In support of Urology Awareness Month we will be sharing guest blogs from health and social care experts to help raise awareness of Urology and Urology conditions, including how they affect people in the UK. Urology deals with diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract in men and women. It also covers the male reproductive […]
Robina Mallett – Family Carer and member of the National LeDeR Steering Group blogs about how people with learning disabilities can get the very best health care: Health is everybody’s business! Getting the right health care is vital and primary health care at your GP’s surgery is often the first port of call for everyone, […]
Almost 60 per cent of construction workers would be happy to slap sun cream on a building site buddy, a survey suggests. When asked about attitudes to sun protection, 357 out of 625 Jewson customers said they would help their workmate apply sun cream. However, just over a third said they never apply their own […]
Robina Mallett – Family Carer and member of the National LeDeR Steering Group blogs about why some people with a learning disability are dying before they should and what is being done to prevent it. Our relatives with learning disabilities tend to have poorer health and die younger than the rest of the population. This […]
Earlier this month Hazel Watson (former national lead for Mental Health and Learning Disability) stepped into her new role as Director of Nursing (Deputy Chief Nurse) for the South – working closely with our Regional Chief Nurse, Sue Doheny. Sue remains the Regional Chief Nurse with a joint role across NHS England and NHS Improvement, […]
Health experts are urging men in the South who spend a lot of time outdoors to protect themselves against the sun, to reduce the risk of skin cancer. Skin cancer rates are higher than average and rising in the South, and the NHS “Cover Up, Mate” campaign which launched today will target male agricultural and […]
This Learning Disability Awareness Week (19-25 June), Alana reminds us of the benefits to employing a diverse workforce, not only for the organisation but also the individual. NHS England South has worked with the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust’s Project Search team – an international training programme aimed at supporting young people with learning disabilities […]
Local and national health and care organisations have signed an agreement to improve health and social care in Surrey Heartlands. The agreement sets out a roadmap towards devolution, outlining how partners will work together to improve the health outcomes of the 850,000 people living in Surrey Heartlands; which covers the area looked after by Guildford […]
Every day 9 women in the UK are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3 women will lose their lives to the disease. Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under 35 but is largely preventable thanks to cervical screening (also known as the Smear Test) and the HPV vaccination programme. But, statistics show […]
A new occupational health service is now available to NHS GPs and dentists working across the South of England. The Heales Medical Group, an established provider of occupational health services began delivering the new service on 1 April 2017, following a procurement process led by NHS England’s regional team for the South. About the new […]