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14.11.2023

Safeguarding Adults Week

  The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Adult Safeguarding Partnership Board are promoting Safeguarding Adults Week, which runs from 20th to 24th November.  The SSASPB has arranged for two Learning Lessons from SARs events to which all…

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14.11.2023

Oral Contraception from Community Pharmacies

More than 550 Midlands community pharmacies are now able to offer oral contraception to local people who have previously been prescribed by a GP. It is part of a new service that allows pharmacists to…

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14.11.2023

Problems with your Hearing? New self-referral for Audiology services.

  The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) has told us that you can now self-refer for audiology services: “The audiology self-referral service is now live across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. This means…

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19.10.2023

Outreach Project for Alzheimer’s Society and MIND in South Staffordshire

We have recently been contacted by Caitlin Hutchinson who is working on an Outreach Project in South Staffordshire with Mind and the Alzheimer’s Society. Here is the poster to get help: This is what Caitlin…

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20.09.2023

Lichfield Volunteers’ Fair Photos

Photos from last week’s busy Volunteer Fair at Lichfield Cathedral. Our engagement officer Chris was there next to Support Staffordshire colleagues Kim Hobbs and Mitchell Dodd.

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07.09.2023

Latest on Covid Vaccinations – September 2023

We would like to highlight that regular Covid vaccination clinics stopped at the end of June and vaccinations are now only available if you fall into certain groups. The NHS website states the following on…

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18.07.2023

Measles cases prompt MMR vaccine call

UKHSA has reported an increase in measles across the country and is encouraging people to check that they and their children have had two doses of the MMR vaccine. The free MMR vaccine is a…

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18.07.2023

Summer Community Engagement Programme – Targeted Vaccination Team

Our Targeted Vaccination Team will be getting out and about over the summer to engage local people at a series of community engagement events. People will have the opportunity to ask questions, raise queries and…

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13.07.2023

Healthwatch England GP Access

More admin staff needed to help tackle GP access issues | Healthwatch

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04.07.2023

Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board – Vaccinations Briefing

Welcome to the latest edition of our COVID-19 vaccination Stakeholder Briefing. Updates Spring Vaccination Programme comes to a close The Spring COVID-19 vaccination campaign has come to a close. As of 26th June, uptake across…

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