A mother of three from Bradford has urged women to check themselves after being diagnosed with breast cancer having had her ‘world turned upside down’. Fiz Ahmed, a West Yorkshire Police Officer, based in Bradford said she could not believe it when she was told by a doctor of her breast cancer diagnosis in February […]
People with asthma, who have been invited by their GP to get the flu vaccine, are being encouraged to get their free jab as soon as possible, and to do the ‘dab’. This advice is being reinforced as part of NHS England’s and Public Health England’s ‘Stay Well This Winter’ campaign, as 90% of asthma […]
The elderly, pregnant women, children and those with long-term conditions across Yorkshire and the Humber are being urged to get their free flu vaccination ahead of winter. This year the vaccination is being offered free to more people than ever, including care home workers and more children. The vaccination is available at pharmacies and GP […]
Clinical leads from NHS England Lancashire and South Cumbria are calling on local people to respond to a national consultation on guidelines for cutting out prescriptions for ineffective, over-priced and low value treatments. If approved, the new guidelines could see a halt to 18 treatments being routinely prescribed by GPs which nationally currently cost the […]
Following the success of the 2015 clinical pharmacy pilot, which brought 494 clinical pharmacists in to general practice across the country; NHS England has announced the second wave of areas set to benefit from having a clinical pharmacist in their general practice team. Clinical pharmacists work as part of the surgery team to resolve day-to-day […]
NHS England has announced a new wave of funding to recruit talented doctors from overseas for GP practices in Hull, East Riding, Scarborough and North and North East Lincolnshire. As part of NHS England’s International GP Recruitment Programme, more than £2 million has been committed to recruit additional GPs for GP practices in the regional […]
Adults in Sheffield and North East Lincolnshire will soon benefit from new funding from NHS England for ‘integrated psychological therapies’, which help people with a long-term physical health condition manage mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. This second phase of Integrated IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) funding, delivered as part of NHS […]
The Humber, Coast and Vale Sustainability and Transformation Partnership – a collaboration of 28 health and care organisations working in Hull, York, North and East Yorkshire, North and North East Lincolnshire – has today published its first report into the area’s workforce challenges. The report provides details of the current health and social care workforce […]
Young people with severe or complex mental disorders will benefit from new inpatient facilities in the region, following their involvement in a major NHS England procurement process. A 10 year contract with Humber NHS Foundation Trust will see the development of a new mental health service for young people in Hull, the East Riding of […]
The head of NHS England, Simon Stevens, has announced that 13 new areas, including West Yorkshire and Harrogate and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw, are now live and ready to offer a leading NHS prevention programme to patients identified at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Wave 2 of the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme […]