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News| 27th August 2025

Champs Public Health Collaborative System Leadership Meeting | Key messages | August 2025

The Cheshire and Merseyside Directors of Public and Population Health...
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News| 19th August 2025

Thinking about the Public Health needs of rural communities in Cheshire East

Written by Professor Rod Thomson, Interim Director of Population Health...
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News| 15th August 2025

Child and family work on the agenda at national conference

Cheshire and Merseyside’s work to reduce child and family poverty...
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News| 13th August 2025

North West community pharmacies begin rollout of free RSV vaccine

Sixty community pharmacies across the region have been selected to...
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News| 31st July 2025

Protect your children: parents urged to vaccinate children during summer holidays as measles continues to spread in the North West

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) North West is today...
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News| 30th July 2025

Champs Public Health Collaborative System Leadership Meeting | Key messages | July 2025

The Cheshire and Merseyside Directors of Public and Population Health...
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News| 22nd July 2025

New figures show rise in child poverty across Cheshire and Merseyside

Child poverty across Cheshire and Merseyside has risen sharply, with...
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News| 16th July 2025

Liverpool welcomes experts to tackle high rates of oral cancer

“I spent weeks in hospital unable to eat or speak.”...
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News| 7th July 2025

UKHSA Statement: Measles in the North West

Local health organisations are warning people to make sure their...
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News| 4th July 2025

Tackling child and family poverty through a place-based lens: insights from Cheshire and Merseyside

Child and family poverty in the UK is at a...
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News| 1st July 2025

Smokefree Laws turn 18

As England’s landmark smokefree legislation turns 18, a new report...
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News| 30th June 2025

Two awards for local suicide prevention training programme 

Grassroots Suicide Prevention’s ‘Breaking the Silence’ (BTS) teaching resources, used...
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News| 26th June 2025

A fresh look at Cheshire and Merseyside’s smoking population

This month saw a highly productive meeting of the All...
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News| 25th June 2025

Wirral is the latest authority to promote healthy food advertising in our subregion

Wirral Council is the latest local authority to sign up...
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News| 19th June 2025

Smoking in pregnancy rates hit record low across Cheshire and Merseyside

The number of women smoking during pregnancy has sharply declined...
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News| 18th June 2025

New report from Sir Michael Marmot’s Institute of Health Equity praises the Champs Collaborative for its “vital role” in addressing health inequalities

The Institute of Health Equity have published their latest report...
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News| 2nd June 2025

Stronger Partnerships, Healthier Futures – Cheshire and Merseyside’s Director of Population Health annual report

The 2024/25 annual report for Cheshire and Merseyside’s Population Health...
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News| 2nd June 2025

UKHSA release Inequalities in Health Protection Report

We are too familiar with data showing the existence of...
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News| 2nd June 2025

Sefton using evidence to tackle stunted growth in children

A research project in Sefton Council is using data to...
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News| 30th May 2025

A win for Cheshire and Merseyside as disposable vapes ban comes into force

Directors of Public and Population Health from across Cheshire and...
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