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NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust are preparing for consultant doctor and junior doctor strikes in September.  Consultant doctors will strike between 7am on 19 September and 7am on 21 September. Junior doctors will strike between 7am on 20 September and 7am on 23 September. For the first time in NHS history, junior doctors and co ...

Climate change poses a major threat to our health as well as our planet. The environment is changing, that change is accelerating, and this has direct and immediate consequences for patients, the public and the NHS. Frimley Health and Care’s green plan has a vision to: 'improve the health and wellbeing of local people whilst reducing environmental impact to net zero and outli ...

Staff at NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board – the organisation responsible for NHS functions within the wider Frimley Integrated Care System – have voted to make Slough social change enterprise Together As One (formerly known as Aik Saath) its Charity of the Year. Together As One have been working with children and young people since 1998 when a mediation project was establishe ...

A good night’s sleep helps us to rest and repair our mind and body, it's vital for maintaining good physical and mental health and wellbeing. Sleep problems are common and the reasons we struggle to sleep are likely to change throughout our lives – stress, illness, work, having a baby or menopause are all possible causes. A few sleepless nights are usually nothing to worry abo ...

Slough residents between the age of 55-74 years, who are smokers or former smokers have been taking up their invitation to have a free NHS Targeted Lung Health Check which can detect cancer and other lung conditions at an earlier stage and often before symptoms occur.  Slough is among 43 locations across the country chosen to run the Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) programme ...

On Wednesday 30 August, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that due to risks presented by the new variant, the NHS should take pre-emptive steps to bring forward the adult COVID-19 and flu vaccination programmes. This year’s autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccine programmes will now rollout from 18 September in England, ...

A unique party is being held at Maidenhead Library on the evening of Friday 29 September, to honour and celebrate the borough’s residents, community groups, and voluntary services organisations. Communities Celebration 2023, organised by the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead in partnership with NHS Frimley, aims to showcase the varied successful community projects acro ...

Local people are invited to join health service leaders on 19th September for a review of the past year. NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (‘NHS Frimley’) is the organisation which plans and funds the majority of healthcare services provided to 800,000 people across East Berkshire, Surrey Heath, North East Hampshire and Farnham. This summer it marked its first full year in op ...

Downing Street Practice, in partnership with Waverley Borough Council, is excited to announce that it will be moving premises to Wey Court East in Farnham town centre. The GP practice, with more than 13600 patients, will be relocating to these larger premises at Wey Court East by Summer 2024. Dr Edward Wernick, GP Partner at Downing Street Group Practice, said: “While we will ...

A quick, simple check is all that’s needed for you to be able to start improving your long-term health. That’s the message this Know Your Numbers Week, from 4th to 10th September, as local people are urged to check their blood pressure. Untreated blood pressure is one of the greatest avoidable health risks, as it can lead to a range of serious and potentially fatal health con ...