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NHS Mental Health Cafés provide support to university students in the East Midlands

Mental health support is being offered to university students in Leicester and Leicestershire. Students at De Montfort University, University of Leicester and Loughborough University will all be able to access a range of mental health support services in new Neighbourhood Mental Health Cafés. The Cafés have been established in consultation with student unions and student […]

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National Diabetes Month focus on Prevention in the West Midlands

November is National Diabetes Month in the West Midlands. NHS England and Diabetes UK are encouraging Midlands residents to take preventive measures against Type 2 Diabetes, like eating healthier and being more physically active and managing your weight. In the Midlands, diabetes prevention is coordinated through the NHS Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme. From […]

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National Diabetes Month focus on prevention in the East Midlands

November is National Diabetes Month in the East Midlands. NHS England and Diabetes UK are encouraging residents to take preventive measures against Type 2 Diabetes, like eating healthier and being more physically active and managing your weight. In the East Midlands, diabetes prevention is coordinated through the NHS Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme. From […]

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People in the Midlands are being encouraged to return unused antibiotics to help reduce antimicrobial resistance

People across the Midlands are being asked to return unused antibiotics to their community pharmacy for safe disposal for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which takes place from 18-24 November. Patients can return unused or unwanted packs of antibiotics to any of the community pharmacists during this week, but community pharmacies […]

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Women encouraged to attend ‘easy and convenient’ breast screening appointments this Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the NHS in the Midlands is encouraging women to attend their breast screening appointments at easy and convenient locations to help identify potential cancers early. Women aged between 50 and 71 are invited for breast screening (mammogram) every three years. Around 400,000 eligible women in the Midlands are […]

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Midlands people help deliver a stunning start to winter vaccinations

The rollout of Covid and flu vaccines for older adults, care home residents and those with long term health conditions has got off to a great start in the Midlands as part of the NHS drive to protect against a ‘tripledemic’ of viruses this winter. The first official statistics have been published for Covid and […]

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