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Our Emergency Departments (A&Es) at both Wexham Park and Frimley Park hospitals are currently experiencing an increasing level of demand and it’s felt this is likely to continue throughout this weekend. We are asking people to only attend if they are experiencing severe symptoms or are suffering from a life-threatening condition. If you or a family member suffers an injur ...

Midwives from Slough down to Farnham will be able to deliver better, more joined-up services to local people thanks to a successful bid for national funding. The Frimley Local Maternity System has been awarded £250,000 pounds by the national Digital Maternity Fund. The extra money will be used to improve infrastructure, technology and connectivity in a series of ‘maternity hu ...

Knowing where to turn when you’re not well is important - It can help you to access the advice and support you need more quickly, saving you wasted time and journeys and reducing your anxiety. That’s why your local NHS has produced information to help you. From a headache, through burns and scalds, mental health issues, right up to life-threatening emergencies, the information ...

Nationally, over 2,000 people with Type 2 diabetes have now improved their health through the NHS Soups and Shakes diet programme – with participants losing an average of 13kg (over two stone) in three months. The innovative programme was rolled out across Frimley ICS in 2020 as part of ten original pilot sites with the ambition of improving health and lifestyle for people liv ...

With one in four people affected by mental health problems, it’s more important than ever for us all to make 3rd February Time to Talk Day. Dr Huw Thomas, Clinical Chair and Place-based Clinical Lead (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) for NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “All too often people experiencing a mental health illness keep it to themselves and ...

World Cancer Day (taking place on 4 February) is a perfect opportunity for people to spread the word about cancer and how we all can take steps to prevent it. One of the things we can do is to take up our NHS cancer screening invitations and seek help if you are concerned about the signs of cancer. Screening looks for early signs that could indicate cancer is developing. It he ...

NHS commissioners for Maidenhead have reaffirmed their commitment to the town’s St Mark’s Hospital site. A wide variety of services is either provided at the hospital, in St Mark’s Road, or delivered by teams based at the site and in recent months service provision has even increased. NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) – which plans and funds the majority of healt ...

It’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (17-23 January), Frimley Health and Care is raising awareness of cervical screening, and potential results, and encouraging women and people with a cervix not to ignore their invitation. Cervical screening is a free health test that helps prevent cervical cancer. It checks for a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV) and, if you have HPV, ...

When we’re feeling worried, down or busy caring for others, it’s even more important to look after ourselves. Mental health and wellbeing is important to us all. One in four people will experience problems with their mental health during their lives. Mental health problems are amongst the most common forms of ill health. For some, stress at work, money worries or relationship ...

Vaccination teams across the Frimley Health and Care area have risen to the national booster challenge in style, delivering 226,270 doses (1st doses, 2nd doses, and boosters) to local people in a single month (December 2021). Figures released this week show that the number of Covid-19 jabs administered since the vaccination campaign began over a year ago is 1,521,314 across th ...