This category contains articles about health, the health service and healthy living as well as social and other care and care services.
How a group of young people are tackling period poverty
Free self-care packs and survey launched to tackle stigma
Health and Social Care
Emergency Active Travel Schemes continue across Buckinghamshire
A range of Emergency Active Travel (EAT) trial schemes across Buckinghamshire are being introduced and amended during April
Award recognises Angela Spang as CEO of the year 2021
Angela Spang, CEO of JUNE Medical, is celebrating her accolade of ‘CEO of the year 2021’ in Corporate Today’s 2021 Global Business Awards
The best reason to get up early
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity is asking everyone to set their alarm clocks for 5am on Saturday 10th July and join hundreds of others (virtually) for a dawn walk to raise crucial funds to support the Hospice.
Oxford University Hospitals project using smart rings and watches to detect heart problems receives Heart Research UK grant
A project at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to test how effective smart devices are at detecting heart rhythm problems has received a grant of almost £150,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
Care England Press Release: Mandatory Vaccination?
Care England, the largest representative body of independent adult social care providers, has welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Government’s consultation on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for care staff working in care homes for older people, rather than all care homes, but expressed concern about the very short timescales.
COVID-19 Research – University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of COVID-19 on blood vessels and blood pressure receives Heart Research UK grant
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that COVID-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
Castlefield Community Centre hosts pop-up vaccination clinic
The latest of several pop-up vaccination clinics across Buckinghamshire came to the Wycombe area over the weekend, this time setting up in Castlefield Community Centre to make it easier for members of the local community to get their jab.
Tony Hadley to judge Youth Concern’s #nosmileselfie photography competition
Aylesbury-based charity, Youth Concern is inviting young people across Aylesbury Vale to take part in its #nosmileselfie competition which will run for 4 weeks from Friday 9th April 2021.
Operation of the Adult Social Care Market
Care England, the largest representative body of independent adult social care providers, has called for a spotlight on outcomes rather than processes in the way in which care is commissioned.
