Health

A newly launched mental health and suicide prevention Community Interest Company, HelloHope has partnered with Navigatr, to make its lifesaving training programmes visible via digital badges, under a Leeds City Council-backed scheme. Ellie MacDonald launched HelloHope at a special event in May this year and has partnered with fellow Leeds-based

A Leeds leisure centre is looking in great shape for the future following a major overhaul of its gym. Rothwell Leisure Centre’s gym has been completely refurbished, with new flooring, decor and branding being put in place. Leeds City Council has also invested in new state-of-the-art equipment for the

Following Skin Cancer Awareness Month (May), Barratt and David Wilson Homes has ensured its site teams in West Yorkshire are set for skin protection with a new initiative. The leading housebuilder has distributed sun strength gauge cards to its site teams at its developments across the county, which enables them

A local chain of audiologists and opticians has launched a specialist tinnitus service, to help tackle the growth of the condition in recent years. Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists, which has its head office and nine practices throughout Yorkshire, has introduced the specialist service as the number of tinnitus cases in

Local NHS services in West Yorkshire are benefitting from new investment to train and upskill people for jobs in the health and social care sector. In an unprecedented move for the region, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin is funding training for frontline NHS workers. The £1.3 million investment will

Lakeside Conference Centre (LCC), based at leading science park York Biotech Campus (YBC), recently hosted the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) annual conference. The event brought 160 delegates from across the region to LCC for a ‘Back to Basics’ conference. The

Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and Leeds City Councillor, Helen Hayden visited Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ Old Medical School this week to give their support to the flagship project of the £180million West Yorkshire Healthtech and Digital Technology zone. The pair met with the Trust’s Chair Dame Linda Pollard