Make a pledge and get into the Olympic spirit this summer.
People in Devon are being encouraged to get into the spirit of the Olympics by making a pledge to get active this summer.
Over 900 of information books about stroke have been distributed across Torbay to ensure that patients are guided through their lives after a stroke and they don’t feel they have to find everything for themselves.
The Torbay Stroke Book has been compiled by the Stroke Association with extensive input from people who have had a stroke and their carers as well as hospital and community health care professionals.
Students at Exeter College are to see at first-hand the effect of sun damage on their skin.
As part of NHS Devon and Exeter College’s award winning ‘love your skin’ campaign beauty students at the college will offer other students a free skin consultation with an ultraviolet (UV) facial scanner.
Devon’s Youth Parliament backs plain packs campaign
Devon’s Youth Parliament is backing a national campaign to remove the last legally allowed form of tobacco advertising.
In Devon, about 1,350 fifteen year olds smoke and every year, another 340,000 children in the UK are tempted in some shape or form to try smoking with research showing that they are more likely to be lured by the designed tobacco packs, than with plain packs.
Ahead of the petting farm season, the HPA is reminding people, especially those with responsibility for young children, to enjoy their farm visits safely by ensuring good hand hygiene after touching farm animals or their surroundings.
That’s the message from six volunteer mums who are celebrating after completing a 10-week breastfeeding peer support course.
The course gives volunteer mums the knowledge and skills they need to support others mums to breastfeed, and give their babies the healthiest start to life.
A doctor from Totnes is encouraging parents to join the two in three parents in the town whose children have already been protected against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).
Five years ago just over half of children in Totnes had been fully vaccinated against MMR, but now two thirds are protected.
The World Health Organisation recommends 95 per cent of children should be vaccinated to protect the whole community.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket this Easter.
GPs in Devon are asking patients to choose the most appropriate NHS service this Easter Weekend for fast and effective advice and treatment.
Barnstaple and Tiverton students get their skin checked out
Students at Petroc, a college with campuses in Barnstaple and Tiverton are to see at first-hand the effect of sun damage on their skin, thanks to NHS Devon’s award winning campaign to encourage young people to love their skin.
As part of the ‘love your skin’ campaign beauty students at the college will offer other students a free skin consultation with an ultraviolet (UV) facial scanner
The latest newsletter from NHS Devon, Torbay and Plymouth about developments in your local NHS has been published.
