Drop-in health checks coming to you aboard the Living Well Bus

Article date: 30 July 2025

The Living Well Bus service, delivered by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, operates on a fully drop-in basis and provides health checks and wider wellbeing guidance at the heart of communities.

A range of services are available, including:

• Blood pressure checks
• Pulse checks
• Cholesterol checks
• Blood glucose checks
• BMI checks
• Direct referrals to talking therapies 

The Living Well Bus also provides routine immunisations, including MMR - a highly effective and safe vaccine administered in two doses which is crucial for preventing highly contagious and deadly diseases like measles, for which cases are on the rise across the region.

Councillor Andy Bowden, St Helens Borough Council's Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care & Health, said:

"We're pleased to welcome the Living Well Bus back to St Helens Borough, giving residents free and easy access to a range of health and wellbeing services and checks that could improve their health and quality of life. These are small things like blood pressure and cholesterol checks - to routine immunisations like MMR that could make a significant and positive difference to your health.

"It's especially important to make sure you're up to date with your MMR vaccination, as it protects you and those around you from serious diseases. So please come along - don't miss this easy opportunity to look after yourself, and your family's health."

The Living Well Bus will be in St Helens Borough on the dates listed below from 10:30am-4:00pm:

·       Wednesday 6 August - Queens Park Health & Fitness, Boundary Road

·       Thursday 14 August - St Helens town centre

·       Wednesday 20 August - Newton-le-Willows Health & Fitness Centre

·       Saturday 30 August - Sutton Leisure Centre, Elton Head Road

·       Tuesday 2 September - Chester Lane Library, Chester Lane

·       Wednesday 10 September - Moss Bank Children's Centre, Kentmere Avenue

·       Friday 19 September - Parr Children's Centre, Ashtons Green Drive

·       Thursday 25 September - Sutton Family Hub, Ellamsbridge Road

The Living Well Bus also helps to direct residents to local support, such as the St Helens Wellbeing Service. Find out more about local services at: www.sthelenswellbeing.org.uk.

Find out what you need to live well by visiting; https://www.thelivewelldirectory.com