Public health and social care

• Council helps those still shielding and needing support

  29 July 2020

  3 minute read

  THOUSANDS of people who have relied on food parcels from the Government during the coronavirus lockdown will be supported by the city council from Saturday.

• Biggest testing operation in the country helping city’s bid to drive down its Covid-19 infection rate

  23 July 2020

  4 minute read

  THE BIGGEST community testing operation in the country is under way in Leicester as the city continues to track down the coronavirus and stop its transmission.

• Leicester lockdown to continue for another two weeks

  16 July 2020

  1 minute read

  SECRETARY of State for Health Matt Hancock has announced that lockdown measures in Leicester City are to stay in place for another two weeks.

• Bags of ideas to help families get active this summer

  13 July 2020

  2 minute read

  YOUNG people and families in Leicester are being encouraged to get moving this summer with an online programme of fun activities to try at home.

• Community testing stepped up as city bids to drive down covid-19 infection rate

  9 July 2020

  4 minute read

  THOUSANDS of tests are being carried out in Leicester each day as part of the city’s strategy to bring down the coronavirus infection rate.

• Stay alert and stay home in Leicester

  3 July 2020

  2 minute read

  AS Leicester city and parts of Leicestershire continue to follow stricter lockdown restrictions, than other parts of the country, the councils and Public Health England are asking residents to stay at home and stay safe, particularly this weekend as the rest of the country starts to open up again.

• Lockdown restrictions in Leicester to be extended for at least two weeks

  29 June 2020

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester and its outlying suburbs are to be asked to continue to follow current national restrictions for at least a further two weeks, and non-essential shops will be asked to close.

• Additional Coronavirus testing unit set up in Leicester

  21 June 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW coronavirus testing site will open on Leicester’s Spinney Hills Park at 10.30am today (Sunday 21 June).

• Rise in city’s Covid-19 cases shows epidemic is not over

  18 June 2020

  4 minute read

  AS lockdown restrictions are gradually relaxed, the city’s director of public health is warning people in Leicester that the coronavirus epidemic is far from over.

• Celebrating Shared Lives Week

  15 June 2020

  2 minute read

  CARERS in Leicester and the people they support are celebrating Shared Lives Week (15-19 June).

• Support on offer for Carers’ Week

  10 June 2020

  3 minute read

  CARERS in Leicester can get telephone support, advice and information from a series of dedicated sessions being held to mark Carers’ Week – as well as a special ID card to help them identify themselves as carers.

• Care leavers get together online for #MondayNightDinners

  4 June 2020

  1 minute read

  Young people in care and who have recently left care have been supporting each other through the coronavirus crisis by holding online cooking sessions together.