Public health and social care

• Walk-in vaccines available for many in Leicester until Sunday

  2 June 2021

  4 minute read

  PEOPLE in areas of Leicester where the take-up of the coronavirus vaccination has been low are being urged to have their jab this week.

• Team effort ensures youngsters don’t go hungry this half-term

  26 May 2021

  4 minute read

  CHILDREN in Leicester who normally have a free school meal won’t miss out over the half-term break, thanks to a holiday food programme that’s supported by Leicester City Football Club and Leicester-based Samworth Brothers.

• No changes to Covid-19 guidance for city

  25 May 2021

  1 minute read

  Leicester’s Director of Public Health says the Government has confirmed that new advice published on its website in relation to Leicester and other areas, suggesting that additional restrictions were to be put in place, was incorrect.

• £1.2m boost for work to ensure no-one need sleep rough in Leicester

  24 May 2021

  2 minute read

  AN extra £1.2million of government funding will help ensure no-one has to sleep rough in Leicester, despite unprecedented challenges for homelessness services.

• Testing sites repurposed as Leicester steps up vaccinations

  21 May 2021

  2 minute read

  FIVE of Leicester’s six rapid testing sites are to be converted to vaccination centres as Leicester steps up its coronavirus vaccination programme.

• Local Offer Live goes online to showcase support on offer

  21 May 2021

  2 minute read

  A VIRTUAL event taking place next week will showcase the support available locally for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

• Please support City safely, says Leicester’s director of public health

  11 May 2021

  3 minute read

  AS EXCITEMENT builds ahead of Leicester City’s first FA Cup Final in more than 50 years, one Foxes’ fan is hoping for not one, but two massive results.

• 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.