October 2022
06Oct
NHS Blood and Transplant blood donation
NHS Blood and Transplant has launched a campaign to encourage more people of Black heritage to come forward and donate blood. The campaign is coinciding with Black History Month and is partly in response to a growing need for blood donations to treat sickle cell disease. Please find attached a communication toolkit which builds on...
06Oct
Learn how to do CPR on babies and children
For parents / guardians / carers / teachers What and when? North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is holding an online session on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for babies and children as it is given differently to adults. You can join in and learn to be a lifesaver – all you need is a cushion, access to the internet, Microsoft...
04Oct
October is Black History Month
Black History Month takes place during October, with this year’s theme “Time for Change: Action Not Words". There are a lot of NHS organised events and meetings online to get involved in,, most of which are detailed here: https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/black-history-month-2022 Black History Month events across the UK can also be...
04Oct
Baby Loss Awareness Week
Baby Loss Awareness Week is an opportunity to bring us together as a community and give anyone touched by pregnancy and baby loss a safe and supportive space to share their experiences and feel that they are not alone. Our Baby Beat charity does an incredible job to ensure that local families who experience this...
03Oct
Blood donors urgently required!
We urgently need people to give blood, with red cell stocks lower than we would want. In addition, group A platelets are vulnerable to peaks in demand or drops in collection. We are currently able to supply to orders, with some need for substitution, and will remain at pre-Amber alert until at least 5 January 2023. We...
