Mental Health Awareness Week This week (15-21 May 2023) is Mental Health Awareness Week, and the focus is on anxiety. Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but sometimes it can get out of control and become a mental health problem. Lots of things can lead to feelings of anxiety, including exam pressures, relationships, work or other big life events. We can also get anxious ...
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Organisations across the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead launch Children and Young People’s Plan
Organisations across health, education, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and the voluntary sector, have today launched a Children and Young People’s Plan. Organisational leaders have said: “ It is our great pleasure to introduce our first systemic plan. As system leaders, we are passionate about addressing inequalities and enabling children and young people to reach ...
NHS Health Checks
If you are aged 40-74, taking up your NHS Health Check every five years can help to spot early signs of serious conditions. It helps find ways to lower this risk. The check includes a cholesterol check, blood pressure and assessment of your risk of diabetes. As we get older, we have a higher risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, type ...
New announcement - GP Access Recovery Plan
Millions of patients will receive quicker, more convenient access to NHS care from their high street pharmacy, thanks to a major expansion of services under a radical plan to improve access to primary care. For the first time ever, patients who need prescription medication will be able to get it directly from a pharmacy, without a GP appointment, for seven common conditions in ...
May is Melanoma Awareness month
Did you know that more people die of melanoma per year in the UK than in Australia?! Yet 86% of cases of melanoma are preventable. This May we are urging local people to take two simple steps to greatly reduce your risk of developing melanoma skin cancer: Check your skin and contact your GP practice if you notice new or changing moles or lesions Protect your skin from the ...
Spotlight on respiratory care
More than 120 people joined the recent Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust's health information event, to hear more about respiratory disease and the services provided to patients both in hospitals and out in the community. Led by chief of service for medicine and respiratory consultant Dr Gareth Roberts and respiratory specialist nurse Sally Bustin, the event hosted on 18th A ...
May Measurement Month
If you don’t know what your blood pressure is, May is the time to find out. It’s May Measurement Month, a global campaign aimed at persuading people to have their blood pressure checked. Millions of people live with high blood pressure yet a third of those don’t know about it. High blood pressure rarely has any symptoms which is why it is called the ‘silent killer’. The only ...
NHS advice to help you prepare for May Bank Holiday Mondays
The NHS is reminding people not to leave it too late to order and collect repeat prescriptions ahead of the May Day Bank Holiday on the 1 May and the extra bank holiday for the Coronation of King Charles III on the 8 May. People can order prescriptions in their usual way and the NHS App also enables patients to request repeat prescriptions too. GP surgeries and some pharmacie ...
Hurry! Bracknell Forest Innovation Fund - Closes 28th May
Less than 2 weeks left to apply - Calling for innovative community-focused ideas – funding up to £20k Local charities, community groups, voluntary sector or not-for-profit organisations are invited to submit ideas for projects that could have a big impact on the health and wellbeing of clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) residents and those closest to them. The impact of ...
COVID-19 Spring Vaccine
NHS COVID-19 vaccines have saved countless lives, kept tens of thousands of people out of hospital, and helped us to live with the virus without fear or restrictions. But the virus is still with us and making thousands of people ill every week, and protection against COVID-19 (either from catching the virus or from a previous vaccination) fades over time. So, this spring, the N ...