Young and vulnerable mothers are set to benefit from extra health and emotional support in Surrey through an innovative programme which helps first-time teenage mums and their babies. The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) Programme supports young women aged 19 or under who are expecting their first baby early in pregnancy until their child is two […]
A new specialist arterial centre, providing state of the art planned and emergency inpatient care has opened at Southmead Hospital in Bristol. The centre will specialise in the management of vascular diseases, and disorders of the arteries, veins and lymphatic system. If left unchecked, vascular disease can lead to blockages of arteries and veins or […]
Free flu vaccinations are now available in the Thames Valley and people are urged to visit their GP, pharmacy or local health professional to get the vaccination early to help protect them from getting flu. People aged over 65 years, those suffering from an underlying health condition, pregnant women, children aged between 2 and 4 […]
Young people from Thames Valley, entering university for the first time this autumn, are being encouraged to get the Meningitis C vaccine booster. Meningococcal group C disease is a rare but life-threatening disease that occurs mainly in young children and young adults. Young people are at a greater risk of catching meningitis just after starting […]
Young people who missed the MMR vaccine in early childhood will be offered the vaccination as part of a new programme beginning in Surrey. Following an increase in the number of measles and mumps cases in England over the last eight years, NHS England, Public Health England and local authorities are launching a programme to […]
Young people from Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire, aged between 17 and 25 years and due to enter university for the first time this autumn, are being encouraged to get vaccinated against meningococcal C (MenC) infection. In the UK, all children are offered the MenC vaccine to protect them against Meningococcal C infection but, as the […]
NHS England today (Monday) launched a 12-week consultation on standards which aim to drive high quality care for children and adults with congenital heart disease wherever they live, throughout their lives. Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) refers to birth defects that affect the normal workings of the heart. These range from severe life threatening conditions that […]
Young people from Kent and Medway, due to enter university for the first time this autumn, are being encouraged to get the Meningitis C vaccine booster. Meningococcal group C disease is a rare but life-threatening disease that occurs mainly in young children and young adults. Young people are at a greater risk of catching meningitis […]
On Wednesday 1 October 2014 NHS, public health and social care professionals, from the South will come together in Reading to discuss how to create a sustainable health and social care system. Sustainability is an important issue for health and social care. A recently published national Sustainable Development Strategy describes the vision for a sustainable […]
The Kent Resilience Forum, a multi-agency group including NHS England which brings local partners together to determine how they would respond to an emergency within the community, has produced the a booklet to provide key advice to people in Kent and Medway about what to do in various emergency situations. Please do share the booklet […]