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Need help fast during resident doctors’ strikes?

The NHS in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) has issued advice for patients ahead of a five-day resident doctors’ strike, which starts later this week.

Need help fast this weekend? Don’t wait until Monday

The NHS in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland (LLR) is raising awareness of the healthcare support that is available for those who need it over the weekend, when GP practices and […]

Ask about asthma week launches to help prevent asthma related deaths

This week is Ask About Asthma week which is a campaign that has been developed to help raise awareness around the importance of properly managing asthma especially in children and […]

Bank holiday healthcare advice

Ahead of the August bank holiday, the NHS in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) has published advice to help anyone who becomes unwell during this time get the right medical […]

Local Dementia Action Week Conference calls for pledges

This week (19 May), 75 delegates from organisations across Leicester, Leicester and Rutland (LLR) came together to celebrate Dementia Action Week at a Conference that explored our new local Dementia […]

Free self-request chest X-ray pilot to help Coalville residents check lung cancer symptoms

The Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB), the University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) and the East Midlands Cancer Alliance (EMCA) have worked together to pilot a Self-Request […]

Research demonstrates the value of joined up care records

A total of 5,000 individual patient records each month are now being accessed by the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) Care Record – and this figure is increasing all the […]

Five for Friday: 20 March 2025

Five for Friday is our stakeholder bulletin, to keep you informed about your local NHS. In this issue: Read the 20 March edition here.

LLR Policy for Vitiligo

Category Threshold Criteria Vitiligo is the complete loss of pigmentation arising in discrete patches of skin. It occurs in approximately 1% of the world’s population. The incidence appears to be […]

Get in the know this winter: Self-care

This week, health leaders in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland (LLR) are sharing information about how to empower people locally to access self-care services that could help them to look after […]