Category: Health

2345 Health posts found.

Reminder for residents to take part in countywide consultation on drugs and alcohol service

13/01/2015

People living in Shropshire still have time to have their say on proposals to change the way drug and alcohol services are…

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New Change4Life campaign encourages families in Shropshire to make Sugar Swaps 

13/01/2015

Shropshire Council is supporting the new Change4Life Sugar Swaps campaign by encouraging parents to cut down the amount of sugar their children consume.

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Blog: Dry January – Charlotte Cadwallader

13/01/2015

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be issuing people’s experiences about their Dry January Challenge.  Today, Charlotte Cadwallader, Health & Well-being Officer, talks…

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Blog: Dry January – Patricia Thomas

12/01/2015

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be issuing people’s experiences about their Dry January Challenge.  Today, Patricia Thomas, Help2Change Service Manager, talks about…

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Blog: Dry January – Clive Wright

09/01/2015

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be issuing people’s experiences about their Dry January Challenge. Today, Clive Wright, Chief Executive at Shropshire Council,…

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Beware of spreading the Norovirus

09/01/2015

News from our partners Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust People planning to visit hospitals and other healthcare facilities in Shropshire are being…

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Stop the rot: new campaign highlights how cigarettes ‘rot’ the body from the inside

09/01/2015

News from our partners Public Health England (PHE) PHE has launched a powerful new campaign to highlight how smoking damages the body…

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New Change4Life campaign encourages families to make Sugar Swaps

09/01/2015

News from our partners Public Health England New data reveals almost 36% of children in their last year of primary school in…

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Blog: Dry January – daily blogs

08/01/2015

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be issuing people’s experiences about their Dry January Challenge. Today, Gavin Hogarth, Drugs and Alcohol Team officer,…

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Quit smoking for a healthier wallet this Christmas

22/12/2014

Shropshire’s Help2Quit team is encouraging smokers in Shropshire to give their wallet a break this Christmas and New Year by helping them…

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