Public health and social care

• Foster carers mark Foster Care Fortnight

  10 May 2021

  3 minute read

  FOSTER carers in Leicester are sharing their experiences and talking about their work as they take part in Foster Care Fortnight (10-23 May).

• First Covid-19 variant for investigation identified in Leicester

  28 April 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Director of Public Health Professor Ivan Browne says that Leicester has received its first notifications from Public Health England (PHE) of a COVID-19 variant in the city that requires investigation and follow up.

• Twice-weekly rapid testing now available to everyone in England

  8 April 2021

  2 minute read

  EVERYONE in England is being encouraged to take twice-weekly coronavirus tests to help identify and suppress the spread of new variants of the virus.

• Restrictions on outdoor mixing to begin to ease from Monday

  25 March 2021

  3 minute read

  RESTRICTIONS on outdoor mixing will start to be eased across England from Monday (29 March), as the country takes its next careful step towards leaving lockdown.

• Families with school-age children encouraged to test twice a week

  17 March 2021

  3 minute read

  FAMILIES in Leicester are being encouraged to take regular coronavirus tests to help ensure the virus isn’t taken into the city’s schools.

• Free PPE available for informal carers

  11 March 2021

  2 minute read

  UNPAID carers who look after a friend or family member on an informal basis can get free PPE from the city council to help them carry out their caring responsibilities safely.

• Pauline is one of thousands helped to quit smoking with help of city council

  9 March 2021

  3 minute read

  A LEICESTER woman who smoked for nearly 60 years and was diagnosed with cancer has kicked the habit successfully using the city council’s stop smoking service.

• Award for Leicester film about children’s rights

  8 March 2021

  2 minute read

  A FILM about children’s rights made by young people in Leicester has won a prestigious award.

• City’s schools ready to welcome back children from Monday

  5 March 2021

  3 minute read

  AFTER months of home learning, children across Leicester will be back in the classroom from Monday (8 March).

• City’s covid tracing team has 92% success rate

  4 March 2021

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council’s pioneering contact tracing team for coronavirus infections has successfully tracked down more than 92% of cases in the past three months.

• Sixth rapid coronavirus testing site for Leicester

  1 March 2021

  2 minute read

  A NEW walk-in centre offering rapid coronavirus testing to people who have no symptoms of the virus has opened in Leicester.

• Council seizes speaker following noise complaints from neighbours

  19 February 2021

  2 minute read

  COUNCIL officers have seized noise equipment from a flat in Leicester after neighbours complained about very loud music being repeatedly played in the property.