Ways to reduce alcohol harm are to be discussed at a meeting of Nottingham City’s Health and Wellbeing Board today (28 November). Making sure people have the right information and advice and having ‘alcohol champions’ are being suggested as part of an eight-point plan to reduce the number of people whose lives are affected alcohol. […]
The Government today announced it has approved Nottingham City Council’s new plan to tackle air pollution in the city centre. For the past three years, the council has been working with officials from Defra and the Department for Transport to identify measures to reduce levels of pollution in the shortest possible time and deliver compliance […]
Nottingham City Council has suspended its formal role in the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS). A decision was taken at the council’s Executive Board today (20 Nov) to call for greater accountability in the way decisions are being made by a partnership of NHS and other health organisations, formerly known as the Sustainability […]
Nottingham City Council has formally launched as a Nottingham Time to Change Hub, which has been set up to change how we all think and act about mental health locally. Self Help UK are the coordinators of the hub and since March this year have recruited over 70 local champions with lived experience to lead […]
The winners have been announced in awards designed to honour people in Nottingham who strive to improve the health and wellbeing of others. Finalists of the Michael Varnam Awards were invited to a special ceremony at Nottingham City Council’s Loxley House headquarters. The awards take their name from former Sneinton GP Dr Michael Varnam who […]
Businesses across Nottingham have signed up to an initiative which allows people to easily find places to fill-up reusable water bottles for free. Over 60 local businesses, including restaurants, cafes and coffee shops, signed up to the Refill Scheme last week which is being rolled out across Nottingham by water company Severn Trent, Nottingham City […]
People are being asked to give their views to shape an ambitious new plan for how care and support is provided for older and disabled people. Nottingham City Council has created a strategy for ‘Better Lives, Better Outcomes’ for adult social care over the next five years – and is asking for feedback from the […]
The country’s first ever Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) Day is being held across Nottingham this week. A number of city schools are signed up already and are planning activities for the ground-breaking event on Thursday 28 June. RSE Day encourages all people in Nottingham to see the topic of sex education and relationships as […]
Nottingham will mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS on 5 July with a number of events and the chance for people to say ‘thank you’ to National Health Service workers. Local celebrations of the milestone will showcase the achievements of one of the nation’s most loved institutions, appreciate the vital role the service plays […]
Three young girls in Nottingham city and the county have been admitted to hospital after swallowing the small magnetic parts designed to look like fake tongue piercings. The three girls, all in their early teens, suffered with abdominal complications, two of them required major bowel surgery to remove the magnetic parts. Public Health England (PHE) […]