What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hard-hitting new Leeds-based drama already making a big impact on local young people Leeds health professionals have teamed up with an award-winning media company and local students to produce a gritty, interactive film that tackles some of the biggest issues facing young people in the city today. Filming has just
A new campaign called Leeds Blood Pressure Wise has been launched to help tackle undiagnosed high blood pressure which affects up to 90,000 people in Leeds. The campaign is supported by the British Heart Foundation, Leeds City Council and NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Partnership. It encourages eligible people
Leeds City Council is encouraging people across Leeds, who are eligible, to take up the opportunity to receive their free NHS health check. In Leeds, there are over 200,000 people aged between 40 -74 without a pre-existing cardiovascular condition who are eligible to receive one. While uptake of the NHS
Local GP and Chair of NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Partnership, Dr Gordon Sinclair, is reminding eligible Leeds residents to take up the offer of the free flu vaccine as part of the Stay Well This Winter campaign. The flu vaccination is offered to those who are at increased
Following on from our report last week about the future of Middleton Park surgery, the formal process of finding a new provider has been given the green light. A spokesperson for the NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups Partnership (CCG) said: “The Primary Care Commissioning Committee met in public on Tuesday
Patients at Middleton Park Surgery are likely to see some changes later in 2018, but South Leeds Life understands that it unlikely the surgery will close. Grange Medicare Limited, based in Hemsworth near Wakefield, has run Middleton Park Surgery for the last ten years. They have decided not to renew
NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Partnership is supporting Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (22–28 January 2018), by encouraging local people to get behind Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust #SmearForSmear campaign to help raise awareness and reduce the risk of cervical cancer, as well as the importance of cervical screening (smear test).
People in Leeds are being invited to nominate a general practice nurse who they think deserves recognition for The General Practice Nursing Awards 2018 taking place in March this year. NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups Partnership is calling on local people to shine a light on practice nurses who have
Inner South Health Champion Councillor Paul Truswell has condemned the impact of Government cuts on local people’s health in a scathing speech to the Full Council last Wednesday (10 January 2018). Councillor Truswell, who represents the Middleton Park ward, highlighted three “shameful statistics” that he said demonstrated the effects of
As winter sets in patients are being reminded that they can help themselves and the NHS by being more organised this festive period. The reminder comes from NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Partnership who are advising patients to add ordering and collecting repeat prescriptions to their Christmas to do