Health & Wellbeing

Shout-Up!, which will be delivered by Northamptonshire Rape Crisis and funded by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold, seeks to upskill those working in Northamptonshire’s night-time economy so they can identify sexual harassment and intervene safely.

The Picturedrome, The Old White Hart, and NB’s Cocktail Bar and Club in Northampton are the first venues to have had all their staff complete bystander intervention training to be able to spot sexual harassment and make situations safe.

With the Easter weekend days away, the NHS is encouraging residents to plan ahead and choose the right health services during the holiday period, as emergency care services tackle an unprecedented demand. NHS services and local partners across Birmingham and Solihull are working together to help emergency services reduce delays.

Ahead of the Easter weekend, the NHS is asking residents who require repeat prescriptions to contact their GP practice, visit their practice website or use the NHS app and order only what they need before Friday, ensuring they collect their prescription in good time.

With new research finding that the average UK adult spends just six hours of the day asleep, experts are warning that millions of Brits are at risk of potentially serious health conditions including obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

The research conducted by healthcare provider, Benenden Health, also found that more than two thirds of the nation (68%) are failing to get the recommended amount of at least seven hours, with stress, loud noises, uncomfortable temperatures and going to bed too late the most common factors.

Residents are being invited to give generously and help make it an egg-stravagant Easter for the city's children in care and care leavers. The City of Wolverhampton Council is appealing for people to donate chocolate Easter eggs which it will then distribute to young people.

Donations can be made to the Reach Leaving Care Team, Old Heath Crescent, Wednesfield WV1 2HP next Thursday 14 April between 1pm and 6pm.

Following a recent tender process, Evolving Communities has been appointed by the City of Wolverhampton Council to provide Healthwatch services from this month. Evolving Communities is a community interest company which specialises in public and stakeholder engagement to help drive improvements in health and social care.

Two Solihull-based advanced laser practitioners have launched their own business with the help of a rental agreement with Laseraid for the latest, state-of-the-art Cynosure Elite+ laser treatment system.

Melissa Morgan and Polly Brunn, childhood friends and former colleagues, have opened The Laser Room, operating out of Extended Beauty on Rowood Drive.

Health workers are holding events across the West Midlands today (Friday) to mark the day they should have been receiving their pay rise, says UNISON.

They include launching the “Put NHS Pay Right” Campaign in Bromsgrove, leafleting the constituency of Sajid Javid.Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. This will be taking place from 11:00 -13:00.

A donor with three family members needed lifesaving transfusions donates plasma is promoting one year of plasma donations for medicines. Donations for medicine started at the centre in New Street in the city centre on April 7 last year.

Over the past year, nearly 3,000 plasma donations have been made in Birmingham by more than 1,100 people.

Joel is donating two of his high class bespoke suits, tailored by top London designer Joshua Kane, as the prizes in an online raffle. So for just £5 per ticket anyone can have the chance to win one of the stunning suits worn by Joel on the show. The online raffle will launch on Saturday 2^nd April and tickets can be bought up until midnight on Monday 18^thApril, with the lucky winners being announced the next day.

The latest Winter Sitrep data for the week ending 27 March show:
• There were 79,588 ambulance arrivals, 2.7% less than the previous week.

The University of Wolverhampton is working in partnership with the City of Wolverhampton Council to deliver the #WolvesWellbeingandMe programme, which will provide insight into the mental health and wellbeing of people and communities across the city.   

To help understand local views, people across the city are asked to complete a mental health and wellbeing survey. The study is for people aged 16+ who live, work or study in Wolverhampton.   

Wolverhampton's two remaining rapid Covid-19 test centres closed for the final time yesterday (Wednesday 30 March, 2022). The Government is phasing out free rapid testing – for people without symptoms of Covid-19 – for the majority of individuals in England from the end of this month.

As a result, the rapid test centres, at the Civic Centre and Jamia Masjid Bilal, have closed. Home test kit collection points have also closed, though kits can be ordered online via www.gov.uk/coronavirus until tomorrow, subject to availability.

Leading charity Epilepsy Action has launched a striking new film to support awareness and fundraising work.

The video is called In the Dark and depicts the journey of one person’s experience of epilepsy. The film tackles a complex message with a dramatic approach.

An innovative and unique new Centre in the heart of London has been opened by the Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC), a national charity working with vision impaired children and young people.

RSBC has now moved into the new Richard Desmond Life Without Limits Centre, realising a dream to deliver a space dedicated to supporting blind and partially sighted children and their families.

Social workers in Adult and Children’s Services have a "strong sense of pride" about working for the City of Wolverhampton Council.

That’s according to the latest Social Work Health Check, an annual survey which assesses the health and wellbeing of social workers. As well as having pride in their job, the majority said they plan to stay with the council in the year ahead and would recommend the council as an employer.

Hundreds of people from across the West Midlands lit up Warwick Racecourse on Friday night at Alzheimer’s Society Glow walk to shine a light on dementia after dark. People across the generations put their best foot forward at Warwick Racecourse dressed in neon and glitter to raise money for life-changing dementia support and research.

Ame Chauhan nee Mandair and her family (who are based in Solihull and Coventry) joined the colourful wave of fundraisers uniting against dementia after losing her beloved father Baghail Singh Mandair.