Hospital offers free parking to cancer patients

CANCER patients have been given a lift thanks to a decision by hospital chiefs to scrap parking charges for the seriously ill.

From next Thursday, there will be free parking for certain categories of patients, particularly cancer patients and those having to attend Grimsby's Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital regularly.

GCSEs: Pressure of exams leaves teens suffering from mental illness

The pressure of the GCSE results will lead to an increase in the number of young people suffering from mental health problems, a leading charity has warned.

Pressure of exams leaves teens suffering from mental illness 

Record numbers of students, aged 16-18, have already sought professional advice ahead of their exam results.

Lucie Russell from YoungMinds, a charity which helps young people with mental health issues, said: "Every year we get calls from parents asking for advice on how to help their children cope with exam stress.

Phone-users choose app-y way to right health care

CHOOSING the correct way of receiving health care is now as easy as picking up your phone – as more than 2,000 patients in Yorkshire and Humber have already discovered for themselves.

They have downloaded a Smartphone application, which gives users the names and addresses of their nearest A&E department, GP, NHS walk-in centre, dentist, 8 to 8 clinic, sexual health service or pharmacy as well as first aid and emergency advice and reminders about health appointments and medication.

Suicide is painful for depressed to raise with family

ONE in three people would not talk to anyone if they were feeling suicidal, new research has suggested.

The survey, carried out for the Samaritans by YouGov, found that 37 per cent of men and 28 per cent of women would not confide in someone if they felt driven to kill themselves.

COMMUNICATION: One in three people would not talk to anyone if they were feeling suicidal, new research has suggested.

Poor diets and cigarettes are county's killers

THIS year's English Public Health Observatories health profile shows the borough's health is "generally worse than the national average" across key areas of public health.

Overall, it shows there are 9,230 children living in poverty, life expectancy for men and women is lower then average, 21.5 per cent of Year-6 schoolchildren are obese and levels of teenage pregnancy and tooth decay in children are worse than the national average.

Fundraising bear finds a home

Your LINk has been working hard to raise funds for their Older People's DVD, an idea spearheaded by Governing Body member Sylvia Leary to raise awareness of the many Older People's services available in North East Lincolnshire. 

Following on from their success with their young people's DVD 'Speak Up!', the DVD will have chapters focusing on the different types of services that are currently being provided for Older People.

Monthly meeting

Our August meeting is  2-4pm today, at Corpus Christi Community Centre and will feature two guest speakers.  

Mark Green from East Midlands Ambulance Service will give his talk on 'A Day in the Life of a Paramedic' and Gill Franklin will explain her new role as Older People's Floating Support Worker.