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What is hyperammonaemia?
High Ammonia can kill and people are dying because symptoms are often overlooked.
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What health and social care issues should Healthwatch Barnsley look at for 2024/25?
We need your help so that we can focus our projects on the things that really matter to people living in Barnsley.
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Baby loss certificates introduced for loss before 24 weeks
Sadly, around 1 in 8 known pregnancies will end in miscarriage[i].
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Surge in youth vaping prompts action
A ‘CONCERNING’ surge in the popularity of vaping - particularly among youngsters - will lead to more work being done by health bosses in Barnsley to make all forms of smoking invisible.
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What is Endometriosis?
Half of the UK isn’t aware of the life-changing condition that’s as a common in women and those assigned female at birth as diabetes and asthma.
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Patients help shape the use of smartphone and wearable data in cardiovascular research study
In the first study of its kind, the BHF Data Science Centre worked with members of the public to conduct a new study to help understand how data from…
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50,000 back mum’s cancer petition
A HEARTBROKEN mum who lost her son to a rare form of cancer in 2022 is fighting for ‘increased awareness and funding’ - and almost 50,000 have signed…
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NHS to roll out ‘Martha’s Rule’
NHS England has today announced the rollout of ‘Martha’s Rule’ in hospitals across England from April, enabling patients and families to seek an…
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What do Barnsley people know about Adult Safeguarding?
During December 2023, Healthwatch Barnsley conducted a survey to find out what people in Barnsley really knew about Adult Safeguarding.
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Hygiene Poverty Update On Barnsley residents across the Borough
During Hygiene Poverty Awareness Week in October 2023, we spoke to Barnsley people about what hygiene poverty meant to them, their hygiene needs and if they were finding it difficult to buy hygiene products
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