How can we make it easier for women to get advice on their health? A Women’s Health Project Group is asking: How can we make is easier for women in Shropshire and mid-Wales to get advice on their health? Figures show that women are not coming forward for screening and asking for help with...
Feeling lonely is something that all of us can experience at any point and it can have a huge impact on our wellbeing. It’s important to remember that these feelings can pass and that there are lots of ways we can help each other too. Fancy a cuppa? Fancy a walk? Sometimes reaching out to...
The Government has announced that England will move to Plan B in response to the risks of the Omicron COVD-19 variant Due to the increased number of Omicron COVID-19 cases, the government is taking extra safety measures to protect us all. This means: From 10th December, you must wear a face-covering in most indoor settings...
The theme of this year’s campaign is ‘your local pharmacy can help’, raising awareness of the variety of problems to which community pharmacy has solutions. Pharmacies are part of the NHS family and the range of clinical services provided by community pharmacies has expanded significantly in recent years – with several more services having come...
What is Self Care? Self care is the steps or the actions we individually take in order to develop, protect or maintain our health. Why is Self Care Important? It gives you control over your health and encourages healthy behaviour that will help to prevent ill health long term. When you take care of minot...
For this year’s World Mental Health Day 10th October the Better Health – Every Mind Matters campaign is focusing on “What works for me”, demonstrating how different actions can help us with our mental wellbeing, with a variety of simple tips offered by the NHS endorsed Mind Plan quiz that shows ‘there are little things...
Working with the NHS, photojournalists have captured the monumental collective effort of the largest vaccination programme across the UK.
The NHS has today launched a new campaign to raise awareness of sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) – specialist NHS services that provide a safe space and dedicated care for anyone who has been raped, sexually assaulted or abused. The campaign aims to highlight these vital NHS support services, with new data of over 4,000...
National HIV Testing Week, an initiative run by HIV Prevention England, runs from 1-7 February 2021. Usually, the campaign takes place in November, but the 2020 HIV Testing Week was moved to February 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year, due to Covid-19 NHTW 2021 will have a strong focus on promoting HIV testing...
The NHS has this weekend announced the opening of seven large vaccination centres throughout England. The centres are capable of delivering thousands of the life-saving jabs each week and provide an additional option to the local sites across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. As with all vaccination centres across the country, people must wait to be...
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