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Business Editorials / charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Norfolk Broads / Waveney Valley January 18, 2012
To celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dragon, St Elizabeth Hospice has joined with Gable Events to launch the seventh East Anglian Dragon Boat Festival. The 2012 Festival takes place on Sunday 27th May on Oulton Broad in Nicholas Everitt Park, Lowestoft with new charity partner, St Elizabeth Hospice on board, and […]
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Business Editorials / Then & Now / Waveney Valley January 18, 2012
Ghosts of East Anglia A girl who communicates with the dead….a phantom figure captured on a photograph….a church bell that rings itself…East Anglia has always been rich in tales of the supernatural, but from the 1960s onwards, sightings of ghosts became the subject of news headlines and television investigations. Now you can watch these […]
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charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Health & Wellbeing / Waveney Valley January 6, 2012
Disability charity Optua is officially launching new ‘Big Splash’ sessions for people with disabilities at the refurbished Lowestoft Leisure Centre from the end of January 2012. The new sessions are being supported by funding from Suffolk County Council’s Activities Unlimited project which was awarded to help Optua run more weekly swimming sessions across the county. […]
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nsft.nhs.uk A dedicated NHS worker becomes Suffolk’s own ‘super-man’ after winning gold at a commonwealth powerlifting event. James Allison, lead mental health practitioner at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Gamesearlier last month , after competing for just one year. Jim, who works with the Trust’s specialist […]
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Suffolk Careline is a new service that will enable vulnerable Suffolk residents to call for immediate assistance at the touch of a button. Clients can have the choice of who responds to their call, either a relative or friend, or a qualified member of the Suffolk Careline staff. The service is available 24 hours a […]
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rspb / Waveney Valley / Wild Birds / Wildlife December 22, 2011
Wren Almost the smallest bird in Great Britain, the wren is only about 10cm long and weighs only 9g. CharacteristicsThe wren is a tiny brown bird, it is dumpy, almost rounded, with a fine bill, quite long legs and toes, very short round wings and a short, narrow tail which is sometimes cocked up vertically. […]
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www.nwmhft.nhs.uk The new year starts a new era for mental health and wellbeing services in Norfolk and Suffolk, as the two counties’ mental health trusts come together to form a new NHS Foundation Trust. On 3 January 2012, the Trust Board of Directors will be celebrating the launch of the new Norfolk and Suffolk NHS […]
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Art & Theatre / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Waveney Valley December 17, 2011
If you do not see this show you will be visited by three spirits… The Keeper’s Daughter return with their festively fun adaptation of Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ The Keeper’s Daughter present an innovative and faithful adaptation of this classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cranky old miser who makes life a misery for […]
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People across the county are being reminded of the many services offered by their local pharmacist over the Christmas and new year period. This includes answering questions on health, giving advice on medicines and their side effects and reviewing patients who take more than one medicine. Pharmacists also offer a New Medicine Service, through which […]
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The Director of Public Health for Norfolk and Waveney is calling for members of the public to help keep hospitals and other health care centres free from tummy bugs. Autumn and winter is a time when Norovirus, which causes sickness and diarrhoea, can spread to hospitals, which is why it is sometimes referred to as […]
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NHS Norfolk and Waveney is urging everyone to be more aware of the facts about HIV, and act on that knowledge, as World AIDS Day takes place on Thursday 1 December 2011. The UK theme for World AIDS Day is Act Aware. The aims are to ensure that we all know more about HIV so […]
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Maggie Wheeler has been reappointed chair of Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust after accepting an extension to continue her vital role. After 1 January 2012, Ms Wheeler will become chair of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust as the Trust merges with neighbouring Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Ms Wheeler said: […]
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NHS Norfolk and Waveney is asking people what they think of a new “framework” to support equality, diversity, human rights and community cohesion. The Equality Delivery System (EDS) Outcomes Framework for 2011 – 2013 is the subject of a 90-day public consultation since Monday, 5 September 2011. The consultation will close on Sunday, 4 December […]
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www.nwmhft.nhs.uk Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust will merge with neighbouring Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust on 1 January 2012. After more than 12 months in the approvals process, the merger was given the green light by NHS Foundation Trust regulator Monitor late last month, and the Department of Health and Secretary […]