Join us for an inspiring Public Health Research Event in May, designed to spark new ideas, share learning, and strengthen our regional research culture.
If you're passionate about improving population health and reducing inequalities, this is a fantastic space to learn, connect and collaborate. 🔽
Thinking about quitting smoking? Free, local support in Cheshire and Merseyside can help you be there for life’s big moments.
Visit smokingendshere.com to find out more.
2/2 We’re also emphasising that there are now more effective ways to quit than ever before, with support tailored to individual needs.
For more information and tools to support people to quit visit FreshQuit.co.uk
Discover this week’s featured jobs at #TeamMerseyCare and help us deliver outstanding care 💙
🔵Clinical Psychologist
🔵Deputy Team Manager
🔵Nursing Associate
🔵Practitioners
🔵 Occupational Therapists
Apply now and make a real difference 👇🏽
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/current-vacancies
The LGA have published their latest blog by Mike Bridges, Lead Consultant for All Together Fairer Neighbourhoods, exploring how the new #AllTogetherFairerNeighbourhoods framework aims to strengthen prevention and reduce health inequalities across Cheshire and Merseyside.
➡️ https://ow.ly/4cVA50YzGnp
We are pleased to share the newly published All Together Fairer Neighbourhoods framework, developed by Cheshire and Merseyside’s nine Directors of Public Health and the NHS Director of Population Health.
Find out more and read the full framework and the executive summary: https://ow.ly/ZsLW50YsXQL
A new report from the Northern Head and Neck Alliance (NHNA) and Health Equity North highlights the stark socioeconomic inequalities in head and neck cancer across the UK, with those from the poorest areas disproportionately affected.
Read here ⬇️
https://champspublichealth.com/head-and-neck-cancer/
Today is #NoSmokingDay 🚭
One in three smokers in the North West tried to quit last year. 38% of them succeeded, including Jeanette.
Is it your turn next?
We've got free support ready and waiting. For more information, please visit www.smokingendshere.com
Tomorrow is #NoSmokingDay. 🚭
Thousands of people across Cheshire & Merseyside including Jeanette, Natasha and Ian have already made the decision to quit smoking. Is it your turn next?
Visit smokingendshere.com to find free local support to quit smoking.
#WorldObesityDay
By 2035, an estimated 4 billion people could be living with
obesity – a global shift that touches every one of the 8 billion of us.
That’s why this moment matters. That’s why there are 8 billion
reasons to act on obesity now.
Share your reason and support the movement. 🔽
📢 Our February edition of Collaborate Newsletter is here!
Packed full of Public Health news, programme updates and events across Cheshire and Merseyside, a landmark moment for Cheshire and Warrington's devolution.
Read here 🔗 ➡️ mailchi.mp/champspublichealth/colla...
📢Just added📢
Check out the latest case study and report on the All Together Inspired website
➡️https://alltogetherinspired.org.uk
#AllTogetherInspired #AllTogetherFairer
Happy child sliding down slide
Yesterday on BBC The World This Weekend, Cllr Amanda Hopgood said SEND reform must create more mainstream places, backed by proper funding and support.
With the Schools White Paper now published, it must deliver for children and families.
Listen at 18:58:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The image shows a person with glasses and a beard, smiling against a blue background, with text reading 'To halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between England’s richest and poorest regions, the government must recognise variation in self‑reported health as the primary driver. Andrew Mooney'
The government has pledged to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest areas.
In this new blog, our Principal Data Analyst Andrew Mooney explores the latest data to see what it will take to realise that ambition.
Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3MI6vZD
Do you suffer from heartburn, indigestion or acid reflux? ❤️🔥
Men aged 55 to 79 and women aged 65 to 79 in Wirral with these symptoms, are being asked to take part in the UK’s largest research programme aiming to improve care, manage symptoms and improve health.
Find out more at heartburnhealth.org
Until everyone has access to decent housing, a good working environment, healthy food and safe spaces to be active, we cannot expect healthy life expectancy to improve – or the inequalities gap between communities to close.
Read more: www.rsph.org.uk/news/new-ons...
Last week the Government launched a consultation on expanding smokefree legislation to protect the public from the harms of second-hand smoke.
The consultation covers smoking, vaping and heated tobacco products. Here’s what the Government proposes 👇
Director of Public Health for Liverpool City Council
@dph-mashton.bsky.social recently spoke to BBC Radio Merseyside on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill going through parliament later this month 🔊
Cheshire & Merseyside Directors of Public and Population Health met for their February 2026 System Leadership meeting.
Catch up on key messages, programme updates, and good news from the session 👇 #PublicHealth champspublichealth.com/champs-publi...
@cheshire-east.bsky.social has become the first authority in the North West to improve its Active Travel England capability rating.
The improved rating has enabled further investment in safe, accessible and greener active travel options across the borough. 👏
Full story 🔗🔽
Case Study: @haltonbc.bsky.social tackles health impacts of fuel poverty by shifting to a data driven approach.
Working with @innovationnwc.bsky.social the council have adopted a fuel poverty dashboard to identify residents most vulnerable to cold homes and rising energy costs.
Fully story 🔽
Read the full newsletter here 🔗 ⬇️ mailchi.mp/champspublic...
📢 The first edition of our 2026 Collaborate Newsletter is here!
Packed full of #PublicHealth news, programme updates and events across Cheshire and Merseyside ⬇️
See what's
"The point is that it's a lot easier for families to fill up tummies with really convenient, energy-dense food."
"We need supermarkets to be doing much more to make it easier for families to make those healthy choices."
- our Executive Director Anna Taylor on BBC Breakfast this morning.
We are pleased to hear that @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social are introducing new restrictions on the advertising of unhealthy foods, sugary drinks and vaping products across Combined Authority-owned sites.
This marks a major step forward for public health and health equity across the city region. 🔽
Read more about the campaign and Shaun's story here 🔽
#PublicHealth #WhatWillYouMiss #StopSmoking #Cheshire #Merseyside
'What will you miss' - Our new campaign highlighting milestone life events smokers could miss out on if they continue to smoke, recently featured on ITV Granada reports.
Hear Shaun Webb, 62 from Northwich tell his story of how he fought a cancer diagnosis to be at his daughter's wedding ⬇️
Measles is highly contagious so even a small decline in vaccine uptake can lead to a rise in cases.
Read UKHSA's latest blog: 'What is measles and why is it so important we're up to date with our vaccines to protect against it?'
https://ow.ly/TutB50Y18Zx
Worried about Croup?
Read UKHSA's latest blog: 'A parent’s guide to croup: what are the symptoms and when to seek medical advice'
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/21/a-parents-gui...
