HEALTH - Page 5

Clair Smith is lending her support to the new 'Turn the Corner' campaign.
10th April 2026
3 mins read

Leeds former smoker backs Yorkshire and Humber quit smoking campaign

A former smoker from Leeds is backing Yorkshire and Humber’s first regional quit smoking campaign, as she shares her own story in the hope of inspiring others to give up cigarettes for good. Clair Smith is lending her support to the new ‘Turn the Corner’ campaign, the first stop smoking initiative to be developed…
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Tasneema JANAM
3rd April 2026
1 min read

Leeds Hospitals Launch One-Stop Pregnancy App for South Asian Families

A new one-stop pregnancy app designed for South Asian women and families has been launched by Leeds hospitals’ maternity team. The free JANAM App features a range of information videos in seven different languages – English, Gujarati, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi and Tamil. Pregnant women and professionals helped to design the app and the…
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5th June 2020
2 mins read

Spire Leeds Hospital has been upgraded to a ‘Good’ rating, following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission

Inspectors carried out a comprehensive examination into services offered at the Roundhay Hospital, earlier in the year, including an unannounced inspection in March. They concluded that the facility should be upgraded to a ‘Good’ rating, having been classified as ‘Requires Improvement’ at the time of the last inspection in 2018. This means that 90%…
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NHS Leeds
17th April 2020
2 mins read

Local Leeds businesses brought together to supply much-needed equipment to Nightingale hospitals

Leeds City Council has helped bring two local businesses together to carry out vital work in helping supply the emergency NHS Nightingale hospitals. The council’s economic development team brought together Leeds-based Herida Healthcare and Perry Uniform who have combined their resources to manufacture and supply specialist mattresses and mattress covers to the new emergency…
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Coronavirus
24th March 2020
13 mins read

When You’re On Your Own, We Are There With You. Stay Home Save Lives

Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses that are known to infect both humans and animals, and in humans cause respiratory illness that range from common colds to much more serious infections. Covid-19 shares many of its symptoms with the flu or common cold, although there are certain symptoms common to flu and colds…
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Leeds Health Wellbeing and Adults
15th February 2020
1 min read

Residents urged to look after their hearts

Residents across Leeds are being targeted with a major new campaign to reduce coronary heart disease and stroke. The initiative comes just months after stark warnings that our region has the highest death rate in England attributed to coronary heart disease. Every month, around 1,100 people in Yorkshire are killed by heart and circulatory…
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Leeds Best City for Health and Wellbeing
4th November 2019
1 min read

Council supports employees to breastfeed or express milk at work

Leeds City Council has updated its work practices to support new mothers to breastfeed or express milk at work. The council has reviewed its Infant Feeding Policy to allow new mums up to an hour of paid time to breastfeed or express breastmilk for their baby during work hours. Breastfeeding plays an important role…
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Leeds ‘Healthy Schools’, ‘Investors in Pupils’ and ‘MindMate Champion’ programmes
8th July 2019
2 mins read

Schools to be awarded for commitment to health and wellbeing

Schools from across the city are coming together this week to celebrate their commitment to health and wellbeing at a special celebration event. Pupils and staff from schools across Leeds will descend on the Banqueting Suite at Leeds Civic Hall on Friday 12 July to receive awards for the ‘Healthy Schools’, ‘Investors in Pupils’…
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Public Health England (PHE)
23rd March 2019
2 mins read

New funding promises extra support for people with alcohol problems

As part of new national capital funding awarded by Public Health England (PHE) to help improve the lives of those affected by alcohol, Leeds will be extending the existing programme of alcoholic liver disease testing through the purchase of three FibroScan machines. A new programme established in Leeds to identify individuals with alcohol-related liver…
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NHS Health Check
22nd November 2018
1 min read

NHS Health Check plans get the all clear for Leeds

With a successful record of delivering the NHS Health Check programme at a level almost ten per cent higher than the national average, Leeds is looking to improve uptake of the checks – aimed at preventing heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and certain types of dementia – even more. NHS Health…
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13th November 2018
1 min read

Getting into good habits in Leeds

Former smokers in Leeds are a growing band new figures show, as the annual Stoptober campaign comes to an end. Leeds smoking rates are continuing to fall and are now the lowest in West Yorkshire new data released by Public Health England shows. Smoking rates have halved from the millennium, when around a third…
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13th July 2018
2 mins read

Leeds to host King’s Fund 2018 healthy cities conference

With Leeds rated as one of the best cities for health and wellbeing, on Tuesday 17 July it will host a major conference looking at how healthy populations can be sustained in a world where for the first time ever, most people now live in cities. The Healthy Cities conference, organised by leading health…
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Specialist Autism Services
23rd March 2018
1 min read

New programme to boost number of people with autism accessing city-wide apprenticeships introduced

An innovative project aiming to increase the number of people with autism accessing apprenticeships and jobs in Leeds is now open to applications. Working closely with the charity Specialist Autism Services, the new programme will offer participants a combination of meaningful work experience, employability sessions and a package of guidance and support to assist…
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No thanks, I'm pregnant annual report image
20th March 2018
3 mins read

New report warns of challenging times for Leeds health

Prospects for continuing improvements to people’s health in Leeds are under threat according to the latest annual report from Leeds Director of Public Health. Dr Ian Cameron, “Nobody Left Behind: Good Health and A Strong Economy”. Dr Cameron’s report uses a range of examples to highlight shifts in local and national health trends, including…
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9th March 2018
2 mins read

Keep it out and help Leeds smokers quit

A regional campaign to crack down on illegal tobacco sales is being backed by Leeds City Council as part of ‘Keep it Out’ in the run-up to ‘No Smoking Day’ on 14 March. Councils across West Yorkshire, the North East and Hull are linking up to tackle illegal tobacco. This includes cigarettes, hand rolling…
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