Physical health Archive

MSK Community Hub – Freedom Leisure, Cinderford

MSK Community Hub – Freedom Leisure, Cinderford

If you are looking to improve your general health and wellbeing, or seeking advice and support about managing a musculoskeletal (MSK) condition, you are invited to come along to our MSK Community Hub at Freedom Leisure, Cinderford, on Monday 10 November (9.30am-3.30pm).

It’s Occupational Therapy Week!

It’s Occupational Therapy Week!

Today marks the start of Occupational Therapy Week (3-9 November) – an opportunity to celebrate and highlight the role occupational therapy has in people’s recovery and management of their health conditions. 

Know your Numbers Week: 8-14 September

Know your Numbers Week: 8-14 September

The NHS in Gloucestershire is supporting Know Your Numbers Week, an annual campaign led by charity Blood Pressure UK, with a series of health check drop-in events where people can get their blood pressure checked.

This week is Diabetes Week

This week is Diabetes Week

Today marks the start of Diabetes Week (9-15 June) – an annual campaign which aims to raise awareness about the things that matter to people with diabetes, and shine a light on what it’s like to live with the condition, day in, day out.

STOP the Pressure Week 2024

STOP the Pressure Week 2024

This week (18-22 November) is #STOPthePressure Week – a national and worldwide campaign by clinicians to raise everybody’s awareness of pressure ulcer prevention and management.

World Diabetes Day

World Diabetes Day

Today (Thursday 14 November) is World Diabetes Day. This year’s theme ‘Breaking Barriers, Bridging Gaps’, underpins a worldwide commitment to reducing the risk of diabetes and ensuring all people who are diagnosed with the condition have access to equitable, comprehensive, affordable and quality treatment and care.

Trust presented with Defence ERS Gold Award

Trust presented with Defence ERS Gold Award

Representatives from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust were extremely proud and honoured this morning to receive the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award from the Wessex Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association (WRFCA), in recognition of its commitment and support for defence personnel.

Cervical Screening Awareness Week: 19-24 June

Cervical Screening Awareness Week: 19-24 June

This week (19-24) June is Cervical Screening Awareness Week – a campaign launched in 2021 to encourage those eligible for screening to respond to their cervical screening invitation letters and book an appointment at their GP practice or sexual health clinic if they missed their last one.

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