A new analysis finds that 1,203 children would start smoking every year in North East Lincolnshire if children were still smoking at 1990s levels when around 1 in 5 under 16s smoked. Since then national rates have dropped to around 1 in 20. Rates of smoking have fallen among children for many reasons including the…
3 years ago | Health and wellbeingA series of drive-through clinics are helping local school students to catch-up on routine vaccinations that have been missed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pop-up clinics, which are being organised by North East Lincolnshire Council’s School Nurse service, are offering Year 8 students the HPV vaccine. The vaccine is free to all children and…
3 years ago | Children and familiesParenting is not easy and recently unexpected pressures have impacted this further. Having extra time to watch your children grow, play, learn new skills and independence is amazing, however it is also really hard work. It is important to remember lockdown has been longer than the summer holidays and has come without outings, friends or…
3 years ago | Health and wellbeingPeople across North East Lincolnshire have been urged to back a plan setting out how the area will continue to tackle the threat of COVID-19. A special meeting of North East Lincolnshire Council’s Cabinet last night approved the area’s Outbreak Control Plan, drawn up by the authority, the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and partners in…
3 years ago | Business and investmentA plan setting out how North East Lincolnshire will continue to tackle the threat of COVID-19 is to be discussed at a special meeting of North East Lincolnshire Council’s Cabinet next week. The Council, Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and the wider health and social Care system in the area have been working together since COVID-19…
3 years ago | Health and wellbeingThe Council are urging all private landlords, to get in touch with the Homelessness Prevention Service, and seek support before evicting any tenants over the coming months. Council officers have written Landlord Associations, asking their members to work with the Council during these challenging times. The warning comes as figures released nationally show increases in…
3 years ago | Health and wellbeingThousands of children across the country have missed out on receiving their in-school vaccinations because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the Council’s School Nursing service are to set up drive-through vaccine centres across the borough to vaccinate those Year 8 students who have missed their jabs. The vaccine is free to all children and offers…
3 years ago | Children and familiesBusinesses in North East Lincolnshire are being urged to abide by the Government guidance on COVID-19. The warning from Council officials comes as many businesses in our area prepare to reopen for the first time since lockdown started. Council Leader, Councillor Philip Jackson, has spoken out to urge local business owners to consider the safety…
3 years ago | Business and investment“As we take these first, tentative steps back into normal life, we must all do everything we can to keep the virus out of our communities, to prevent people becoming ill and to prevent more people from dying.” This is the message from health and local authority leaders today as they issue a stark reminder…
3 years ago | Health and wellbeing