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Cervical Screening Awareness Week: Four easy ways to have your Smear Test in Southport and Formby

Cervical Screening Awareness Week is an important opportunity to remind people how vital cervical screening (smear test) is in preventing cervical cancer and to make it as easy as possible for everyon…

18 Jun 2026
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Bringing Cervical Screening to Everyone: Our Learning Disability Nurses Making a Difference

Learning Disability Week Learning Disability Week is a time to celebrate inclusion, challenge inequalities and highlight the work happening every day to make healthcare fairer for everyone. This year,…

17 Jun 2026
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Quick, easy and convenient: Drop in to the 7-Day GP for your smear test

Southport and Formby PCN, Southport and Formby Health, and the 7-Day GP are offering drop in smear test appointments on Saturday 9th May and Saturday 20th June. If you live in Southport or Formby and…

30 Apr 2026
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Star Trekk Sponsors 2026

We’re proud to announce we are one of the tshirt sponsors at the 2026 Queenscourt Hospice Star Trekk walk. We are supporting this event in memory of our friend and colleague, Paul Ashby. Paul was one…

22 Apr 2026
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We are proud to be finalists at the Patient Experience Network Awards!

We are pleased to share that we have been shortlisted for the Patient Experience Network Awards final in the Measuring, Reporting and Acting - Using Insight for Improvement category, with our entry: E…

31 Jul 2025
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Join Our Patient Group on 12th June 2025

Southport and Formby Primary Care Network is holding their patient participation group on Thursday 12th June 2025 between 2-3:30pm at Southport Market. Everybody that is registered with a GP in Southp…

3 Jun 2025
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We're proud to sponsor the Queenscourt Hospice Star Trekk Walk in memory of our friend and colleague, Paul Ashby

We’re proud to announce we are the official medal sponsor at the 2025 Queenscourt Hospice Star Trekk walk. We are supporting this event in memory of our friend and colleague, Paul Ashby. Paul was one…

23 Apr 2025
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Queenscourt Hospice Star Trekk walk

We’re honoured to support the Queenscourt Hospice Star Trekk walk in memory of our friend and colleague, Paul Ashby. Paul was one of our founders and our Director of Finance and Communications. Before…

16 Apr 2025
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Breaking Barriers: Women Leading Digital Healthcare

Improving Healthcare with Technology At Southport & Formby Primary Care Network, women are leading the way in making healthcare better using technology. The Primary Care Network (PCN) Digital Team…

8 Mar 2025
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Accelerating Action: Empowering Women to Book Their Cervical Screenings

Overview Cervical screening saves lives, yet many people delay or miss their appointments due to busy schedules, anxiety, or difficulty accessing services. Recognising this, Southport & Formby Pri…

5 Mar 2025
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Southport and Formby PCN Celebrates Two Years of its' General Practice Assistant Training Programme

Southport and Formby Primary Care Network (PCN) recently hosted a celebration event to honour the achievements of its General Practice Assistants (GPAs). The event marked two successful years since th…

18 Feb 2025
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Women encouraged to download new NHS health app

As Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2025 gets underway, women across Cheshire and Merseyside are being encouraged to download a new free NHS app to help them find trusted health information. The Che…

20 Jan 2025
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Quick, easy and convenient: Book Your Smear Test this January with 7-Day GP

Quick, easy and convenient: Book Your Smear Test this January with 7-Day GP After the success of the mobile cervical screening unit this summer, Southport and Formby PCN, Southport and Formby Health,…

18 Dec 2024
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Speak Up Month 2024

Every year in October we celebrate Speak Up Month – a month to raise awareness of Freedom to Speak Up and make speaking up business as usual for everyone.  For this October’s Speak Up Month, our theme…

8 Oct 2024
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Incident in Southport - Monday 29th July - Updates and support

We understand that the incident that took place on Monday 29 July in Southport will have affected many people in different ways. We've worked with partners to provide information on local support and…

11 Sep 2024
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Cervical screening pilot dates September 2024

The Cervical Screening Mobile Unit trial is back in Southport & Formby on selected dates throughout September.  This is an NHS Service delivered by female staff. Drop in, no appointment needed…

1 Sep 2024
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