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12/09/2025

12/09/2025

If your heart age is older than your actual age, you could be at increased risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

Check your heart age.

➡️ http://nhs.uk/health-assessment-tools/calculate-your-heart-age

02/09/2025

With children heading back to school this week, it can be tricky deciding whether or not to keep your child at home if they are feeling unwell.

Follow this advice on when you should keep your child at home.

➡️ https://nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school

01/09/2025

Almost one third of people who were sent an NHS bowel cancer screening kit in England last year did not complete it.

Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK. However, the number of people dying has fallen in recent decades, with earlier diagnosis being the key.

If you’re sent a bowel cancer screening kit, put it by the loo. Don't put it off.

➡️ nhs.uk/bowel-screening

01/09/2025

Check if a Prescription Prepayment Certificate could save you money. It covers all your NHS prescriptions for a set price.

➡️ https://nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ppc

01/09/2025

The rollout of the flu vaccination campaign to protect some of the most vulnerable people across Suffolk and north east Essex starts today (Sept 1).

Two to three-year-olds, primary and secondary aged school children and pregnant women are now eligible to receive a jab.

Read more - https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/news/flu-vaccination-programme-begins/

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28/08/2025

12/08/2025

Pregnant? You can refer yourself online to start care with a midwife right away.

Aim to do this by 10 weeks – but it’s never too late to start.

Once signed up, your local maternity team will contact you to book your first appointment.

Start here: https://nhs.uk/nhs-services/refer-yourself-for-nhs-pregnancy-care/

12/08/2025

Please remember to keep your asthma inhaler out of direct sunlight and hot environments, like the car glove box. If it gets too hot it might not work properly.

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