What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Help share accurate information about Covid-19 with your community Leeds City Council are working in partnership with Voluntary Action Leeds, Forum Central and Hamara to connect with people who are interested in being a Covid-19 Community Champion. We are looking for people who live or work in Leeds who want
The NHS is Leeds is supporting Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (1–31 March 2021) by urging local women to know the symptoms of ovarian cancer as this could help to save their life. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer in women. According to Ovarian Cancer Action around 7,300 women
More care home residents and vulnerable people in Leeds will be offered protection against Covid-19, as the new Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine starts to be rolled out to GP-centres. Local GPs are working together to provide vaccinations to as many care home residents and patients aged 80 as possible. In Leeds,
The NHS in Leeds is urging Leeds residents to attend their essential healthcare appointments during national restrictions, which were introduced on 5 November. Dr Sarah Forbes, GP in Leeds and Clinical Lead for Cancer at NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said: “If you’ve been invited for an appointment during
More children and young people are returning to school this week, but with smaller class sizes and new room layouts, the school day will be quite different from what pupils are used to. As they start to adapt to this new routine, the NHS in Leeds is encouraging parents and
‘Your NHS is still here for you when you need us’, is the message from the NHS in Leeds, as it reminds local people to seek emergency medical care when they need it. The call comes after recent figures at a national and local level shows that there has been
As part of the response to coronavirus (COVID-19), GP practices in Leeds have made changes to the way appointments are offered and provided. Working closely with NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group, GP practices in the city have moved the majority of their appointments to telephone or video consultations. Face to
The NHS in Leeds is asking patients to stop over ordering on their repeat prescriptions or ordering earlier than they normally would do. Patients are also being reminded that they shouldn’t ask for an increased supply, and to continue to request repeat prescriptions at the normal frequency, no more than
A new movie-inspired NHS campaign aims to raise awareness of the key role that local pharmacists play in keeping us healthy and well. The latest “Help Us, Help You” campaign encourages people to “take the drama out of minor illnesses” by visiting their pharmacist for minor illnesses. It highlights that
Leeds residents are being urged to avoid going straight to hospital or visiting their GP if they have norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, and instead get telephone advice from the NHS. The advice has been issued by the local NHS in an effort to reduce the spread of the bug,