In a new ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign that is the first of its kind nationally, NHS England is encouraging people who have been sent an NHS bowel cancer screening kit to complete the test. Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, and detecting it at the earliest stage makes you...
Looking for an exciting challenge or an innovative New Year’s resolution? Why not join the NHS 1000-mile challenge and commit to walk, run, swim or cycle 1,000 miles during 2023? The NHS’s 75th birthday will take place on 5 July 2023 and people across the country are being asked to join the NHS1000 mile challenge...
Get ready for Christmas by ordering your prescriptions early, is the message from health experts at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. With Christmas and New Year fast approaching, NHS leaders are keen to ensure that people across the county have enough of their routine medication and prescriptions. With some pharmacies and GP practices closed over...
Get ready for winter by stocking up medicine cabinets at home, is the message from health experts at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. A new campaign launched this week recommends that medicine cabinets at home are kept #stockedandlocked – stocked with essential medicines and products, as well as locked and out of the reach of children. Both pharmacists...
“Don’t be embarrassed” is the message from GPs, pharmacists and healthcare professionals across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. From Monday 7 to Saturday 12 November, the local NHS, alongside partner organisations, is hosting its own ‘Men’s Health Week’ to tie in with national ‘Movember’ charity work. The local campaign aims to raise awareness of key health...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month – October 2022 Every October, people all over the world show their support for everyone affected by breast cancer. The aim of the NHS Breast Screening Programme (BSP) is to reduce deaths from breast cancer by detecting cancer at an early stage, when treatment is more successful. In England, breast screening...
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are proud to launch a new app aimed at helping children and young people to better manage their asthma. NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are looking at how to support children with asthma to manage their own condition and have commissioned an asthma app called the ‘Digital Health Passport’ which...
On 10th September, the local Suicide Prevention Action Group are organising an event at Southwater Square from 11am to 3pm to raise awareness of local and national support services. Did you know someone sleeping rough is 9 times more likely to die by suicide than the general public? Figures from the ONS in 2018 show...
The Survivorship Team would love to see you at one of our upcoming Living Well Sessions The Living Well Sessions are: • Free to attend • For anybody affected by cancer: the person living with cancer, family, friends or anybody else supporting someone living with and beyond cancer • Available for you to attend as...
Telford and Wrekin Council, together with a wide range of our local partner organisations are launching a borough-wide “Ageing Well” consultation, asking residents over the age of 50 to share their views on the support they need to age well. This comes as the latest Census information tells us that between 2011 and 2021 the...
