Guidance for education settings responding to a sudden…

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System (ICS) has published a new guidance document to support heads, principals and safeguarding leads of schools, colleges and education settings across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent around the immediate processes involved…

NHS partners join forces to celebrate Stoke-on-Trent Pride…

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System (ICS) NHS partners recently came together to attend and celebrate Stoke-on-Trent Pride 2025 at Hanley Park. The event attracted thousands of visitors from across the local area and further…

Junior doctors accept pay offer

Junior doctors in England have accepted the government’s pay offer, with 66% voting in favour of the deal. Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) supported the offer of a 22.3% pay uplift on average…

111 offers urgent mental health support for people…

Anyone across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent can now get urgent mental health support, 24/7, by calling 111 and selecting the mental health option. The new service, which has been rolled out across England, means that trained…

You are invited to join the online AGM…

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board is coming together virtually on Thursday 26 September 2024 (4-6pm) to host their Annual General Meeting. All are welcome to attend and people are asked to please register in…

Prepare for the August Bank Holiday: Key Advice…

With the August Bank Holiday fast approaching, we are asking residents to plan ahead to ensure they have their healthcare essentials ready for Monday, August 26th. Some GP practices and pharmacies will have reduced opening…

AI funding boost for prescription deliveries

The government has announced £32million of funding for 98 AI projects, including the use of AI algorithms to make prescription deliveries more efficient. A project led by Nottingham-based Anteam will receive some of the funding…

Get involved with improving urgent and emergency care…

Residents are being asked to share their views about urgent and emergency care as Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent plan for the introduction of urgent treatment centres (UTCs). UTCs will offer help to people with urgent needs…

Local Charity gets Accreditation and Recognition for High-Quality…

Praised for its ability to “challenge the status quo to bring about improvements,” the Stoke-on-Trent-based charity’s leadership and representation has led to national recognition. VAST, the voluntary sector’s local infrastructure organisation (LIO) for Stoke-on-Trent and…

Three weeks left to get spring Covid booster…

With only a few weeks left of this year’s spring covid vaccine programme, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) is urging all eligible people who haven’t yet had their top-up to come forward and…

New benefits management process introduced to support One…

One Health and Care (OHC) is a centralised electronic shared care record that contains patients’ health information. It allows multiple health providers across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to access and update the same information. OHC helps…

Get ready for the May Bank Holidays across…

Residents of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are encouraged to ensure medical care and repeat prescriptions are included in their plans for the two May Bank Holidays. During these busy bank holiday periods, GP practices will be…

NHS urges parents in the Midlands to get…

This World Immunisation Week health leaders in the Midlands are urging parents and carers to check their children are up to date with their essential childhood vaccinations, and book any that have been missed. Essential,…

Important information about Gordon Street Surgery, Burton 

Gordon Street Surgery is currently run by the East Staffordshire Primary Care Partnership, which has been providing GP services to patients on a temporary basis since May 2024. The Integrated Care Board (ICB) needs to…

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System incorporates Docobo’s…

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System has incorporated Docobo’s remote monitoring capability into its One Health and Care (OHC) platform. This will enable clinicians to access data about patients registered at any GP practice in…

Increase in measles infections prompts vaccine call

Five ‘pop-up’ MMR vaccination clinics have been organised in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire in response to rising cases of measles. Outbreaks of measles have been reported across the country and people who are not vaccinated, are…

Prepare for a Happy, Healthy Easter Bank Holiday…

As the Easter Bank Holiday weekend approaches from March 29 to April 1st, the NHS is urging patients to make sure they’re all set with their medical care plan. Just as with other holiday periods,…

Volunteers in Stoke-on-Trent are returning to help NHS…

Over the coming weeks, hundreds of participants in Stoke-on-Trent who enrolled on the NHS-Galleri trial in 2022 will be returning to the mobile clinic for their last of three appointments for the trial. Participants will…

New advice line to make life easier for…

A new phone line and increase of specialist clinicians will make it easier for patients, relatives and health care professionals to access palliative and end of life care advice across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. The new…

Strategy to help people with autism life their…

The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board have been working with Stoke-on-Trent City Council, and people with lived experience of autism, to develop a new strategy designed to help autistic people in the city to…

The House of Lords Committee on Integration of…

The House of Lords Committee on Integration of Primary and Community Care has published its report. Conclusions: Recommendations:

Vaccination clinics open ahead of Christmas to protect…

Throughout December, parents and carers in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are being urged to make sure their children are protected against flu. The School Age Immunisation Service (SAIS), who are the primary provider of immunisations within…

Last Day to book Covid-19 and flu vaccines…

To get ahead of the festive rush, residents in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are being reminded that the deadline to book their final flu and Covid-19 of the year via the National Booking System is just…

No appointment needed at Covid jab walk-in clinics

Fire stations, supermarkets, a library and a cricket club – just some of the places you can get a Covid-19 vaccination this month in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. In addition to pharmacies and GP practices, the…

MPFT need your support to develop NHS health…

Please help MPFT by completing this brief survey, which will close 16th November 2023. MPFT are buying an NHS health research bus to make it easier for people to take part in health and care…

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System (ICS) shortlisted…

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System (ICS) has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. The ICS has been shortlisted for the ‘Governance Project of the Year’ at the Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland…

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System partners raise…

Partners from Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System (ICS) have come together to raise awareness of World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), which takes place on Sunday 10 September 2023. World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) was established…

Join us at our Health and Wellbeing Roadshow…

Join us for our Health and Wellbeing Roadshow! Partners across the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System are working with Burton Albion Football Club to host a Health and Wellbeing Roadshow for people with Learning…

Successful Healthy Ageing Events in Staffordshire

Healthy Ageing is a priority for both the Staffordshire Health & Wellbeing Board, and the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System, and we want to create a plan together. The Staffordshire Healthy Ageing Partnership Group…

Clinics open for COVID-19 spring vaccinations

The next stage of the world-renowned COVID vaccination programme kicks off on Monday (17 April) to give added protection to those over the age of 75 and those with weakened immune systems. 35 clinics in…

Vaccinations reach vulnerable homeless population

Rough sleepers in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are receiving lifesaving COVID-19 vaccinations thanks to the outreach work of the NHS vaccination team. Since December, more than forty people from the homeless community have been vaccinated at…