The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) was making some progress in increasing national participation in sport and physical activity until the impact of the pandemic reversed these gains. However, it needs to do more to reach key groups who are less likely to be active according to a report by the National … Continue reading Grassroots participation in sport and physical activity report
Category: Main-Health
A local Long-Covid peer support group has been set up. The poster below includes contact details to help you get involved.
Heat rash is uncomfortable, but usually harmless. Symptoms include small, raised spots, mild swelling and an itchy, prickly feeling. Here is advice on how you can treat or prevent heat rash yourself: https://nhs.uk/conditions/heat-rash-prickly-heat/ As we enter a period of hot weather, here is a reminder of what to look for when buying and applying sunscreen. … Continue reading Hot Weather Health Tips
The current hot weather isn't to everyone's liking. If you are struggling with the heat, here are a few tips to help you stay cool. How to Stay Cool Stay out of the heat: keep out of the sun between 11am and 3pm if you have to go out in the heat, walk in the … Continue reading Staying Cool In Hot Weather
Some excellent tips on prevention, coping with heat and identifying things like heatstroke can be found on the following sites. Heatwave: How to Cope in Hot Weather NHS website Beat the Heat Gov UK website
Heat rash is uncomfortable, but usually harmless. Symptoms include small, raised spots, mild swelling and an itchy, prickly feeling. Here is advice on how you can treat or prevent heat rash yourself: https://nhs.uk/conditions/heat-rash-prickly-heat/ As we enter a period of hot weather, here is a reminder of what to look for when buying and applying sunscreen. … Continue reading Hot Weather Health Tips
Some excellent tips on prevention, coping with heat and identifying things like heatstroke can be found on the following sites. Heatwave: How to Cope in Hot Weather NHS website Beat the Heat Gov UK website
Please find below a link to the public website covering the huge project of reconfiguration of Calderdale and Huddersfield's hospital services https://www.cht.nhs.uk/future Key Highlights Both hospitals sites will provide 24/7 A&E services and day-case, outpatient and diagnostic services The A&E at CRH will receive all blue light emergency ambulances. Patients requiring acute inpatient admission will … Continue reading Changes To Calderdale and Huddersfield’s Hospital Services
The current hot weather isn't to everyone's liking. If you are struggling with the heat, here are a few tips to help you stay cool. How to Stay Cool Stay out of the heat: keep out of the sun between 11am and 3pm if you have to go out in the heat, walk in the … Continue reading Staying Cool In Hot Weather
Here's some of the highlights from the latest newsletter from Healthy Minds - read the full edition here Our Arts & Crafts for wellbeing group is back! Every 2nd and 4th Thursday each month, 12.30 - 2pm at our Halifax Office, 1 King Street, HX1 1SR. Please note we regret the venue is not wheelchair … Continue reading Healthy Minds Newsletter