Archive: Awareness

World Sepsis Day (Wednesday 13 September) is a global day of awareness to fight a devastating condition that accounts for 11 million deaths worldwide each year. According to the...

This week (22 – 28 May) is Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week, a joint campaign from NHS England and Diabetes UK that aims to raise awareness of the risk...

This week (1st – 7th May) is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week and our specialist mental health midwives and Perinatal Mental Health team will be holding a stand in...

Each year we commemorate World TB Day on March 24th to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up...

This week (6th – 12th February) marks National HIV Testing Week, a campaign to promote regular testing among the most-affected population groups in England. Regular testing helps to reduce...

Saturday 4th February marks World Cancer Day, an initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to raise worldwide awareness, improve education, and catalyse personal and collective...

Taking place on Thursday 1st December, World AIDS Day brings together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of...

The public are invited to a webinar to ask questions of leading specialists about the latest research into diabetes. General Practitioner Dr Elizabeth Morris and Consultant in diabetes at...

Every person around the world will, at some point in their life, take medications to prevent or treat illness. However, medications sometimes cause serious harm if incorrectly stored, prescribed,...