What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
While Christmas shopping and festive celebrations may be uppermost in everyone’s minds at this time of year, the three NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Leeds are urging local people to prepare themselves medically for the holiday period. A handy Christmas card reminding people to pack their regular medication as
People in South Leeds are being urged to join the national debate about the future of the National Health Service. Did you know: Around 80 per cent of deaths from major diseases, such as cancer, are attributable to lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, excess alcohol and poor diet
Local people are being asked to help shape the future of NHS urgent care services in Leeds. Health care professionals define urgent care as ‘a condition needing assessment and intervention within a week, or that will lead to an emergency within four weeks.’ For the public urgent care can
If you have been into the city centre recently you might have seen this advert on the Albion Street Boots site. It is part of a nationwide campaign to find a bone marrow donor for a little boy called Gaurav Bains, from Tipton in the West Midlands. According to
The Stoptober challenge starts today, 1 October. Stoptober is the 28 day national stop smoking challenge – it is returning following its launch last year. Research shows that people who manage to stop smoking for 28 days are five times more likely to stop for good and last year,
The National Health Service is being privatised before our eyes. The latest idea is that we should pay to visit our GP. The free-at-the-point-of-delivery principle of the NHS has been compromised for decades – prescriptions charges, opticians and dental charges, but encouraging patients not to see their GP sounds
Capturing ‘summer 2013 in south and east Leeds’ is the focal point of a photography competition organised by NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). As part of its efforts to encourage local people to get involved with the work of the recently established CCG, the NHS
“Real employers with real careers want to meet Leeds young people” that’s the message about Tuesday’s Apprenticeship event at Leeds Town Hall. Apprenticeships working with celebrity agents, The Leeds United Foundation and the NHS will be among those on offer at the apprenticeships and skills evening aimed at young
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was sat at my desk at work, on Dewsbury Road, when my mobile phone rang. It was my Mum and she was on her way to hospital with my Dad in the back of an Ambulance. There was a lot to
People from south and east Leeds have a chance to find out more the plans of their local clinical commissioning group over a cup of tea on Thursday 6th June at John Charles Centre for Sport. NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is inviting people for