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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.

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

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.

Council leaders are expected to underline their full and unwavering support for a new hospital for Leeds and call for urgent Government approval and acceleration of plans, ahead of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s October budget announcement.

Kirkgate Market will play host to a special event showcasing a range of support services on offer in Leeds as the city comes together to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2024.

Disco dancing Margaret Nutter has still got all the right moves after decades on the dancefloors of Leeds.

And now the 96-year-old great-grandma is encouraging everyone to get active to stay a step ahead of ageing as a new report investigates how more people in the city can live well for longer.

A pioneering asset-based community development programme is set to be expanded in Leeds.  

Those eligible for the spring booster Covid-19 vaccine are this year being urged to get their vaccine as soon as they would like rather than wait to be contacted by the NHS.

Low-income families and pregnant women in Leeds are urged to make use of a healthy food scheme as statistics show nearly 3,000 households could be missing out. 

Public health leaders in Leeds, West Yorkshire and Yorkshire and the Humber are applauding the introduction of the Tobacco and Nicotine Bill, calling it a “game-changer” with the potential to eradicate smoking within a generation.

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