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Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Food and Drink / Health & Wellbeing / Music / Waveney Valley February 16, 2011
Participants wanted for the great pancake race King Street Mardi Gras – Tuesday 8 March 2011 As King Street’s second Mardi Gras event approaches next month, organisers SeaChange Arts are on the hunt for participants for their unique pancake challenge, Total Crepe. “We started Total Crepe last year,” says SeaChange’s Laurie Miller-Zutshi, “as a way […]
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Art & Theatre / charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Food and Drink / Health & Wellbeing / Music February 15, 2011
If you weren’t at The World Premiere of Who Cares? at the Cut in Halesworth on the 14th January 2011, you can watch it here, because you missed a punchy film that tells it how it is for the young adult carers who make personal sacrifices to parent their parents. Around 120 people attended the […]
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Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Health & Wellbeing / Waveney Valley February 15, 2011
Waveney Women’s Health Information Centre Courses & Workshops Telephone 01502 561816 Various venues – please phone for details Controlling Relationships Course Tuesday 15th February 11am – 5pm. How to recognize and deal effectively with controlling and bullying behaviour at work, home or in any situation. (Please bring lunch.) Cost £5. Venue Lowestoft Aromatherapy […]
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Norfolk’s mental health trust CEO Aidan Thomas has been appointed as Chief Executive Designate to lead the proposed merger between the Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trusts. Aidan Thomas, who has been the CEO at Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (NWMHFT) since 2009, was successful at interview yesterday Trust supports campaign to […]
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Choose well, choose your pharmacist The dark days of January are behind us, however people across the county are still being encouraged to Choose Well if they have a cough or cold during the chilly days of February. Richard Hodgson, NHS Suffolk’s senior pharmacist said: “At this time of year coughs and colds are common. […]
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Health MOT for Suffolk’s businesses Healthy Ambitions Suffolk Workers from across Suffolk are being given the chance to give their health a free MOT as part of a drive to improve the county’s wellbeing during national heart month. Healthy Ambitions Suffolk is offering NHS health checks to staff at four organisations from across the county. […]
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Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Health & Wellbeing February 8, 2011
Hospitals lead the way for VTE assessments A drive to protect hospital patients from potentially fatal blood clots is paying off in Norfolk. More patients than ever before, who go into hospital in Norwich and King’s Lynn, are being risk-assessed for developing “Venous Thrombo Embolisms”, exceeding national targets. The national target requires 90% of patients […]
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Sportspark celebrates its 10th anniversary with Lottery promotion Sportspark is hosting a one off promotion to celebrate its 10th official anniversary. Sportspark, based at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, is the UK’s largest indoor sports centre. Over the past decade the Sportspark has welcomed over 10 million visitors. Today visitor figures are in […]
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Who says you can’t get an NHS dentist? You can! Yes it’s true, more than half of all NHS dental practices in Suffolk are taking on new NHS patients. Over the last few years NHS Suffolk has invested more than £4 million and opened seven new dental practices across the county – meaning increased capacity […]
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Over £1900 raised for Mountain Rescue Team at Sportspark Sportspark customers and local climbers have helped raise £1915 for Derby Mountain Rescue Team. A charity climbing competition was held at Sportspark on Saturday January 29th to raise money for the team who saved the life of one of the centres regular climbers. Jim Pratt from […]
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Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Health & Wellbeing February 2, 2011
Free ‘Stop Smoking’ support extended to more local pharmacies Another 23 pharmacies in Norfolk are offering free nicotine patches to smokers who want to quit. And you can find the participating pharmacies on a new interactive map on NHS Norfolk’s website: Just go to www.norfolk.nhs.uk Most pharmacies in Norfolk offer free advice and support […]
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Health challenge inspires generous Ipswich porters Healthy Ambitions Suffolk Five porters who clocked up a massive 2.74 million steps during an initiative aimed at helping Suffolk’s workers get healthier have used the challenge as the inspiration behind a generous gift to their hospital’s children’s ward. The team from Ipswich Hospital’s diagnostic imaging department took part […]
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Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Health & Wellbeing January 27, 2011
National Obesity Week 2011: How NHS Norfolk health trainers Can help you achieve your goals Have you ever wished you could adopt a healthier lifestyle, but don’t know where to start? Would you like to lose weight, be more active, or stop smoking? NHS Norfolk health trainers are the people who can help. Based in […]
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Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Health & Wellbeing January 27, 2011
Fit4Work District Tournaments – coming to your district soon! On Wednesday 2nd February 2011, Active Norfolk will be hosting a tournament at Cromer Sports Centre for businesses throughout North Norfolk. The tournament is part of a new initiative called Fit4Work which aims to get employees in Norfolk more active and will be the first of […]
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Support Your School Crossing Patrol Service in Suffolk Suffolk County Council is seriously considering ending the “Lollipop” crossing patrols outside schools in the county. Of the forty such patrols in Suffolk eighteen are in Waveney. Public opposition to the termination of this service is strong. By closing this service in Suffolk it is hoped to […]
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Update: temporary pool closure at Sportspark The Sportspark pool is now expected to reopen on Friday 28th January. Work has been taking place on fixing a mechanical fault which occurred on the pool’s moveable floor last Saturday. In order for engineers to work on the floor jacks the water level has been lowered by 1.2 […]