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Health leaders in Leeds join global awareness day in fight against TB: TB awareness

21 Mar 2025

Health leaders in Leeds join global awareness day in fight against TB

Health leaders in Leeds are urging people to be aware of the signs and symptoms of tuberculosis (TB) as cases continue to rise nationally.

Health

People in recovery help shape new action plan to tackle drug and alcohol harm in Leeds: Drug and alcohol strategy 1

12 Mar 2025

People in recovery help shape new action plan to tackle drug and alcohol harm in Leeds

A dad-of-three who turned his life around with the help of Leeds’s drug treatment programmes is among those who have helped shape a major new five-year plan to tackle substance use harm in the city.

Health

Funding boost for Leeds as more smokers access support to quit: Stop Smoking

11 Mar 2025

Funding boost for Leeds as more smokers access support to quit

Record-breaking numbers of people are accessing Leeds Stop Smoking services for support as health leaders step up efforts to encourage more people to quit.

Health

City leaders reaffirm that innovation and growth remains priority: Exterior artistic image of Old Medical School

28 Feb 2025

City leaders reaffirm that innovation and growth remains priority

In response to the Government’s announcement of delays to the development of the new hospital at Leeds General Infirmary, leaders from Leeds City Council, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, the University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have reaffirmed their unwavering commitment to innovation and growth across the city.

Health

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14 Feb 2025

Parents urged to vaccinate children against measles amid a rise in cases

Parents and carers are being urged to ensure their children have the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine amid a rise in measles cases nationwide, including in Leeds.

Health

Work begins on pioneering new care home in Leeds: Yeadon care home 1

15 Jan 2025

Work begins on pioneering new care home in Leeds

Building work has begun on a pioneering new residential care home for people with severe learning disabilities and autism in Leeds.

Adult social care Health

‘Phenomenal response’ to kidney donor appeal for 12-year-old boy in care: Kidney donor appeal

15 Jan 2025

‘Phenomenal response’ to kidney donor appeal for 12-year-old boy in care

An appeal to find a kidney donor for a 12-year-old boy in Leeds City Council’s care has been met with a ‘phenomenal response’ from across the city and beyond - with hundreds of people coming forward expressing their wish to donate.

Children's services Health

Call to city to join Baton of Hope suicide prevention tour as it heads to Leeds for first time: Baton of Hope tour 1

10 Jan 2025

Call to city to join Baton of Hope suicide prevention tour as it heads to Leeds for first time

A symbolic baton representing mental wellbeing will be carried through Leeds for the first time later this year as part of a special UK-wide tour to inspire hope through action in suicide prevention.

Health

Urgent appeal to find a kidney donor for 12-year-old boy in care: Kidney donor appeal 2

09 Jan 2025

Urgent appeal to find a kidney donor for 12-year-old boy in care

Leeds City Council is issuing an urgent plea to find a kidney donor who could help transform the life of a 12-year-old boy in its care.

Children's services Health

Leeds expands support to help more smokers quit for good: Stop Smoking

16 Dec 2024

Leeds expands support to help more smokers quit for good

Health bosses in Leeds have expanded their stop smoking services to help encourage residents to kick the habit – as figures show there are currently more than 111,000 people in the city who still smoke.

Health

Report highlights city’s innovative work to create healthier homes:  health and housing cropped

13 Nov 2024

Report highlights city’s innovative work to create healthier homes

A new report has highlighted promising results being achieved by work in Leeds to improve people's health through better housing.

Health Housing

Eligible Leeds residents urged to protect themselves against viruses with free winter jabs: Winter vaccine cropped

14 Oct 2024

Eligible Leeds residents urged to protect themselves against viruses with free winter jabs

Leeds’s public health boss has issued a plea for all those eligible to take up the offer of a free flu vaccine this winter after worrying uptake levels last year.

Health