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NHS calls on public to use NHS 111 this winter

The NHS’s top A&E doctor is urging the public to use 111 services this winter, as the health service launches its annual campaign with adverts across online video, radio, podcasts and social media.

Winter Ready – Successful vaccine drop-in session for children and vulnerable people held in Barnsley

On 29 October, NHS South Yorkshire and Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council held a pop up Covid and Flu vaccine drop-in session at the Library @ Lightbox in Barnsley.

South Yorkshire receives Government backing to help build pathways to work and tackle UK's economic inactivity crisis

A pioneering approach to tackling economic inactivity, developed through Barnsley’s Pathways to Work Commission, which aims to get 10,000 South Yorkshire residents back into work over the next four years is set to receive Government funding.

Will you 'show up' to help tackle cancer?

A new movement to tackle high rates of cancer has launched across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw. SYB Shows Up is calling on individuals, organisations and communities to work together to help realise the bold ambitions of a new cancer strategy for the region.

South Yorkshire NHS Teams Take Top Prize at 2024 HSJ Awards

A collaborative effort to improve hydration for care home residents in South Yorkshire has received top honours at the 2024 HSJ awards. 

When Stroke Strikes, Act FAST

Tens of thousands of people who have a stroke could be diagnosed and treated sooner as new data found that the average time between the onset of first symptoms and a 999 call being made was nearly an hour and a half.  

Opening the door for patients at Darnall Dental Practice

Read the following NHS England article on how urgent access dental sessions are transforming Primary Care in Sheffield.

It’s time to talk about Smoking and Men’s Mental Health in South Yorkshire

Smokefree Starts are launching their second campaign this November, focusing on the impact smoking can have on mental health. The partnership between all four local authorities within South Yorkshire and NHS South Yorkshire are working together to accelerate declines in smoking across the region and to save lives.

Doncaster GP practice makes England's Top 100 GPs List

A South Yorkshire GP practice has been named in the top 100 best GP practices in England for 2024.

“Genuine shared determination across the partnership that all children and young people with SEND are happy, successful and thrive” - Rotherham Area Partnership is awarded highest rating by Ofsted 

Independent inspectors have praised Rotherham’s services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) for their ‘genuine determination across the partnership that all children and young people with SEND are happy, successful and thrive’ and awarded them the highest rating in their inspection report.

Prioritise your lung health this Lung Cancer Awareness Month

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and a good opportunity to explore what can often be a difficult subject, particularly if your family has been affected by lung cancer. Anyone who has lost a loved one to cancer may be understandably fearful of what this could mean for them, some even preferring not to know. It is important to remember, though, that treatment advances in the last 20 years mean that more people survive cancer and enjoy a full life after treatment.

Nearly 700 thousand Covid and Flu jabs given in South Yorkshire this Autumn 

NHS staff across South Yorkshire have been working hard to give nearly seven hundred thousand Covid and Flu vaccinations as the NHS ramps up its efforts to avoid a tripledemic this winter.