Advice and Information

Obesity is a common health problem in the UK.

Are you up for the challenge to go 31 days alcohol-free?!

Some people are born blind, but for most people sight loss or blindness can occur later. Around 340,000 people in the UK are registered as being blind or partially sighted.

Improving vascular services report

The year coming to a close, for some means an opportunity to celebrate and be grateful in good company. For others, the fall in temperature and rise in cost of living means rather than exchanging gifts, they are in need of significant help.

There has been a widely reported increase in group A streptococci bacteria infection, particularly among children.

Bowel cancer is a general term for cancer that begins in your large bowel.

We will all deal with it in our own way, but if your feelings are getting too much, there is support for you.

There are more worrying statistics:

Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high.

Around 47,000 people are diagnosed with the condition in the UK every year.

Your pituitary gland is about the size of a pea and is situated in the bony hollow, just behind the bridge of your nose.