🌟 North Road Suite – October Highlights 🌟
- 💉 Flu & COVID Vaccines now available – free flu jabs for eligible groups, and COVID vaccines bookable at local pharmacies.
- 🚫 Missed Appointments – 179 missed in August, totalling 40.6 hours of lost clinical time. Please cancel if you can’t attend.
- 🌱 Wellness Works at North Road Suite – drop-in support for mental health & employability on Thursday 9th & 23rd October, 10–12.
- 🍷 Go Sober for October – cut back on alcohol for better health and wellbeing.
- 🚭 Stoptober – quit smoking and feel the benefits within days.
- 🧠 ADHD Awareness Month – focusing on the “Many Faces of ADHD.”
- 💗 Breast Cancer Awareness Month – remember to Touch, Look, Check.
- 💛 National Cholesterol Month – small lifestyle changes can protect your heart.
- 🧍 Back Care Awareness Week (3–7 Oct) – tips for posture, lifting and movement.
- ✋ Dyspraxia Awareness Week (6–12 Oct) – this year’s focus is “Dyspraxia & Ageing.”
- 🧼 National Hygiene Week (6–12 Oct) – raising awareness of hygiene poverty.
- 👩⚕️ Public Health Workforce Week (7–11 Oct) – celebrating the public health workforce.
- 📚 World Dyslexia Awareness Day (8 Oct) – supporting those with dyslexia.
- 🧠 World Mental Health Day (10 Oct) – theme: Fight for Mental Health.
- 🏳️🌈 National Coming Out Day (11 Oct) – celebrating and supporting LGBTQ+ communities.
- 🌀 National OCD Awareness Week (12–18 Oct) – breaking stigma around OCD.
- 👨👩👧 National Adoption Week (16–22 Oct) – celebrating adoption journeys.
- 🌸 World Menopause Day (18 Oct) – focus on lifestyle support for symptoms.
- 🦠 Infection Prevention Week (19–25 Oct) – small actions make a big difference.
- 🦴 World Osteoporosis Day (20 Oct) – awareness and support for bone health.
- ⏱️ World Stroke Day (30 Oct) – know the FAST signs: Face, Arm, Speech, Time to call 999.
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