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Merseyside Police putting our Community first Guide

Merseyside Police welcome you to Merseyside.

We work hard to make Merseyside a safe place to live, and a good place to visit.

The attached guide will tell you about services you might need to use while you’re here. There are telephone numbers and website addresses if you want to know more.

https://www.wmo.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Merpol_Welcome-Guide_2022-W-A5.pdf

 

 

 

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PREGNANCY INFORMATION PREGNANCY INFORMATION   Information from the NHS WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL (NHS Foundation Trust) CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PREGNANCY...
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COVID BOOSTER VACCINATIONS

The NHS will be offering booster vaccine doses (from next week) to people most at risk of COVID and who have had their first two vaccines – GPs will be contacting eligible people to let know when they should have the vaccine.

Eligibility

  • care home residents
  • Health and social care workers
  • Over 50s
  • 16-49 yrs. old with underlying health conditions
  • Adult carers
  • Households with immunosuppressed people
  • Other people at risk ( clinical discretion )

Children aged 12-15 years  – COVID Vaccine Approved:

The government has also announced that children 12 – 15 year will also be offered one dose of the Pfizer vaccine from Monday, 20th September 2021

Flu Eligibility

those eligible for NHS influenza vaccination in 2021 to 2022 are:

  • all children aged 2 to 15 (but not 16 years or older) on 31 August 2021
  • those aged 6 months to under 50 years in clinical risk groups
  • pregnant women
  • those aged 50 years and over
  • those in long-stay residential care homes
  • carers
  • close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
  • frontline health and social care staff employed by:
  • a registered residential care or nursing home
  • registered domiciliary care provider of a voluntary managed hospice provider of Direct Payment (personal budgets)
    • and/or

Personal Health Budgets, such as Personal Assistants.

Pregnancy Information

PREGNANCY INFORMATION

PREGNANCY INFORMATION  

Information from the NHS WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL (NHS Foundation Trust)

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PREGNANCY

•      Free prescriptions and dental care please complete Maternity exemption certificate from your GP surgery

•      Commence Pregnancy vitamins including vitamin D, iron & folic acid, throughout your pregnancy

•      Whooping cough vaccination is offered from 16 weeks. This helps to protect baby at birth. For information go to NHS Choices website www.nhs.uk

•      Flu vaccination offered seasonally (September-February) for all pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy

•      Mat B1 certificate issued after 20 weeks this is for employers/maternity pay/grants/maternity leave

 ANTENATAL CARE PATHWAY

•      At 16 weeks you will meet your midwife for a check up

•      20 weeks you will be seen at the hospital for anomaly scan

•      26 – 28 weeks check up with midwife and Growth Scan if needed 

•      28 weeks you  will be offered a GTT which is a sugar test that will screen you for diabetes in pregnancy

•      32 week check up with midwife and scan if required 

•      36 week check up with midwife and scan if required 

•      38 – 40 week check up with midwife, post – dates sweep offered 

•      41 weeks with midwife where you will be offered a membrane sweep and an induction of Labour will be booked 

•      If you need an interpreter with you during your antenatal appointments, this will be booked by the hospital or our telephone interpretation service ‘language line’ will be used.

 MATERNITY CLASSES

•      We offer antenatal classes via the Internet www.wuth.nhs.uk/ourlocations/wirralwomenandchildrenshospital/maternityservices/parentcraft

•      Virtual Tours of unit can be found  on the women’s and children’s you tube 

•      Other useful sites are www.tommys.org    for pregnancy, labour and postnatal care and support     

•      iconcope.org support techniques and advice for baby’s crying

•        www.lullabytrust.org.uk  for safe sleeping advice

 Congratulations we look forward to meeting you