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Sheffield school first to be awarded ‘asthma friendly’ status

A school in Sheffield is the first in the city to be certified ‘asthma friendly’ by the South Yorkshire Children and Young People’s Alliance.

Looking after your child's health this summer

The South Yorkshire Healthier Together website has a range of resources to help parents and carers keep children healthy this summer

Raising awareness of alcohol harm

Aspire, a service in Doncaster which supports people who are regular or heavy drinkers, is using alcohol awareness week (1 July to 7 July) to raise awareness of the harm alcohol has, on the person, their family, friends, community, and emergency services.

State-of-the-art Orthopaedic surgery service celebrates its 100th hip replacement patient

The team at the Mexborough Elective Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence (MEOC), which opened its doors in January this year, has successfully completed its 100th hip surgery.

Sheffield researchers win global Made with Patients award for dementia tool collaboration with hard-to-reach communities

A novel digital system developed by the University of Sheffield and partner organisations which uses AI and speech and language analysis to detect memory problems at an earlier stage, aiding detection of early signs of dementia, has won a global Made with Patients award from the Patient Engagement Open Forum.

Sheffield NHS Trusts tackle climate crisis together

Sheffield’s NHS Trusts came together to host a combined festival of sustainability in healthcare next month, featuring events across the city which will get staff and service users involved in creating a greener future in Sheffield’s healthcare organisations.

New Rotherham youth support project is transforming lives of young patients

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with the CYPF Consortium and Rotherham United Community Trust, has launched a new Youth Work Support project aimed at helping young people aged 11-19 with asthma, epilepsy, diabetes and other long-term conditions.

NHS faces fresh strike disruption amid heat health warnings

The NHS will face major disruption this week as junior doctors launch five days of industrial action. With Yellow Heat Health Alerts for many parts of the country, the NHS is urging the public to use services as they normally would if they need them.

Choose Health Services Wisely During Planned Strike Action

The NHS in South Yorkshire is urging the public to be aware of disruption across many NHS services due to planned industrial strike action by medical staff.

Less than a week to get your COVID-19 vaccine

If you’re aged 75 or above, or have a weakened immune system, you have less than a week to get your COVID-19 vaccine. You can book your appointment by 30 June online or via the NHS App.

NHS urges more women to take up cervical screening invitations

Millions of women are being urged to come forward for cervical screening as figures show a third of eligible under 50s didn’t take up the potentially lifesaving offer.

How’s Thi Ticker team wins national Public Health award

We’re delighted to announce that Barnsley’s How’s Thi Ticker team has won this year’s Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Public Health award. How’s Thi Ticker is an evidence-based, community blood pressure check campaign, which brings free blood pressure checks directly to our communities.