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Overweight women most likely to suffer long Covid
Overweight women are more likely to experience symptoms of long Covid according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The new study, published today, is one of the largest studies on long Covid in the UK. It shows that having a high...
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NHS Norfolk and Waveney Quarterly Engagement Report, July – October 2022
We are delighted to share with you all the first quarterly engagement report on behalf of NHS Norfolk and Waveney. As an Integrated Care Board and in line with our system wide people and communities approach, we made a commitment in July to share on...
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Emergency mental health response service expanded to support more people in crisis
A service which attends 999 mental health emergency calls in Norfolk has been expanded to include extra help at weekends. The mental health response car service - which is jointly operated by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) an...
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Community-based services to deliver COVID-19 vaccinations closer to people’s homes
Mike Passfield, Clinical Operations Director for the large scale vaccination centres run by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk said: “Following a successful campaign to protect local people...
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Could you be an Expert by Experience for Rethink Mental Illness?
You may have heard about a new approach to supporting people affected by mental illness in the community, so people have the right support at the right time. Rethink is now recruiting Experts by Experience to work with us and be part of the Tran...
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Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership’s (NSCP) initiative Joint Agency Group Supervision (JAGS) highly commended at the Centre for Child Protection’s Collaboration Awards 2022
The Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership new Joint Agency Group supervision (JAGS) initiative has been highly commended for Celebrating Outstanding Collaborative Practice in Child Protection as part of the Centre for Child Protection’s Collabor...
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Fourth Non-Executive Member appointed to NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board
Former Health Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, Chair of NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) has announced the appointment of a fourth new Non-Executive Member of the board. Aliona Derrett has been appointed as Non-Executive Member of t...
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Don’t let flu ruin your winter – get vaccinated!
NHS organisations across Norfolk and Waveney are calling all parents and carers of preschool children to get them vaccinated against flu. Children who are aged 2 and 3 years old (age on 31 August before fu vaccinations start in the autumn) will b...
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500 tonnes of carbon cut by NHS with greener inhalers
People in Norfolk and Waveney who have swapped to more environmentally-friendly inhalers have collectively reduced their carbon footprint by 500 tonnes in five months, the equivalent of 8,650 people flying from London to Paris. With COP27 ...
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Health and care leaders hop onto the WOW bus
Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS) colleagues hopped onto a new Wellbeing on Wheels (WOW) bus. The bus gave colleagues the opportunity to go on board and meet the teams who deliver a range of health and wellbeing services such as va...
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Preventing antimicrobial resistance together
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching a new campaign raising awareness of what antimicrobial resistance is and how much of an issue it is in modern medicine. This comes during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18 – 24 November). ...
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All welcome to the launch of the Carers Identity Passport
Do you care for a family member or friend? Or are you a health or care professional that works with people that do? If you are, Carers Voice Norfolk and Waveney are inviting you to the online launch of the Carers Identity Passport on&nb...