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Your local health services are supporting Self Care Week 2023 by sharing information to help you be more confident in managing your own health. We all care for ourselves in many ways every day without realising it, from eating and drinking properly, washing our hands regularly and cleaning our teeth to getting a good night’s sleep. However, there are many more ways that we co ...

Virtual wards are transforming healthcare delivery, improving accessibility and enhancing patient outcomes in the safety of their own homes. The latest data from The Health Foundation reveals a remarkable shift in public opinion, with more people embracing virtual services and open to being treated at home. In their March 2023 report surveying more than 7,000 members of the pu ...

GP practices across the Frimley Health and Care area have been welcoming new members of staff into their teams to better support patients’ needs. Around 400 additional team members have been recruited into healthcare roles at general practices in our area since 2019/2020 - offering patients access to an expanded team of health professionals in addition to their practice GP or ...

At 6pm on Thursday, 26th October, we'll be holding a special information webinar for people looking to join our apprenticeship scheme. If you're interested, or you're not sure, come along to find out more. You can join the session by clicking here. We look forward to seeing you there. You can find out more about our apprenticeship scheme here. ...

The support on offer for patients at their GP practice is expanding across the South East, thanks to thousands more healthcare staff working in local communities and the new GP access recovery plan. Nearly 4,000 additional staff have been recruited into healthcare roles at general practices in the South East since 2019 - meaning an expanded team of health professionals are now ...

A case study profiling how Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust set up a hospital at home (virtual ward) and urgent community response service to improve the quality of care for elderly frail patients, and reduce unnecessary and lengthy hospital admissions, has just been published by NHS England and NHS Confederation. Between April 2022 and March 2023, the frailty service saw 1 ...

World Mental Health Day, Tuesday 10th October, is about raising awareness of mental health and driving positive change to reduce the stigma around it. Each year the awareness day aims to bring together family, friends, colleagues and healthcare professionals to encourage conversations about mental health, how we need to look after it and how important it is to get help if you ...

Over 200 members of the community came together at Maidenhead Library, on Friday 29 September, to honour and celebrate the borough’s residents, community groups and the voluntary service organisations.  The evening was full of energy and buzz with a live DJ, food and refreshments, free activities like bhangra dancing, and 18 community organisations speaking to residents about ...

On Monday, 18th September the NHS Frimley North East Hampshire and Farnham place team invited partners from across heath, education, social care and the voluntary sector to the Fuel Poverty Summit.The summit was an opportunity for partners across Rushmoor to hear all about local initiatives available and how professionals working with residents and communities can help them to ...

Health bosses are reminding the public to only attend emergency departments at Frimley Park Hospital and Wexham Park Hospital in the event of serious injury or life threatening illness.With hospitals at Frimley Park and Wexham Park only able to provide a ‘Christmas Day’ level of service during the current national strike action by the BMA, hospital doctors who are still working ...