1. Pharmacy Collect: Local Pharmacies Now Stocking COVID Tests Through New Advanced Service

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    Community pharmacy teams in Greater Manchester are this month starting to offer free coronavirus (COVID-19) test kits as they help to support the lifting of national restrictions and the pandemic recovery.

  2. Book or manage your coronavirus vaccination – age 45+

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    Use this NHS service to book a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination or manage your appointments.

  3. Order coronavirus (COVID-19) rapid lateral flow tests

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    Use this NHS service to order free packs of rapid lateral flow tests to be sent to your home in England.

    A pack of tests contains 7 tests. You can order one pack per household each day

  4. Tell us about your dentist experience during COVID in Bury

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    Get in touch with Healthwatch Bury and tell us your experience of dentistry during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  5. Let us know what you think about the COVID-19 vaccine

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    Please spare a few moments to tell us what you think about the COVID-19 vaccine. The NHS is doing everything it can to deliver COVID-19 vaccines in the Bury area.

  6. Book or manage your coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination - age 40+

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    Use this NHS service to book a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination or manage your appointments.

  7. Become a Covid-19 community champions

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    COVID-19 and the various measures taken to manage the virus and protect us, continue to impact everyone in Bury.

  8. BBC Asian Network is helping people in the South Asian community to spot potential vaccine scams

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    As coronavirus vaccines are being rolled out across the UK, fraudsters are using this as an opportunity to scam people. The NHS is warning everyone to be vigilant about fake vaccination invitations.

  9. COVID-19 guide for carers and family supporting adults and children with learning disabilities or autistic adults and children

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    A Social Care Institute for Excellence guide to help family members and carers living with and supporting adults and children with learning disabilities.

  10. NCA celebrates its nurses on Nurses Day

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    THE Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) is shining a light on its nurses and all they have achieved during the pandemic for International Nurses Day, which takes place on 12 May.

  11. Information to help you keep safe and well during the cold weather

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    Public Health England (PHE) are encouraging people to look out for those who are vulnerable during low temperatures.

  12. Gypsies, Roma, Travellers and Showmen unite to Give COVID the Jab

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    A powerful new film from Romany journalist and film maker Jake Bowers, backed by the NHS in Surrey, is encouraging Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen to give COVID the jab and get vaccinated.

  13. Health, care and wellbeing services during the Coronavirus pandemic

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    We want to here how coronavirus / COVID-19 has affected you or your family members.

  14. ‘IT’S BEST TO TEST’

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    Many people with Covid-19 have mild, or even no symptoms, but can still spread the virus. With regular self-testing we can slow the spread, help protect the most vulnerable in our families and communities and start to get back on our feet.

  15. New research exploring vaccination confidence provides vital lessons for public health campaigns.

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    Healthwatch England has joined forces with Traverse to explore vaccination confidence among people from African, Bangladeshi, Caribbean and Pakistani backgrounds living in the UK.

  16. Support for residents affected by Coronavirus

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    Financial support for Bury residents affected by Coronavirus.

  17. Latest measures to drive down Covid in Bury

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    Extra support to carry out Covid vaccinations and testing is coming to Bury to drive down the increasing rate of coronavirus infection.

  18. Bury Community Hubs - support for vulnerable people

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    Bury Council has set up five community hubs throughout Bury to target help and support for those residents most vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19).

  19. Second COVID Management Service to go live in Radcliffe

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    To help the local fight against coronavirus (COVID-19), additional sites are being identified to be COVID Management Services to supplement the service already up and running in Prestwich.

  20. NHS sets up specialist young people’s services in £100 million long COVID care expansion

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    The NHS is setting up specialist long COVID services for children and young people as part of a £100 million expansion of care for those suffering from the condition.

  21. Get your Covid jab at these upcoming clinics

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    There are lots of Covid vaccination clinics coming up in Bury where residents can get their first and second jabs.

  22. Latest Covid-19 advice for the borough of Bury – 2 July, 2021

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    There are now walk-in vaccination clinics nearly every day of the week in the borough.

  23. Northern Care Alliance - Long Covid Talk

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    The NCA Membership team is hosting a virtual ‘Your Health Matters’ talk on the topic of Long Covid on Tuesday 13th July 2021.

  24. Local NHS Leaders Echo National Nurse Chief's Message to Help Keep Patients and Staff Safe as Restrictions Lift

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    Senior NHS doctors and nurse leaders responsible for patient safety and infection prevention across four local hospitals and community healthcare services are asking members of the public to continue to follow the ‘hands, face, space’ rules.

  25. 'Park bench' surgeries launched by Healthwatch Bury - as featured in the Bury Times

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    A SERIES of 'bench surgeries' have been undertaken so a health watchdog can gauge public reaction to health and social care services.

  26. Pandemic Impact Report from Mind

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    Mind have published a report which summarises the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on people with mental health problems across England and Wales.

  27. Local health chief reminds the most vulnerable and carers to get their Covid jab

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    Dr Linda Charles Ozuzu, the North West’s lead for the NHS Covid-19 vaccine programme, is urging everyone with a long term health condition to take up the offer of a Covid-19 vaccine.

  28. Vaccination clinic schedule - week ending August 29, 2021

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    Getting vaccinated and getting your second dose - information provided by Bury Council and NHS Bury Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

  29. From Monday – Covid jabs for 16 and 17 year olds

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    All young people in Bury aged 16 and 17 will, from Monday (23 Aug), be able to get a Covid jab and get protected against coronavirus.

  30. What kind of Community Champions do we want in Bury?

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    Bury Council have been busy recruiting community champions from across our diverse communities to help spread accurate information about Covid-19, hear what’s important to communities and create a network of community voices at a grassroots level.

  31. Vaccination clinic list up to Sunday 5th September

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    Covid-19 vaccination clinic schedule for next week (up to Sunday 5th September) and details of the Whitefield pop up clinic taking place on Tuesday 31st August

  32. Salford patients are first to use ground-breaking app for Long Covid

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    People in Salford living with long Covid are being supported with the help of a ground-breaking mobile app and clinical website to track their recovery and improve their health.

  33. Vaccination clinic schedule - week ending September 12th

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    Vaccination clinic schedule in Bury for week ending 12th September.

  34. Half of all 16 and 17-year-olds receive life-saving COVID vaccine

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    New figures show 50% of all teens aged 16 and 17 have had their first COVID jab, just four weeks after the green light was given for this age group.

  35. Vaccination clinic schedule up to 19th September 2021

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    Vaccination clinic schedule up to 19th September 2021.

  36. Have you used AskMyGP? Tell us about it.

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    During the pandemic, more people than ever have used AskMyGP to access a GP appointment. But how has it worked for you?

  37. Pregnant women in Greater Manchester urged to get lifesaving Covid-19 jab

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    All pregnant women in Greater Manchester are being encouraged to take up the offer of a lifesaving Covid-19 vaccine whatever stage of pregnancy they are at.

  38. First and second dose Covid-19 vaccination clinics ending 26th September

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    Information about first and second dose Covid-19 vaccination clinics taking place (ending 26th September), along with reference to the booster and flu campaign and for this new phase.

  39. Vaccination clinic list ending 24th October

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    For patients due their first or second Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination.

  40. Vaccination Clinics in Bury - week ending October 31, 2021

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    First and second dose Covid-19 vaccination clinics.

  41. Public health briefing for the borough of Bury – 22 October, 2021

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    Covid-19 cases steady, but remain very high.

  42. Public health briefing for the borough of Bury – 29 October, 2021

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    As we head into winter we’re in a better place than this time last year. But Covid-19 has not gone away and we need to do all we can to stop the spread.

  43. Vaccination Clinics in Bury - week ending 14th November

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    First and second dose Covid-19 vaccination clinics.

  44. Vaccination Clinics in Bury - week ending 21st November

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    First and second dose Covid-19 vaccination clinics.

  45. Self Care Week Reminds us to Practise Self Care for Life

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    Self Care Week is the annual national event that raises awareness of what we can all do to improve our physical health and mental wellbeing. This year, the theme is Practise Self Care for Life.

  46. Public health briefing for the borough of Bury – 12 November, 2021

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    While we’ve all been focused on Covid-19, other winter bugs have been arriving in increasing numbers. We’re already seeing plenty of colds, respiratory illnesses and some early cases of flu.

  47. Vaccination clinic list - Week ending November 28, 2021

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    Walk-in Covid-19 vaccinations – no appointment needed.

  48. Public health briefing for the borough of Bury – 19 November, 2021

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    Bury’s immunity boost as Covid and flu jab rollout at full steam.

  49. Long Covid Support

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    Long Covid Support was formed by a group of people struggling to recover from Covid-19, who found each other online and have been facilitating international peer support and campaigning in the UK.