What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
People in South Leeds who are vulnerable to infection and complications from flu are being urged to take up their free NHS flu vaccine from their GP practice or pharmacy ahead of the winter season. As in previous years, the adult flu vaccine is being offered for free to those
Call for local out-of-hours helpline answered by Holbeck Elderly Aid and NHS Holbeck Elderly Aid (HEA), a South Leeds charity supporting vulnerable older people in the community has received a Third Sector Health Grant from NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to the value of over £46,000.
NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) held a Day of the Dead themed Death Café for their staff this week, in a bid to get more people to talk about death and dying, and to make practical plans that will help loved ones left behind. The CCG
City View Medical Practice in Beeston has been praised for innovative approaches to patient care at NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group’s annual general meeting. The practice has a bowel cancer champion, Clare Dean, who has used a wide variety of approaches to encourage more patients aged 60-74
NHS Clinical Commissioning Group AGM invitation to residents of south and east Leeds NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group is giving members of the public an opportunity to find out what GP practices are doing in south and east Leeds to tackle some of the biggest health issues
Leeds people leading campaign to help others quit smoking Local people are fronting a new health campaign in south and east Leeds in a bid to help more people stop smoking by using free NHS support. Simon Aston accessed the NHS Leeds Stop Smoking clinic in Middleton and is one
Yorkshire’s best loved poet, the Bard of Barnsley Ian McMillan, is backing a Leeds bowel cancer campaign – with poetry about poo. Ian is helping raise awareness among 60-74 year-olds about the importance of taking the NHS bowel cancer screening test for Bowel Cancer Awareness Month in April. He has
With nearly half the people in Leeds (44%) ignoring their bowel cancer screening tests, the NHS and Public Health, Leeds City Council have launched a new initiative to encourage more people in the city to take this simple health check that can save lives. Currently all 60-74-year-olds receive the bowel
Connect for Health, a local NHS-funded service to improve health and wellbeing for people living in South and East Leeds, has found that social isolation is proving to be the biggest factor affecting health and wellbeing – affecting over one third (37%) of the people the service has worked with
NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has announced that 14 local projects will benefit from its Third Sector Grant Scheme, to help improve health and wellbeing in the South and East of the city. Leeds South and East CCG is responsible for funding and managing health services