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Fresh food hand-outs to help homeless
A shopkeeper hands out fruit and vegetables to people living on the streets to save on waste.
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Runcorn to become ‘healthy new town’
An area in Runcorn has been announced as one of 10 places across England in a ‘Healthy New Towns’ initiative.
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Long-distance quest for Lyme disease victim
A community has rallied together to raise money for a Sefton woman struck down by Lyme disease.
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Backing for sugar tax to beat obesity crisis
A Liverpool professor favours a proposed sugar tax that could “save the NHS £10 million a year by 2025”.
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African mission for Liverpool midwives
Two midwives from Liverpool Women’s Hospital helped deliver babies at a rural hospital in Tanzania.
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Football marathon to boost Marie Curie
A 24-hour football match in aid of Marie Curie will be played by NHS staff members and their friends.
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Campaign to keep women’s hospital open
A group of Merseyside mothers will lobby the Liverpool Women’s Hospital board in an attempt to influence the future of the facility.
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Doctor hits out at government proposals
Government plans to change payments for ‘unsociable hours’ of junior doctors have been criticised by a local medical representative.
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Concern over growing issue of ‘booze abuse’
Britain’s ‘boozing cities’, including Liverpool and the Wirral, were named and shamed in Westminster.
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Fundraising drive for revamped Royal
The new Royal Liverpool Hospital is embarking on a fundraising drive for cutting edge equipment and facilities.
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New diabetes service for city patients
A newly-integrated diabetes service is being established by the NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group.
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Children’s centres saved until 2017
All ten of Liverpool’s children’s centres which were threatened with closure have been saved for the next two years, after the mayor backs down.
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NHS staff carry out wheelchair challenge
Liverpool NHS staff took part in a 24-hour charity challenge as part of the recent Wheelchair Summit event.
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Call for action to tackle eating disorders
Eating disorders are said to cost the UK economy £8bn a year and one local charity is calling for more help.
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Campaign urges weight loss by less drinking
Liverpool drinkers are being encouraged to lose weight through cutting back on alcohol.
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NHS staff stage second strike across city
Merseyside NHS workers joined thousands across the UK as they staged a second four-hour strike in a pay protest.
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Merseyside staff help African Ebola victims
NHS workers from Merseyside leave the UK for Sierra Leone to help fight against the deadly Ebola virus.
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Public urged to cut doctor visits
People are being asked to consider if a trip to the doctor is necessary as part of National Self-Care Week.
