Let’s Talk About Pre-conception Health & Wellbeing

Join the NHS NW launch webinar to explore how you can improve outcomes for families—before pregnancy even begins.

📅 Nov 12, 2025
🕐 1–3:30 PM
Online

Register here https://ow.ly/iKFa50X8qje

#PreconceptionHealth #NHS #Wellbeing #PublicHealth

'Pilot for specialist portfolio learning hub officially launched in Cheshire and Merseyside'

Read more here: https://ow.ly/cFJG50X73e4

#Cheshire #Merseyside

'Over 11,000 children helped with dedicated supervised toothbrushing programme'

Read more and watch the brand new animation here: https://ow.ly/J8a850X72J5

'Cheshire and Merseyside welcome Korea Institute of Child Care and Education to discuss the child and family poverty strategy'

Read more and download the presentations from the visit: https://champspublichealth.com/kicce-visit-cheshire-and-merseyside/

The Cheshire and Merseyside Directors of Public and Population Health had their latest system leadership meeting last week.

Read the key messages, along with items of good news and gratitude from the meeting here ⬇️

https://champspublichealth.com/dsph-keymessages-sep25/

"International learning opportunities like this are extremely important to make positive change."

Last month we welcomed the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education to Cheshire and Merseyside to share valuable learning on tackling child and family poverty.

Full story here ⬇️

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Knowsley Council’s Public Health team as a Public Health Programme Manager, with a focus on the health of children and families.

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟮𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿

Find out more and apply here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nvGV7i

Public health bosses from across Cheshire and Merseyside are calling on smokers across the region to challenge themselves to quit for good ahead of this year’s Stoptober.

Full story and how you can support #Stoptober2025 here ⬇️
champspublichealth.com/stoptober-20...

View our September edition of the #Collaborate Public Health Newsletter for Cheshire and Merseyside. 🔎

Packed full of public health news, training and events, including details of an important international collaboration on Child Poverty action. ⬇️

mailchi.mp/champspublic...

Stoptober starts tomorrow! You've made your quit plan and we are ready to support you.

Let's quit smoking together. Visit smokingendshere.com for free local support.

You've got this ❤️‍ #Stoptober2025 #Quitsmoking

Read the latest on how partners across Cheshire and Merseyside are working together to tackle child poverty in this month's #Collaborate newsletter!

Packed full of the latest #publichealth news, training and events across Cheshire and Merseyside.

Read here ⬇️
mailchi.mp/champspublic...

We're delighted that @local.gov.uk have featured our model to reduce health inequalities and improve population health in Cheshire and Merseyside as a case study. #ChildPoverty #HealthInequalities #AllTogetherFairer

Read the full case study here ⬇️

We were delighted to facilitate a lived experience engagement session with the Child Poverty Unit, along with lived experience experts, VCFSE organisations and cross-sectoral leaders 👇

www.resolvepoverty.org/we-will-be-watching-our-lived-experience-engagement-session-informs-the-child-poverty-unit/

📣 Ending smoking together 🚭

Public health colleagues in Cheshire and Merseyside are invited to join our #AllTogetherSmokefreeCM event in September.

Take the chance to influence a strategic framework together for a Smokefree future in our subregion.

See full details and register for free here ↘️

“We all have responsibility here to look after our children and young people."

See a series of interviews with national media, shining a light on the recent rise in #Measles cases across the UK Director of Public Health for Liverpool, @dph-mashton.bsky.social ⬇️

⏳Today Parliament rises for summer recess, yet there is still no date for the Tobacco & Vapes Bill to be considered at committee stage in the House of Lords.
📆It has been 90 days since peers first debated this vital legislation. In that time:

Alcohol causes cancer, yet many still don’t know the risks. A lack of national action to reduce alcohol harm puts more pressure on health services & frontline staff. Support
@wcrf.org’s call for a National Alcohol Strategy 🔽
bit.ly/3YFSuyE
#alcoholawarenessweek2025

This weekend, walk in the shade, apply sunscreen, wear a hat, sunglasses and light, loose-fitting, light-coloured clothes.

Apply sunscreen frequently of at least SPF 30 and 4 or 5 star ultraviolet A (UVA) protection regularly

Drink plenty of fluids and avoid excess alcohol during the hot weather.

📢 New policy briefing 📢

Child and family poverty in the UK is at critical levels.

4.5m children live in relative poverty, 3.1m in deep poverty. Our latest briefing draws on evidence from Cheshire and Merseyside to explore what can be done.

Read more here ▶️ ow.ly/CcyC50WjB7J

1/2 From alcohol to tobacco to junk food, recent polling from Public First shows the public is sceptical of unhealthy industries and supports bold action to protect health. It comes as the Govt prepares to launch its NHS 10-Year Plan with support for more action on alcohol.

The Institute of Health Equity will host their monthly webinar this Thursday.

This month's focus is on the worsening interconnected crises of obesity, physical inactivity, and mental ill-health across the UK.

Find out more and register here ➡️ champspublichealth.com/event-ihe-ju...

New figures show the number of women smoking during pregnancy has sharply declined in #Cheshire and #Merseyside.

A real testament to our ATS programme's Smoking in Pregnancy project 👏

Find out more along with the moving story of St Helens lived experienced member, Stephanie ⬇️ #AllTogetherSmokefree

Where you live affects how much air pollution you are exposed to, and children, older people and people with health conditions are disproportionately impacted 🏠

Today is #CleanAirDay, tell your MP everyone should be able to access to cleaner air ⬇️

www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-day

You can also access presentation slides and useful resources surrounding this critical issue in the video description. 🔖

Thank you to all the delegates who joined what proved to be a valuable session on the progress being made across our subregion🤝