Nutrition and Hydration Week
Nutrition and Hydration Week (17-23 March) is an annual event with a shared, global objective to reinforce, focus, energise and create activity and engagement to promote nutrition and hydration as a fundamental element to maintaining health and wellbeing within health and social care. Did you know? Water makes up around 60% of your entire body and…
Region’s cigarette users urged to take back their lives this No Smoking Day
The NHS in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire is urging people who smoke to quit the habit to improve their health and reclaim the time that cigarettes are stealing from their lives. No Smoking Day, which falls each year on 12 March, is an opportunity for those cigarette users who would like…
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day takes place on March 8. This year’s theme is ‘Accelerate Action’. At the current rate of progress, it will take until 2158, which is roughly five generations from now, to reach full gender parity, according to data from the World Economic Forum. BSW ICB are part of this journey, striving to #AccelerateAction for gender…
In-school brushing helps region’s most deprived stay on top of oral health
Supervised in-school toothbrushing sessions are helping some of the most deprived children living across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire to maintain a healthy mouth. More than 1,000 different educational settings across the south west, including many based locally, have partnered with the Big Brush Club to teach children how to brush their…
Young adults urged to join the elimination generation by having HPV vaccine
Young adults living in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire have the power to eliminate cervical cancer by getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, otherwise known as HPV. The vaccine, which is available to both males and females aged between 16 and 25, offers protection against HPV, which is the collective name for…
Is your bowel cancer screening kit sitting at the back of a drawer?
If you’re 54 to 74, you should have received your NHS bowel cancer screening (FIT) kit throughthe post. That’s because the NHS automatically sends a kit every two years to everyone in thatage range and is gradually including people aged 50 to 53 too. Out of every 5,000 people who use their test kit, nine…
Screening Saves Lives
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women in England, the chance of getting breastcancer increases as you get older. Regular breast screening is one of the best ways to spot a cancer that is too small to feel or seeyourself – it saves around 1,300 lives each year in the UK….
Professor Green backs supervised toothbrushing in schools
School children in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are being supported to brush their teeth in a major NHS scheme to prevent tooth decay and have launched a singing and colouring competition with UK rap artist, Professor Green. Professor Green is supporting the biggest supervised toothbrushing scheme in England, in schools across…
Share the Love this Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s Day, Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board has called on the community to share the love for the staff working in the NHS. On what is considered to be the most romantic day of the year, people have shared messages of appreciation for our local NHS. Health and…
Heart-warming messages boost morale of NHS staff after busiest ever winter
The most affectionate time of the year has prompted a flurry of heart-warming messages for the tireless NHS staff in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. People living across the area who have been helped during their moment of need have chosen to use this Valentine’s Day to pay thanks to those staff…