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Dance On Strength & Balance: new pilot programme to promote strength and balance for older adults

A new dance group for over 55s launched in Doncaster on Monday 22 January, with the aim of improving their strength, balance, and well-being.

Thousands more young people urged to take up HPV vaccine to meet NHS cervical cancer elimination goal

The NHS is urging young people and parents of 12 and 13-year-olds to ensure they consent to having the HPV vaccine, as new figures out today show around one in six girls and one in five boys are not fully vaccinated by year 10.

NHS Launches Campaign for Missed MMR Vaccines

Parents and carers in South Yorkshire are being urged to book their children in for their missed measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine as part of a new drive to protect children from becoming seriously unwell, as measles cases rise across the country.

King’s prostate diagnosis sees 1000% jump in visits to NHS advice

An NHS webpage offering advice on prostate enlargement saw more than 11 times the number of visitors following the monarch’s diagnosis.

Kickstart your health and make 2024 a year of Better Health

Local residents are being encouraged to take steps to a healthy new year and stay fit by using some simple and effective health tips.

Mental Health Support - NHS Talking Therapies 

A new mental health campaign launched this week urging more people to sign up for help they might need through the NHS Talking Therapies service. 

Help us to refresh the South Yorkshire Start with People Strategy

To make our services the best they can be we need to hear from and work with the people who use them. To achieve this we involve our citizens in a number of different ways.

1 million volunteers join UK’s largest health research programme  

Our Future Health, the UK’s largest ever health research programme, is celebrating its millionth volunteer joining the programme, just over a year after it started recruiting. 

New £15 million Orthopaedic Surgery Centre draws a final step closer to welcoming its first patients next week

The Mexborough Elective Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence (MEOC) is in the final stages of preparation before it admits the first patients to the service later this month.

Eligible groups urged to get vaccinated against flu and COVID-19

People in South Yorkshire at higher risk of flu and COVID-19 are being encouraged to get winter strong in the new year.

NHS warns of tough new year amid growing winter pressures and strike action

The public are being urged to be aware of disruption across many NHS services in the coming days with industrial strike action by medical staff taking place from 3-9 January 2024.

Leave tobacco in 2023!

South Yorkshire smokers are being encouraged to leave tobacco in 2023 and to make this new year the year they give up the habit for good.