy in EU and other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries
  08 Mar 2019
  This paper reports on trends in life expectancy in the 28 EU countries and other high-income OECD countries, and examines potential explanations for the slowdown in improvements in recent years. read more...
• Planning for Affordable Housing
  07 Mar 2019
  This report examines how the planning system is delivering affordable housing and how it can be supported to do so in a manner which greater reflects local needs. read more...
• Health watchdog urges new homes away from roads
  07 Mar 2019
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• Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2018
  07 Mar 2019
  Since 1983, NatCen Social Research's British Social Attitudes survey has asked members of the public about their views on the NHS and health and care issues more generally. Kings Fund and Nuffield Trust explore the findings from the 2018 survey in their new report. read more...
• Healthy living with long-time partner
  06 Mar 2019
  Several studies have found that marriage has health benefits, but new research suggests that living in a long-term partnership is good for your health – whether you're married or not read more...
• House prices push old and young into separate neighbourhoods
  06 Mar 2019
  Age segregation in housing has increased in recent decades, with less likelihood of older and younger adults sharing the same residential area. New research provides added insight to this issue read more...
• The effects of taxes and benefits on household income, disposable income estimate: 2018
  05 Mar 2019
  Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released a new study which examines how taxes and benefits redistribute income between various groups of households in the UK. read more...
• Raising the bar on strength and balance: the importance of community-based provision
  04 Mar 2019
  Despite common misconceptions, falls are not an inevitable part of ageing and can be prevented. This Centre for Ageing Better report explores the possibilities... read more...
• The community paradigm: why public services need radical change and how it can be achieved
  04 Mar 2019
  This NLGN report considers the case for a shift in public services based on a completely new relationship between citizen and state. read more...
• First 1000 days of life
  01 Mar 2019
  This report asks the government to produce a long-term, cross-government strategy for the first 1000 days of life, setting demanding goals to reduce adverse childhood experiences, improve school readiness, and reduce infant mortality and child poverty. read more...
• Despite record employment, nearly 10% of adults have never done paid work
  01 Mar 2019
  While UK employment is at record levels, there are still millions of people across the country who have never had a paid job. ONS have published analysis of who these people are, and their reasons for not working. read more...
• National statistics for Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)
  28 Feb 2019
  There were 788,000 young people (aged 16 to 24 years) in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEET); this number increased by 31,000 from July to September 2018 but was down 5,000 when compared with October to December 2017 read more...
• Study finds one in 13 kids has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  25 Feb 2019
  Research by scientists at King’s College London has estimated that one in 13 children and teenagers in the UK has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. read more...
• Inflation falls to two year low
  14 Feb 2019
  The UK inflation rate has fallen to a two-year low, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to 1.8% in January, down from 2.1% in December read more...
• Local Authority finances continue to deteriorate amid rising demand for vital services
  13 Feb 2019
  In this report the Public Accounts Committee is dismayed by the government’s view of what it constitutes as sustainability in the sector. It states that short-term cash injections are not good value and the government must instead plan for the future. read more...
• DO YOU FEEL LIKE A BREW AND A CHAT?
  13 Feb 2019
  THE CONVERSATION CAFE opens 28th February from 11-1pm for an informal, safe chat over a free cuppa and speak to people there who will listen and may be able to help you. read more...
• Fit for the future: public health people
  08 Feb 2019
  Reports on the thematic review of public health workforce future capabilities and skills, and a review of the progress read more...
• Forecast suggests Earth’s warmest period on record
  08 Feb 2019
  The forecast for the global average surface temperature for the five-year period to 2023 is predicted to be near or above 1.0 °C above pre-industrial levels, says the Met Office. read more...
• Echo Environment Awards 2019
  07 Feb 2019
  Echo Environment Awards 2019 are open for nominations read more...
• More than 600 people quit work to look after older and disabled relatives every day
  07 Feb 2019
  New research by Carers UK suggests.... read more...
• Time to Talk Day 2019 is Thursday 7 February
  07 Feb 2019
  Time to Talk Day 2019 is taking place on Thursday 7 February. However you do it, make a conversation about mental health. read more...
• Personal and economic well-being in the UK
  07 Feb 2019
  Estimates of the combined findings for personal well-being (October 2017 to September 2018) and economic well-being (July to September 2018) in the UK. This is part of a new series on people and prosperity. read more...
• Domestic abuse consultation response and draft bill
  07 Feb 2019
  Government response to the domestic abuse consultation and draft Domestic Abuse Bill. read more...
• What the Government said about Health and Social Care Select Committee report on childhood obesity
  07 Feb 2019
  The government’s response to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee report 'Childhood obesity: Time for action'. read more...
• Polypharmacy: getting our medicines right
  06 Feb 2019
  The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has published guidance on polypharmacy for pharmacists and all healthcare organisations involved with medicines. read more...
• State of child health: England - two years on
  06 Feb 2019
  The RCPCH has published State of Child Health: Two Years On, which highlights progress made against the policy recommendations in our landmark State of Child Health 2017 report. read more...
• The Ageing of Our Towns
  06 Feb 2019
  The think-tank the Centre for Towns has published two relevant reports: The Ageing of our Towns and The Coming Crisis – Access to health in our towns. read more...
• The age divide and housing debate
  06 Feb 2019
  Housing debates have possibly ignored residential age segregation as one of the potential consequences of the ongoing housing affordability crisis. Is age segregation something we should be worried about? read more...
• Investigation into the management of health screening
  06 Feb 2019
  National Audit Office investigation that focuses on the delivery, performance, oversight and progress implementing change on four health screening programmes. read more...
• Juggling work and unpaid care: a growing issue
  05 Feb 2019
  New research by Carers UK reveals that 2.6 million have quit their job to care for a loved one who is older, disabled or seriously ill... read more...
• Health matters: health and work
  05 Feb 2019
  Provides actions that employers in general, local authorities, and the NHS workforce can take with regards to health and work. read more...
• Statin therapy reduces cardiovascular disease risk in older people
  05 Feb 2019
  Statin therapy reduces major vascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes, in a wide range of people, including those over the age of 75, according to new research from MRC scientists. read more...
• Maternity services survey 2018
  01 Feb 2019
  Findings from a national survey of more than 17,600 women who gave birth in February 2018 show that many women are positive about maternity care in England. read more...
• Latest Wirral Intelligence Service bulletin published
  01 Feb 2019
  See the latest Bulletin for January 2019 read more...
• Low carbon and renewable energy economy in 2017
  01 Feb 2019
  Final results from the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Survey on the low carbon and renewable energy economy in the UK, including direct and indirect activity, employees and turnover. read more...
• Parking at St Catherine’s Health Centre
  31 Jan 2019
  Please be aware that St Catherine’s Health Centre car park has a new parking system in place (from 30th January). read more...
• Transforming cities: the potential of everyday cycling
  31 Jan 2019
  This report estimates that eight conditions, including type 2 diabetes, stroke, breast cancer and depression, would be prevented in seven major cities between 2017 and 2040, if cycling increased at rates like those seen since the millennium in London. read more...
• Suicide prevention: cross-government plan
  31 Jan 2019
  How the government will work with the NHS, local government and the voluntary sector to reduce suicides. read more...
• Four in 10 Brits volunteer
  30 Jan 2019
  A YouGov survey of more than 10,000 people indicates that almost four in 10 Britons volunteer. read more...
• Austerity hits North harder than South
  30 Jan 2019
  New analysis shows that over the past decade, Northern English cities had 20% of their local government spending cut while those in the South and East lost 9% read more...
• High intensity users: reducing the burden on accident & emergency departments
  25 Jan 2019
  Dr Foster carried out a detailed analysis of accident and emergency attendances nationally, with the aim of uncovering common characteristics of high intensity users (HIUs) - people who attended ten or more times in a twelve-month period - and patterns in HIU attendances. read more...
• Faster CO₂ rise expected in 2019
  25 Jan 2019
  With emissions already at a record high, the build-up of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere will be larger than last year due to a slower removal by natural carbon sinks. read more...
• Office for National Statisitics - Sexual Orientation, UK: 2017
  25 Jan 2019
  Experimental statistics on sexual orientation in the UK in 2017 by region, sex, age, marital status, ethnicity and socio-economic classification. read more...
• Shrinkflation: how many of our products are getting smaller?
  25 Jan 2019
  An analysis of size changes within the sample of goods used to calculate consumer price inflation in the UK, for the period July 2015 to June 2017. read more...
• United For All Ages
  24 Jan 2019
  The next generation: how intergenerational interaction improves life chances of children and young people read more...
• What are the barriers to eating healthily in the UK?
  24 Jan 2019
  This research examines the economic barriers to healthy eating in the UK. In particular, the report focuses on three barriers to healthy eating in the UK: food affordability, food prices and access to food stores selling healthy groceries at a good price. read more...
• Health on the High Street: Running on Empty 2018
  23 Jan 2019
  This 2018 campaign updates and expands on the original high street analysis, reflecting the ever-changing face of Britain’s retail environment read more...
• Local authority governance: National Audit Office Report
  23 Jan 2019
  This report states that the government should improve its oversight of the local governance system in order to help local authorities cope with increasing financial and demand pressures. read more...
• Pressures on children’s social care
  23 Jan 2019
  This National Audit Office report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government's response read more...
• Patients’ views on making best use of GP premises
  22 Jan 2019
  Poor confidentiality at reception desks, issues with access for disabled people and dated waiting rooms are some of the biggest problems highlighted by patients in this report of people’s views of their local GP premises. read more...
• Commercialisation: Is it safeguarding the future of local public service delivery?
  22 Jan 2019
  The latest report developed by DWF in association with Local Government Chronicle, seeks to assess the commercial challenges, the commercial models available and the strategies being adopted by local authorities and other public bodies across the UK. read more...
• NHS financial sustainability
  21 Jan 2019
  The report examines whether the NHS is on track to achieve financial sustainability. read more...
• Sexual health services and the importance of prevention
  17 Jan 2019
  At a time when some sexually transmitted infections are increasing, reductions in public health spending are resulting in cuts to services that work to promote safe sexual behaviour. read more...
• The NHS long-term plan: five things you need to know
  17 Jan 2019
  This has been launched - weighing in at 120 pages – not including the glossary and references. The Kings Fund have started to consider its detail read more...
• King's Fund response to the NHS long-term plan
  16 Jan 2019
  The new NHS long-term plan includes a number of commitments which – if delivered – will improve the lives of many people. But some significant pieces of the jigsaw are still missing, and there should be no illusions about the scale of the challenge ahead. read more...
• More than one in four sandwich carers report symptoms of mental ill-health
  15 Jan 2019
  More than 1.3 million people are part of the UK's so-called 'sandwich generation', who face the twin responsibility of caring for sick, disabled or older relatives, as well as children. read more...
• UK Poverty in 2018
  15 Jan 2019
  This annual report examines the nature and scale of UK poverty and the effect of the UK poverty rate on the people gripped by it. read more...
• Clean Air Strategy 2019
  14 Jan 2019
  This strategy sets out our plans for dealing with all sources of air pollution, making our air healthier to breathe, protecting nature and boosting the economy. read more...
• Extra support for disadvantaged children during school holidays
  10 Jan 2019
  Organisations are invited to bid for a share of the multi-million-pound Government investment to deliver holiday clubs for pupils eligible for free school meals (2019 summer break) read more...
• Chief Medical Officer annual report 2018: better health within reach
  09 Jan 2019
  Professor Dame Sally Davies's tenth report as Chief Medical Officer considers what the state of the public’s health in England in 2040 could look like. read more...
• 10 year olds in the UK have consumed 18 years’ worth of sugar
  08 Jan 2019
  PHE launches new Change4Life campaign to help families cut back on sugar. read more...
• NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens launches the NHS Long Term Plan
  07 Jan 2019
  Read about the plan and watch the video and find out what the Long Term Plan means for patients and staff to ensure our NHS is fit for the future. read more...
• Reverse vending machine trial a success
  07 Jan 2019
  UK shoppers get £30k in first supermarket trial using reverse vending machines for plastic bottles read more...
• What does the future hold for Civil Society?
  21 Dec 2018
  This Inquiry into the future of civil society, launched in 2016 has reported its findings in November 2018. The report says that what the Inquiry found was both challenging and exciting. read more...
• National Resources and Waste Strategy published
  21 Dec 2018
  This strategy sets out how we will preserve material resources by minimising waste, promoting resource efficiency and moving towards a circular economy in England. read more...
• NAO review of the role and costs of clinical commissioning groups
  21 Dec 2018
  This report sets out the role, costs and performance of CCGs, the changing commissioning landscape, and the future of CCGs. read more...
• ONS reveals the number of people dying homeless
  20 Dec 2018
  The ONS has developed new methods to work out how many people die while homeless, and today they have been able to publish our first figures for England and Wales. read more...
• Track local Life Expectancy along Wirral's train lines
  20 Dec 2018
  Wirral Life Expectancy Maps (2015-2017 data) are now available that track life expectancy changes along Wirral's train lines... read more...
• Planning 2020: The Raynsford Review of Planning in England
  20 Dec 2018
  The Raynsford Review of Planning has been set up to identify how the government can reform the English planning system to make it fairer, better resourced and capable of producing quality outcomes, while still encouraging the production of new homes. read more...
• 2019: close to record-breaking year, forecasts Met Office
  20 Dec 2018
  The Met Office global temperature forecast suggests that 2019 will be close to record warmth due to climate change and the added effect of El Niño-related warming in the Pacific. read more...
• What’s changed since the Brexit vote?
  19 Dec 2018
  The UK leaves the EU in 100 days: use our interactive charts to find out what’s changed since the Brexit vote. Draw your estimates on the charts, then click the button to see how you did. read more...
• Increasing use of temporary accommodation disruptive to families and not financially sustainable
  17 Dec 2018
  Local government leaders have angrily rejected the increasing use of temporary accommodation to house homeless families. read more...
• Research puts wellbeing at the core of public policy evaluation
  17 Dec 2018
  HM Treasury’s move to explicitly use wellbeing as a core consideration in appraising and evaluating public policy based on solid research read more...
• Please complete our Wirral electric vehicle and vehicle charging survey
  17 Dec 2018
  The number of electric vehicles on our roads is rising. Wirral Council would like to know about your interest in electric vehicles and so help plan for the facilities needed to charge them. read more...
• The Twelve 'Health & Safety' Myths of Christmas
  17 Dec 2018
  Christmas is a special time of year. Even so, it doesn't stop health and safety being - wrongly - cited as a reason for preventing pretty harmless activities from going ahead. read more...
• National Primary school tables: Poor pupils won't catch up for 50 years
  13 Dec 2018
  As new primary school data is released, BBC analysis suggests it will take 50 years to close the achievement gap between England's rich and poor pupils read more...
• Major new report connects North’s poor health with poor productivity
  13 Dec 2018
  Poor health has been linked with the North’s poor productivity for the first time in a major new report by six northern universities. read more...
• How green was the last Budget?
  12 Dec 2018
  The Environmental Audit Committee holds a one-off session to scrutinise the green credentials of the Government’s proposals for tax changes and spending commitments outlined in the 2018 Budget, read more...
• Life expectancy growth is slowing
  12 Dec 2018
  A new report from Public Health England shows that preventable illness is one of many factors behind slowdown in raising life expectancy. read more...
• Universal Credit’s two-child benefit limit examined
  12 Dec 2018
  The Work and Pensions Committee considers the potential impact – and effectiveness – of the two-child limit, ahead of the policy's scope being widened in February 2019. read more...
• One in three children 'not active enough', finds sport survey
  11 Dec 2018
  One in three children in England does fewer than 30 minutes of physical activity a day read more...
• ONS produce 'The Twelve Stats of Christmas'
  10 Dec 2018
  Ten lords a leaping, three wise men, two turtle doves. Christmas really is all about stats. read more...
• Statement on Visit to the UK by United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
  06 Dec 2018
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• Palliative and end of life care Atlas published
  04 Dec 2018
  This is the first Atlas of variation for palliative and end of life care for England read more...
• Health Survey for England (HSE) published
  04 Dec 2018
  The Health Survey for England (HSE) monitors trends in the nation’s health and care. read more...
• Most adults living unhealthy lifestyle
  04 Dec 2018
  Most adults living unhealthy lifestyle read more...
• Exiting the EU: The financial settlement – follow-up report
  30 Nov 2018
  This National Audit Office report aims to provide greater clarity on the financial settlement’s place in the wider context of the government’s agreement with the EU in advance of the ‘meaningful vote’. read more...
• Putting Health into Place: NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme
  30 Nov 2018
  The King’s Fund reported last year on a future approach - NHS England’s Healthy New Towns - which is a three year programme to look at how health and wellbeing can be planned and designed into new places. read more...
• Get your flu vaccination - it's free because you need it
  29 Nov 2018
  As we all know, the winter months can be challenging for the NHS, especially for urgent care services. The new Help Us, Help You campaign includes messages about flu immunisation, staying well in winter, NHS 111, community pharmacy and extended GP hours. read more...
• Offenders view short-term sentences as waste of time
  28 Nov 2018
  Prisoners with short, repeated sentences rarely view such prison terms as transformative or effective at rehabilitation or deterrence. read more...
• Online Data Privacy – what does the public think?
  28 Nov 2018
  Data privacy is a complex and contested issue, often compounded by a presence in and out of the media spotlight now Ipsos Mori have unpicked what the public think of data privacy . read more...
• Home Secretary announces new measures to tackle serious violence
  27 Nov 2018
  The Home Secretary Sajid Javid MP announces a consultation on a public health approach to tackling serious violence, new £200 million youth endowment fund and an independent review of drug misuse. read more...
• Climate change: UK summers could be over 5C warmer by 2070
  27 Nov 2018
  in its first major update on climate change in almost 10 years, the Met Office has warned of significant temperature rises in the decades ahead. read more...
• Homelessness numbers rise by 4% in a year
  26 Nov 2018
  New analysis from Shelter reveals that 320,000 people are recorded as homeless, as numbers rise again. read more...
• Multiple chronic conditions: an emerging healthcare challenge
  26 Nov 2018
  Over the next 20 years the number of people with two or more chronic conditions will almost double to nearly 10 million read more...
• Ready for school?
  21 Nov 2018
  Large numbers of children arrive at school without the skills they need to succeed. read more...
• Sugar tax on target
  21 Nov 2018
  The new sugar tax on soft drinks has raised £153.8m since it was introduced in April, the government has said. read more...
• Trade in 'legal highs' moves underground
  21 Nov 2018
  The sale of so-called legal highs has gone underground after a blanket ban came into force, a report says. read more...
• More than 50,000 under-17s have gambling problems, report reveals
  21 Nov 2018
  The quadrupling of child problem gamblers to more than 50,000 in two years has been branded a "generational scandal" read more...
• £500m fund to boost Liverpool City Region’s economy
  16 Nov 2018
  A £500m fund designed to help transform Liverpool City Region's economy, create jobs and boost living standards is launching read more...
• Gambling machine changes see new rules go ahead in April
  15 Nov 2018
  The maximum bet on fixed-odds betting terminals will be cut from April 2019 following timescale revisions by the government. read more...
• Public health and the workplace: a new era dawns
  15 Nov 2018
  The relationship between work and health is complex. It is one that has changed substantially over past centuries and it is permanently evolving as societies themselves evolve. read more...
• Wirral businesses urged to support victims of domestic abuse
  14 Nov 2018
  Business leaders throughout Wirral are being urged to unite to support the "silent workforce" who are victims of domestic abuse. read more...
• Flexibility not helping workers?
  13 Nov 2018
  Flexible working is not necessarily helping workers to relieve their work-family conflict, suggests a recent report into work autonomy, flexibility and work-life balance across Europe. read more...
• Innovation in council housebuilding
  13 Nov 2018
  Research findings into council housebuilding – case studies and learning points from action on the ground read more...
• Fixed penalty notices: issuing and enforcement by councils
  13 Nov 2018
  How councils and other authorities issue fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for environmental offences, fine limits and how money can be spent. read more...
• Is housebuilding no help to Generation Rent?!
  08 Nov 2018
  The proportion of young adults who were homeowners by their early thirties fell sharply between 1991 and 2011, with people in their early thirties three times as likely to rent in 2011 read more...
• Depression rising faster than any other condition measured in Quality Outcomes Framework
  05 Nov 2018
  GPonline are reporting that the prevalence of depression rose faster than any other condition measured in the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) last year read more...
• Children with learning disabilities could be being 'failed by society'
  05 Nov 2018
  Children with learning disabilities are being let down by society, according to a report by a leading health inequality expert read more...
• City Region overhauls Single Investment Fund as area eyes £1.3bn investment
  05 Nov 2018
  Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is relaunching its flagship Single Investment Fund, aiming for an era in which the Combined Authority “provides a steady flow of funding”. read more...
• The changing shape of the local government finance system
  05 Nov 2018
  Since 2010, local authority funding has changed substantially in terms of size, source and the conditions attached to its various funding streams. read more...
• Treasury decision to delay gambling reform
  05 Nov 2018
  Local government leaders have said the Government’s decision to delay implementing a planned reduction in the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals is ‘extremely concerning.’ read more...
• UN austerity probe begins
  05 Nov 2018
  A United Nations special investigator has today begun a two-week inquiry into the impact of austerity measures. read more...
• Cardiovascular disease prevention: cost-effective commissioning resource
  30 Oct 2018
  Set to help commissioners provide cost-effective interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease. read more...
• New physical activity resource for health professionals
  30 Oct 2018
  Set to improve conversations about physical activity between patients and healthcare professionals read more...
• Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people (Research)
  30 Oct 2018
  This special collection focuses on the prevention of falls and fall-related injuries in older people read more...
• Gender pay gap at lowest level yet, says Office for National Statistics
  29 Oct 2018
  The gender pay gap has fallen to its lowest level yet, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported. read more...
• A One-Day Introduction to Community Organising
  25 Oct 2018
  Monday 5th November 9 am to 4 pm at Leasowe Millennium Centre Thursday 15th November 10 am to 4 pm also at Leasowe Millennium Centre read more...
• Surge in high street takeaways
  23 Oct 2018
  Analysis of Office for National Statistics data shows that UK high streets have the highest concentration of fast food outlets in almost a decade. read more...
• Personal well-being in the UK: April 2017 to March 2018
  18 Oct 2018
  Estimates of life satisfaction, whether you feel the things you do in life are worthwhile, happiness, and anxiety at the UK, country, regional and local authority level. read more...
• Prime Minister appoints minister for suicide prevention
  10 Oct 2018
  First minister to be appointed for suicide prevention, a world first, in a bid to cut the number of people taking their own lives. read more...
• Loneliness an issue for all ages
  10 Oct 2018
  Loneliness should be recognised as a problem for all age groups as England's first loneliness strategy prepares to be launched read more...
• Family debt up 10% a year
  08 Oct 2018
  ONS data shows households borrowed £8.17 billion in August, 10% more than in the same month last year. read more...
• UK life expectancy progress 'stops for first time'
  26 Sep 2018
  Life expectancy in the UK has stopped improving for the first time since 1982 read more...
• Growing diabetes epidemic could trigger 'sharp rise' in heart attacks and strokes by 2035
  24 Sep 2018
  According to new analysis by British Heart Foundation the number of people suffering heart attacks and strokes as a result of their diabetes could rise by 29% by 2035. read more...
• Health Profile for England
  20 Sep 2018
  The second edition of the Health Profile for England (HPfE) has been formally launched at the PHE conference on 11 September read more...
• Smoking rate could be just 10% by 2023
  20 Sep 2018
  Public Health England (PHE) said that smoking rates among adults in England are expected to fall from the current level of 14.9% to around 10% by 2023. read more...
• New "Introduction to community organising" course available
  20 Sep 2018
  How about completing a one-day course - an introduction to community organising - on 8th October? read more...
• A Quiet Crisis: Local government spending on disadvantage in England
  18 Sep 2018
  A report about the services that English local authorities provide to support people facing disadvantage. read more...
• Prevention must be the heart of the NHS long-term plan
  11 Sep 2018
  If we get the NHS long-term plan right, we will prevent 3 of the biggest killers, says CEO of Public Health England. read more...
• National rough sleeping strategy published
  11 Sep 2018
  The government has promised to end rough sleeping in England by 2027 through the route of a national rough sleeping strategy read more...
• Wirral Mencap's next FREE Information event is less than 3 weeks away!
  10 Sep 2018
  'Independent Me' focuses on the services, resources and technology that can aid independence. read more...
• Suicide: What’s happening in the UK and what does this mean for suicide prevention?
  10 Sep 2018
  Monday 10th September was World Suicide Prevention Day...see what work has been recently produced by the Office for National Statistics read more...
• Families’ financial struggles to continue regardless of Brexit deal
  06 Sep 2018
  Families trapped in poverty will see no Brexit dividend – unless the Government changes course on domestic policies, according to the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) read more...
• Wirral Council’s Road Safety Team to host Road Safety Seminar
  04 Sep 2018
  Wirral Council’s Road Safety Team would like to invite you to attend our annual Road Safety Seminar for over 60’s. read more...
• Wirral Dementia Services Showcase coming soon
  03 Sep 2018
  Wirral Dementia Services Showcase is an opportunity to promote services available for people with dementia and their carers. read more...
• Pensioners needing 24/7 care estimated to top one million by 2035
  03 Sep 2018
  A new study reveals the number of over-65's in England in need of round-the-clock care will grow by a third to over one million by 2035 – while the number of over-85's in need of 24/7 support is expected to double to 446,000. read more...
• Unmarried mother triumphs in widow’s allowance case
  03 Sep 2018
  Unmarried mother of four Siobhan McLaughlin has won a landmark UK Supreme Court case that could allow her to claim a Widowed Parent's Allowance following the death of her partner of 23 years read more...
• Charities set out case for a 'transformative' £5bn Community Wealth Fund
  31 Aug 2018
  An alliance of charity bodies have called on the government to use £2bn in unclaimed financial assets to create a Community Wealth Fund, which they say could grow to £5bn with corporate support. read more...
• Diabetes and weight loss, how do we get it right?
  30 Aug 2018
  On NICE Talks they look at diabetes prevention. Pav Kalsi, a clinical advisor from diabetes UK debunks some lifestyle tips and explains some of the NICE recommendations for prevention read more...
• Healthwatch want to know your story about mental health during pregnancy
  30 Aug 2018
  We want to know more about your experience of mental health support when planning to get pregnant, during pregnancy, at the birth of your child and afterwards. read more...
• Community Action Wirral seeking your views
  29 Aug 2018
  How are they doing? Tell them to be in with a chance of winning a prize! read more...
• UN to investigate extreme poverty in the UK
  28 Aug 2018
  The UN Is Investigating Extreme Poverty in the UK for the first time and the British public have been asked to share their stories of poverty. read more...
• Retirement is a new taboo in the workplace suggests research from Economic and Social Research Council
  28 Aug 2018
  Research shows little evidence that organisations have begun to work through the implications of an ageing workforce – but employers are helping nobody with silence on retirement. read more...
• NHS Wirral CCG Annual General Meeting – Tuesday 18th September 2018
  28 Aug 2018
  This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) takes place on Tuesday 18 September at The Lauries, 142 Claughton Road, Birkenhead, CH41 6EY. The meeting will run from 2:00pm-4:00pm. It will include presentations about successes and challenges over the past twelve months, and the CCGs vision for the future. read more...
• Employment increases across Liverpool City Region
  28 Aug 2018
  Employment figures across the Liverpool City Region are on the up, according to new research, with the "outstanding rate of growth" marking a "significant milestone" in the area's development. read more...
• Liverpool City Region visitor economy worth more than £4.5bn suggests research
  28 Aug 2018
  Reports by Insider Media Ltd suggest that Liverpool City Region's visitor economy is now worth more than £4.5bn and supports about 53,500 jobs, according to new research data. read more...
• Measles cases hit record high
  21 Aug 2018
  Cases of measles in Europe have hit a record high, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with over 41,000 people infected in the first six months of 2018, leading to 37 deaths. read more...
• The UK's Happiest Places to Live (2018)
  20 Aug 2018
  A survey of over 17,000 UK residents seeks to determine the happiest places to live in the UK. Did Wirral feature? read more...
• Health inequalities: reducing ethnic inequalities from PHE
  17 Aug 2018
  Guidance to support local and national action on ethnic inequalities in health. read more...
• Have you signed up to receive our Bulletin?
  17 Aug 2018
  take a moment to submit just your email address to then receive our regular local intelligence service bulletin... read more...
• UK-wide mapping of mental health and wellbeing services for Asylum Seekers and Refugees
  15 Aug 2018
  A directory of UK-wide mapped mental health and wellbeing services for Asylum Seekers and Refugees read more...
• The latest Local Insight: Wirral Report now available
  13 Aug 2018
  From Local Insight, our online community mapping and reporting tool, July 2018 report now available read more...
• Adult social care at a glance
  13 Aug 2018
  2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of not only the NHS, but also the welfare state and social care as we know it, or as we think we know it… read more...
• Frailty Evidence Review published
  09 Aug 2018
  Our local Frailty Evidence Review has been published read more...
• Antibiotics should be restricted for COPD
  07 Aug 2018
  NICE guidance suggests that Healthcare professionals should consider the risk of antimicrobial resistance when deciding whether antibiotics are needed for treating or preventing a flare-up of symptoms of COPD read more...
• Be Clear on Cancer campaign urges public to check urine for blood
  07 Aug 2018
  Only 16% of those most at risk of bladder and kidney cancer check for vital signs of blood in pee as new campaign encourages public to 'look before they flush' read more...
• Think Autism strategy: governance refresh 2018
  07 Aug 2018
  The way that the Department of Health and Social Care and other organisations monitor the progress of the autism strategy has been updated. Read more read more...
• Nine in ten heart patients live with other long-term conditions, increasing their risk of dying
  07 Aug 2018
  According to the British Heart Foundation, nine in ten people with coronary heart disease in the UK are living with at least one other long-term condition, such as stroke, dementia and high blood pressure read more...
• Severe obesity in children at record high
  07 Aug 2018
  The national study shows that the proportion of children in Year 6 (aged 10-11 years) with severe obesity is at its highest point since records began and stark health inequalities continue to widen read more...
• New Brighton Shop Mobility Open Day - 15th August 2018
  07 Aug 2018
  New Brighton Shopmobility Open Day Wednesday 15th August 2018 Tennis Courts Marine Park, New Brighton 10am - 2.30pm...Free admission!...Free BBQ/drinks! read more...
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society have developed guidance on problematic polypharmacy
  07 Aug 2018
  The Royal Pharmaceutical Society have developed guidance to outline the size of the challenge of problematic polypharmacy read more...
• Listening Skills for Community Organising – One Day Course
  07 Aug 2018
  Tuesday 28th August 2018 9AM-4PM Leasowe Millennium Centre read more...
• Cancer drug for children recommended after becoming cost effective for NHS patients
  06 Aug 2018
  Around 60% of children with high-risk neuroblastoma could be treated with dinutuximab beta read more...
• Study suggests that hospital admissions can be avoided through improving whole home quality standards
  24 Jul 2018
  First large-scale longitudinal evaluation of a whole home intervention using routine health data read more...
• Councils more likely to improve failing schools than academies
  23 Jul 2018
  Failing schools are more likely to be improved by councils than academy chains, new analysis has revealed. read more...
• Implementing the UK’s Exit from the European Union: Department for Transport
  22 Jul 2018
  How the Department for Transport is organising itself to support a successful exit from the EU read more...
• Mersey Metro Mayor unveils £5m fund to revitalise city region town centres
  20 Jul 2018
  Struggling town centres across the Liverpool city region will be able to access a £5m fund read more...
• July Bulletin now available
  19 Jul 2018
  See our Bulletin for July 2018 and even more additional content for you to view read more...
• NHS mental health care for veterans
  18 Jul 2018
  Information on the range of NHS mental health services that provide different types of care and treatment. This includes dedicated mental health services for service personnel... read more...
• £9m loneliness fund opens to applications
  17 Jul 2018
  The money forms part of the £11.5m Building Connections Fund, which was announced last month by the Prime Minister Theresa May and Tracey Crouch, the lead minister for tackling homelessness and also the minister for civil society. read more...
• Helping the UK's missing millions to vote
  13 Jul 2018
  Government measures to encourage eight million eligible UK voters to join the electoral register were prompted by research, and helped boost voter registrations by two million in the run-up to the 2016 EU Referendum. read more...
• Acevo CEO criticises Charity Commission as ‘unnecessarily negative’
  12 Jul 2018
  The Charity Commission’s commentary around its trust research “perpetuates an unnecessarily negative narrative”, the chief executive of Acevo has said. read more...
• Councils face almost £8 billion funding black hole by 2025
  10 Jul 2018
  Local services in England face a funding gap of almost £8 billion by 2025, warns the Local Government Association... read more...
• New project hopes to build houses in back gardens
  10 Jul 2018
  A new project in Bristol has proposed to take advantage of ‘micro-plots’ of spare land scattered across back gardens and between buildings to help address the housing crisis. read more...
• Re-commissioning our local Primary Care Mental Health service
  10 Jul 2018
  Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are about to re-commission their Primary Care Mental Health service and are carrying out a number of engagement activities with patients, the public, staff and stakeholders read more...
• Get involved - Lost Castles
  10 Jul 2018
  It is hugely exciting to be part of Lost Castles - a massive cultural participation project taking place across Liverpool City Region this summer. read more...
• Securing an EU workforce deal that works for public services – CIPFA report
  10 Jul 2018
  The Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy’s (CIPFA) Brexit Advisory Commission for Public Services has published a report (PDF document) on a Brexit deal on public sector workforce issues read more...
• NHS proposes to stop funding 17 “unnecessary” procedures
  10 Jul 2018
  The NHS in England has proposed to stop funding 17 procedures it considers unnecessary, to save money and eliminate unwarranted clinical variation across the country. read more...
• Lessons from Gosport
  10 Jul 2018
  The report of the inquiry into deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital is hard but essential reading (gosportpanel.independent.gov.uk). read more...
• Launch of Wirral Advantage programme to tackle youth unemployment
  04 Jul 2018
  Wirral Advantage will combine the power of sport with education, employability, and mentoring .....Join the team to find out more on Friday 13th July 2018 - 8.00am for breakfast read more...
• BBC Radio 4 - National Health Stories
  03 Jul 2018
  On 5 July 1948, for the first time anywhere in the world, healthcare in Britain became free for all. Sally Sheard reveals the characters, innovations and heroic standoffs that have shaped our NHS. read more...
• Hot weather health warnings: 2018
  02 Jul 2018
  Warmer weather forecasts for parts of England have prompted warnings to take care from Public Health England (PHE). read more...
• NHS70: Marking 70 years of the National Health Service
  02 Jul 2018
  The National Health Service was launched seven decades ago with lofty ambitions to look after people "from the cradle to the grave". What's changed in the last 70 years? read more...
• England’s poorest areas are fast food hotspots
  02 Jul 2018
  New figures from PHE show higher concentrations of fast food outlets in England’s most deprived communities. read more...
• HPV vaccine reduces cancer-causing infection by 86 per cent
  29 Jun 2018
  A new study has found that the HPV vaccination has led to major reductions in the number of young women who have the infection, which can cause cervical cancer. read more...
• National and local 2017 Maternity Services Survey published
  28 Jun 2018
  CQC published results of the 2017 National Maternity Services Survey with local information too read more...
• Chance to Chat offered by WIRED
  27 Jun 2018
  Need someone to talk to? WIRED have drop-in session that might help read more...
• PHE warnings about Measles and summer travel to Europe
  25 Jun 2018
  PHE is encouraging young people to make sure they have had both doses of the MMR vaccine before going on holiday to... read more...
• Prime Minister sets out 5-year NHS funding plan
  25 Jun 2018
  The NHS is to receive an average 3.4 per cent a year real-terms increase in funding over the next 5 years. The increased funding will support a new 10-year long-term plan the NHS will bring forward. read more...
• Brits spend 29% of their leisure time alone
  25 Jun 2018
  While people in the UK spend most of our leisure time with others, we spend 29% of it – an average of 100 minutes per day – on our own... read more...
• NAO report on the financial sustainability of local authorities
  25 Jun 2018
  National Audit Office report explores the issues in more detail read more...
• Focus on brisk walking, not just 10,000 steps, say health experts
  25 Jun 2018
  Public Health England and the Royal College of GPs are encouraging adults to focus on walking briskly rather than just counting steps to improve their health. read more...
• What to expect after vaccinations
  25 Jun 2018
  This leaflet tells you about the common side effects of vaccinations that might occur in babies and young children up to 5 years of age. read more...
• CQC report on the state of care in urgent primary care services
  25 Jun 2018
  Common themes and characteristics found from their inspections read more...
• Global Climate change could bring ‘floods, droughts and blackouts’ to UK and beyond
  20 Jun 2018
  A study is warning that cities around the world including London could face floods, droughts and blackouts by 2050 as a result of climate change read more...
• Charity Gingerbread produce report on potential impacts of Universal Credit
  20 Jun 2018
  Charity Gingerbread has warned that single parents, particularly those who are working, are losing out under Universal Credit read more...
• NHS England start consultation for Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  20 Jun 2018
  NHS England has launched a 60 day formal public consultation, to seek feedback on a new specification for CAMHS Tier 4 children’s services read more...
• Macmillan Mile Event
  19 Jun 2018
  Macmillan are hosting an event this July in Birkenhead Park... read more...
• Wirral Waters developer submits planning application for a £3.5m amenity and arts hub
  18 Jun 2018
  Peel Land and Property has formally submitted a planning application to Wirral Council to build a waterside retail and arts space to support the new community at Wirral Waters. read more...
• £19 million funding for councils to boost integration
  18 Jun 2018
  Councils across England will receive a share of a further £19 million to help ease pressures on local services resulting from recent migration read more...
• Rolling out Universal Credit: National Audit Office report
  18 Jun 2018
  The report by the National Audit Office (NAO) concludes that Universal Credit has not delivered value for money and it is uncertain that it ever will. read more...
• Introduction to Community Organising
  14 Jun 2018
  North Birkenhead Neighbourhood Trust present a one-day 'Introduction to Community Organising' that provides the how to organise and motivate people to take effective action read more...
• Wirral Intelligence Service and Wirral Housing & Investment Team win award
  11 Jun 2018
  Wirral Intelligence Service & Wirral Housing & Investment Team win LARIA (Local Area Research & Intelligence Association) award... read more...
• Smokefree Community Champions sought to help make Smoking History for Wirral`s Children
  11 Jun 2018
  Wallasey Constituency Team is working in partnership with A Better Life (ABL) to provide free training for local people across Wallasey to become smokefree community champions. read more...
• Wirral’s “The Hive” Named North West’s Best Public Service Building
  11 Jun 2018
  Wirral's state-of-the-art OnSide Youth Zone, The Hive, has received industry recognition as the North West’s best public service building. read more...
• Liverpool shortlisted for Channel 4 HQ
  11 Jun 2018
  Local Political Leaders have welcomed confirmation that Liverpool's bid to host Channel 4's proposed national headquarters have been shortlisted. read more...
• Investigation into the government’s handling of the collapse of Carillion
  07 Jun 2018
  National Audit Office report focuses on the role of the UK government in preparing for and managing the liquidation of Carillion. read more...
• Support for those effected by suicide
  05 Jun 2018
  AMPARO offer a range of support to be people who been bereaved or affected by Suicide - this poster has more information and contact details read more...
• Local showing of film looking at different cultural perspectives around mental health
  30 May 2018
  Crazywise looks at different cultural perspectives around mental health - showing this Friday - book tickets here https://westkirbyartscentre.org.uk/events/-Crazy-Wise-film read more...
• A guide to using behavioural insights in local government
  30 May 2018
  if you are interested in how behavioural insights (BI) can help this document could be useful read more...
• Wirral Residents Survey published...
  30 May 2018
  Wirral Council asked Ipsos Mori to conduct a second Resident Survey, following the first survey in 2015. read more...
• Measuring National Well-being - Office for National Statistics
  25 Apr 2018
  The latest data and assessments of well-being provide a broadly positive picture of life in the UK, with most indicators either improving or staying the same over the short-term read more...
• Growing Up North – a report from the Children’s Commissioner
  25 Apr 2018
  What the unfolding plans for the Northern Powerhouse will mean for children growing up in the North, and particularly those who are doing so in the context of economic disadvantage read more...
• Accessing Public Health England data -read on...
  23 Apr 2018
  Accessing Public Health England data Details of the services offered by the PHE Office for Data Release (ODR) and guidance on how to access PHE held data. read more...
• Arrive Happy! It starts with you. Become an Arrive Happy Activator
  23 Apr 2018
  ...want to help your colleagues to be more active in their day? read more...
• Consultation closes Thursday 26th April
  23 Apr 2018
  What would make your area a great place to live as you grow older? Consultation ends Thursday 26th April 2018 read more...
• Home safety: How to spot risks and prevent accidents
  23 Apr 2018
  Independent Age, the older people’s charity, has launched a new, free advice guide to help older people and their families identify and reduce safety risks in their homes. read more...
• Institute for Fiscal Studies warns local government finance pilots will cost Whitehall £873m
  23 Apr 2018
  Business Rate Retention Scheme was projected to take £873m out of central government coffers during the current financial year read more...
• Health and Wellbeing Hub For school aged children and young people
  17 Apr 2018
  Wirral’s 0-19 team is offering weekly drop-in clinics for school aged children, young people and their families. read more...
• Local authorities to publish revised Statements of Gambling Policy by January 2019
  16 Apr 2018
  Councils are going to have to publish revised Statements of Gambling Policy by January next year read more...
• Loneliness - what characteristics and circumstances are associated with feeling lonely?
  12 Apr 2018
  Office for National Statistics has released an article on loneliness read more...
• Government launch Integrated Communities Strategy green paper
  12 Apr 2018
  People are invited to respond to a number of questions in relation to the green paper by 5 June 2018. read more...
• Harnessing the power of evidence and data in USA
  10 Apr 2018
  Website and resource looks to harness the power of evidence and data to solve the world’s greatest challenges by seeking to help US Local decision-makers at all levels of government accelerate their use of evidence and data to get better results read more...
• New Advice Line for Young People in Cheshire and Wirral
  04 Apr 2018
  Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) has launched a new advice line for young people, parents/carers and organisations across Cheshire and Wirral who may have concerns about a young person's mental health read more...
• National Living Wage earners fall short of average family spending
  03 Apr 2018
  The National Living Wage is about to go up to £7.83 per hour – but how easy is it to live on? read more...
• Wirral Black, Asian & Ethnic Minority JSNA section now published
  22 Mar 2018
  Latest BAME JSNA as Needs Assessment of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Groups now published read more...
• Wirral Suicide Audit 2016 now published
  22 Mar 2018
  The 2016 audit is based on cases examined by the Liverpool Coroner during 2016 (calendar year) read more...
• Wirral Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2018 – 2021 published
  22 Mar 2018
  Wirral Health and Wellbeing Board have signed off and published the new Wirral Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2018 – 2021 read more...
• Wirral Walking Festival 2018
  20 Mar 2018
  Choose from over 200 walks in the month of May on the Wirral – there’s something for everyone! read more...
• Community Conversation: What would make your area a great place to live as you grow older?
  19 Mar 2018
  Local people and professionals are invited to come and share their thoughts and ideas at a series of Community Conversation events. read more...
• What’s in the Basket of Goods? 70 years of shopping history
  19 Mar 2018
  The basket of goods helps measure the changing cost of products and services over time, updated annually to reflect consumer behaviour and showing the changing tastes and habits of the UK. read more...
• Likelihood of smoking four times higher in England’s most deprived areas than least deprived
  19 Mar 2018
  A person’s likelihood of smoking increased in line with the level of deprivation in their neighbourhood in 2016, ONS analysis reveals read more...
• Wirral Intelligence Service Bulletin for March
  07 Mar 2018
  Wirral Intelligence Service Bulletin for March (plus supplementary document) is available being packed full of new content for your perusal read more...
• Consultation closing soon on over the counter items routinely prescribed in primary care
  05 Mar 2018
  Conditions for which over the counter items should not routinely be prescribed in primary care: a consultation on guidance for CCGs closes 14 March 2018 read more...
• Inequality in life expectancy widens as improvements reverse among most deprived females
  05 Mar 2018
  Data analysed by Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirm statistically significant increases in the inequality in life expectancy in England between the most and least deprived. read more...
• February Bulletin now available
  20 Feb 2018
  Wirral Intelligence Service Bulletin for February (plus supplementary document) is available being packed full of new content for your perusal read more...
• Healthwatch Wirral is seeking a Community Engagement Officer
  15 Feb 2018
  The post is for an initial 12 month period (until 31st March 2019). However, they anticipate that this role may continue if further funding is sourced read more...
• Commission on the Future of Localism publishes its findings
  13 Feb 2018
  The Commission was established in 2017 to consider how to reinvigorate localism and unlock the power of community. It found that radical action is needed to strengthen local institutions; devolve tangible power resources and control to communities; ensure quality in community participation; and deliver change in local government behaviour and practice to enable local initiatives to thrive. read more...
• Connect Families Workshops starting soon...
  13 Feb 2018
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• Growing innovative models of health, care and support for adults
  09 Feb 2018
  This briefing explains that innovative, often small-scale models of health, social care and support for adults could be scaled up to benefit as many people as possible Read more read more...
• Tackling loneliness and social isolation: the role of commissioners
  08 Feb 2018
  Social Care Institute for Excellence point out that with one million people aged 65 and over in the UK reporting they are often or always lonely, few would refute the need to tackle this issue read more...
• School Funding in England Since 2010 - What the key Evidence Tells Us
  05 Feb 2018
  Over the past year, school funding has played a prominent role in education policy and debate. This report presents the findings from a review of key evidence documents... read more...
• Healthwatch Wirral's Crisis Mental Health Directory
  05 Feb 2018
  Updated monthly, our Crisis Mental Health directory is free, easy to use and only contains Wirral services. read more...
• Free information sessions for carers in Wirral
  03 Feb 2018
  Time for You Free information sessions for carers in Wirral Book your place now! read more...
• Latest newsletter from Open Door Centre
  02 Feb 2018
  See what's happening at the Open Door Centre read more...
• Wirral Creative Youth Development Groups at Pilgrim Street Arts Centre
  01 Feb 2018
  Promoting sessions and access to activities for 8 - 19 year olds read more...
• Wallasey businesses offered free dementia training
  01 Feb 2018
  Businesses in Wallasey are being offered free training to gain a better understanding of customers with dementia. read more...
• What do households spend the most on?
  31 Jan 2018
  Office for National Statistics are celebrating 60 years of Family Spending, which provides an insight into the spending habits of UK households read more...
• Children's engagement with the outdoors and sports activities
  31 Jan 2018
  Children aged 8 to 15 in the UK spent just over an hour (68 minutes) of their leisure time on average per day taking part in an outdoors activity, sports related activity or travelling on foot or by bicycle. read more...
• A ‘watershed’ moment: why it’s prime time to protect children from junk food adverts
  16 Jan 2018
  While the causes of childhood obesity are multi-factorial, there is a wealth of evidence showing the detrimental impact that advertising of food and drink products has on driving unhealthy food choices read more...
• PHE launches Change4Life campaign around children’s snacking
  15 Jan 2018
  New Change4Life campaign encourages parents to 'look for 100-calorie snacks, two a day max' to cut children’s sugar intake. read more...
• Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2017
  15 Jan 2018
  This publication from the Department for Education provides information on a survey of parents with children aged 0 to 14 (January 2017 to August 2017). read more...
• Duncan Selbie’s new mantra
  30 Dec 2017
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• Local Pharmacists experiencing NHS medicines supply issues
  20 Dec 2017
  Community Pharmacies are working really hard to make sure that you get the medicines that you need... read more...
• Young people spend a third of their leisure time on devices
  19 Dec 2017
  Young people spent more than a third of their overall leisure time – around 14 hours per week – using a device in 2015, new analysis shows read more...
• Tips for looking after your mental wellbeing this Christmas
  18 Dec 2017
  The Mental Health Foundation suggest that even though this time of year is most commonly known for being filled with delicious food, parties and fun, it's also an incredibly difficult time... read more...
• Improving lives: the future of work, health and disability
  07 Dec 2017
  This is the government’s strategy on the future of work, health and disability. The government intends to take action across three settings – welfare, the workplace and the health system... read more...
• Government to set out proposals to reform care and support
  07 Dec 2017
  First Secretary Damian Green has announced that the government will publish a green paper on care and support for older people by summer 2018. read more...
• Use antibiotics effectively to reduce drug-resistance
  04 Dec 2017
  Good management of antibiotics can halve the number of people picking-up drug-resistant infections in hospital, new data suggests read more...
• Social mobility can be a stark postcode lottery with too many in Britain are being left behind
  01 Dec 2017
  This report assesses the progress that Great Britain has made towards improving social mobility. read more...
• New ways to diagnose and manage asthma can improve care, says NICE
  01 Dec 2017
  New ways to diagnose and manage asthma can improve care, says NICE New tests to help diagnose asthma and a change in how medicines are offered can help people take control of their asthma, NICE says in new guidance. read more...
• Personal well-being in the UK: Office for National Statistics
  24 Nov 2017
  Personal well-being in the UK: Office for National Statistics reports that the average ratings of life satisfaction, feeling that the things we do in life are worthwhile and happiness have increased slightly read more...
• Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2017-18 to 2021-22
  23 Nov 2017
  This report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) uses the latest available data on household incomes to project the development of incomes, inequality, and poverty to 2022 read more...
• Thriving at Work: the Stevenson/Farmer Review
  21 Nov 2017
  Thriving at Work aims to set out what employers can do to better support all employees, especially those with mental health problems, to remain in and thrive through work. read more...
• Over-50s caught in 'unemployment trap'
  15 Nov 2017
  The over-50s are more likely to be out of work than other age groups and to struggle to get another job, according to new research. read more...
• Domestic violence 'masks' other threats to children, Cafcass finds
  15 Nov 2017
  This report looked at information from serious case reviews that Cafcass contributed to between 2009 and 2016 found that domestic abuse was the most common risk factor read more...
• Children living in long-term workless households in the UK 2016
  14 Nov 2017
  Office of Nati​onal Statistics has published UK estimates of the number of children living in long-term workless households in 2016. read more...
• Understanding the impacts of gambling - seeking local views
  14 Nov 2017
  In order to understand how gambling affects people locally, it is important that we speak to those affected. For the 2017/18 Annual Public Health Report then Wirral Public Health team would like to speak to local residents in Wirral who may be affected by this issue whether this is someone currently problem gambling or has been an issue for them in the past. read more...
• Dementia/Alzheimers and Carers activities for November and December 2017
  14 Nov 2017
  Timetables detailing activities and groups for those with Dementia/Alzheimers and their carers. Please contact allan.grogan@gmail.com if you need any further details read more...
• Carers Rights Roadshow
  14 Nov 2017
  WIRED Carers Team is taking to the road for Carers Rights Day, Friday 24th November read more...
• UK is the most obese country in western Europe
  13 Nov 2017
  A report from the OECD has found that the UK is the most obese country in western Europe. read more...
• Welcome to The Dementia Evidence Toolkit
  13 Nov 2017
  MODEM Dementia Evidence Database The Dementia Evidence Toolkit is for commissioners, care providers, people working in health and social care and people with dementia and their families and helps planning and shaping services and treatments for people with dementia and their carers make informed decisions about which services and treatments to provide and how much they cost. read more...
• Local Faith Groups meet to discuss Climate Change and Community Influence
  07 Nov 2017
  ‘World Faiths, Climate Change & Community Influence’ will take place on Tuesday 14 November 9.15 – 14.45 at Mersey Maritime, Maritime Knowledge Hub, 3 Vanguard Way, Birkenhead, CH41 9HX. Event information read more...
• Local groups seeking support for their Aviva Community Fund
  27 Oct 2017
  Projects from across the country are entering the Aviva Community Fund hoping for funding, and there’s a number of Wirral groups seeking their help. So please help a local project to get to the Finals by voting for them! read more...
• Vote for the UK's Best Park! Wirral has 3 nominations
  26 Oct 2017
  Vote for the UK's Best Park! In total 14 parks across Merseyside have been shortlisted, including Birkenhead Park, Arrowe Park and Thurstaston Common. read more...
• Data-driven analysis of the performance of government recently published
  20 Oct 2017
  Performance Tracker brings together more than 100 data series to provide a comprehensive picture of the performance of government in running key public services. The analysis, by the Institute for Government and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), reveals the key decision points that the Chancellor faces in the run-up to his first Autumn Budget. read more...
• New £15 million programme to help train one million in mental health first aid
  20 Oct 2017
  A new £15 million programme will see up to 1 million people trained in basic mental health “first aid” skills. The programme will improve personal resilience and help people recognise and respond effectively to signs of mental illness in others. read more...
• Public Health England's Local Health tool updated
  19 Oct 2017
  Local Health presents data for small areas - in our case to Lower Super Output Areas and Wards - across 50 updated indicators and more across the four Local Health themes and new functionality within the tool allows data to be downloaded in bulk for the first time. read more...
• Sport England - Tackling inactivity and economic disadvantage funding 2017
  17 Oct 2017
  Accepting applications until early November 2017 Sport England’s Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage fund is part of Sport England’s wider delivery framework and investment programme to build an active nation and achieve the outcomes of the UK Government’s sports strategy Sporting Future read more...
• Birth characteristics in England and Wales: 2016
  17 Oct 2017
  Latest information from ONS for 2016 with regard to annual birth statistics, including birthweight, place of birth, multiple births and stillbirths. read more...
• Changes at Community Action Wirral
  13 Oct 2017
  Update from Annette Roberts at Community Action Wirral about the changes being made at CAW... now they have won the new Third Sector Local Infrastructure contract and will be working in collaboration with Wirral Chamber of Commerce to deliver this service. read more...
• Wirral among happiest places to live according to Rightmove Survey
  12 Oct 2017
  Wirral has come third in the UK for being amongst the happiest places to live according to a survey as reported by BBC News read more...
• Wirral's 2017 Labour Market Profile from Nomis
  12 Oct 2017
  This Wirral profile brings together data from several sources for 2016 through to 2017. read more...
• House prices: how much does one square metre cost in your area?
  12 Oct 2017
  Homes in the most expensive area of England and Wales cost 25 times as much as in the cheapest area, according to ONS analysis of 2016 property prices. One square metre of floor space – an area about the size of a red phone box – costs almost £19,439 in Kensington and Chelsea, while in Blaenau Gwent in the South Wales valleys, the same amount of space costs £777. The ONS article compares property prices by floor space across England and Wales and the value of floor space for your local authority area. read more...
• ABCD Event at Wirral Met this November
  12 Oct 2017
  ABCD Event at Wirral Met this November read more...
• Wirral's Public Health Annual Report 2017
  10 Oct 2017
  Life expectancy at birth has improved both nationally and in Wirral over several decades. Despite this, gaps persist and this report highlights the inequalities in life expectancy we see across Wirral and shows that this can be partially explained by differences in avoidable mortality - deaths which might be prevented through public health interventions or better healthcare provision. read more...
• Public Health England and new “Public Health Dashboard”
  03 Oct 2017
  Public Health England has been developing a new “Public Health Dashboard”, that will launched as a final version in July 2018 after a period of consultation. PHE are publishing this dashboard as part of the Government’s transparency agenda which supports improvement in public services read more...
• A newborn UK baby boy could expect to live 79.2 years and a UK newborn baby girl 82.9 years if mortality rates remain the same
  02 Oct 2017
  A newborn baby boy could expect to live 79.2 years and a newborn baby girl 82.9 years if mortality rates remain the same as they were in the UK in 2014 to 2016 throughout their lives. read more...
• People who were abused as children are more likely to be abused as an adult
  29 Sep 2017
  The legacy of child abuse lives on long after survivors have moved into adulthood The Crime Survey of England and Wales (year ending March 2016) shows a higher proportion of survivors of child abuse (psychological, physical, sexual assault or who witnessed domestic abuse) went on to experience abuse in adulthood compared with those who suffered no childhood abuse. Find out more about the impact of child abuse in later life through our latest article. read more...
• Personal well-being in the UK: April 2016 to March 2017 Estimates of life satisfaction, whether you feel the things you do in life are worthwhile
  29 Sep 2017
  Estimates of life satisfaction, whether you feel the things you do in life are worthwhile read more...
• Estimates of the very old (including centenarians), UK: 2002 to 2016
  28 Sep 2017
  The population aged 90 and over has grown more rapidly than most younger ages in recent years but it remains a small part of the total UK population. Historical birth patterns which resulted in rapid ageing and growth of the population aged 90 and over in recent years have now largely played out, and ageing and growth have returned to a longer-term average. The proportion of men in the population aged 90 and over continues to rise read more...
• Wirral Carers Survey Report for 2016/17
  27 Sep 2017
  Now available is Wirral Carers Survey Report for 2016/17. This Carers Survey is distributed to specific residents to gauge opinions and views about life as a carer. This is then reported back as part of central government plus used to inform our future policy, procedures and processes and support Carers across the Borough. read more...
• More mothers with young children working full-time
  26 Sep 2017
  Flexible working, parental leave, and the provision of free childcare have all had an impact on parental employment rates - see how that’s changed since 1996 in this latest ONS latest article. read more...
• Why not visit these other Wirral Partner sites
  26 Sep 2017
  These Wirral websites offer you lots of local information and content read more...
• Compendium of Health Stats now published
  26 Sep 2017
  Wirral's 2017 Compendium of Health Stats now published read more...
• Wirral Military Community Services announce new NAAFI break venue
  25 Sep 2017
  Wirral Military Community Services are proud to announce the first date for their local NAAFI Breaks will be 3rd October @ Nightingales Café - Argyle Street, Birkenhead read more...
• Mental health problems represent the largest single cause of disability in the UK
  25 Sep 2017
  New tool for local public health teams identifying the most cost-effective mental health programmes. read more...
• NHS England invite funding applications for Health and Wellbeing Fund 2017 to 2018
  22 Sep 2017
  Application form for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to apply for the Health and Wellbeing Fund on social prescribing. read more...
• New report: Implantable and Wearable Medical Devices for COPD
  22 Sep 2017
  Wearable technology could give hope to some 3 million people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), according to a new report produced by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in collaboration with the Hamlyn Centre, Imperial College London. read more...
• Prison health health annual report
  22 Sep 2017
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• Public Health Profiles updated for Early Years
  21 Sep 2017
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• New approach to preventing heart attacks and strokes
  21 Sep 2017
  NHS launches new drive to save thousands of people from heart attacks and strokes read more...
• The top 100 baby names
  19 Sep 2017
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• Heart age of some men aged 50 could actually be 10 years older than they are
  14 Sep 2017
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• Weight management services - why are they important?
  14 Sep 2017
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• Physical Activity profile for Wirral
  13 Sep 2017
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• Child Health Profiles
  08 Sep 2017
  Wirral Child Health Profiles published read more...
• Local Data available on Wirral Community Insight website
  08 Sep 2017
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• New Wirral Intelligence Service Website leads the way
  02 Aug 2017
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