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We were all excited to see the launch of PHE’s major new Mental Health campaign, ‘Every Mind Matters’ on 7th October, supported by the Royal Family and numerous celebrities. The campaign supports everyone to feel more confident in taking action to look after their mental health and wellbeing – advocating a range of self-care actions to promote good mental health and tackle common problems, as well as signposting wider resources and services for those in greater need. Through use of the campaign’s content and navigation tool, our aim is for 1 million adults to be better informed and equipped to [...]

Congratulations to the first Orthoptists who have qualified in using the exempted medicines! The first ever medicines students have gained their qualification from The University of Sheffield and are expecting annotation on the HCPC register at any minute! They will be able to independently supply the prescription only and pharmacy only medicines exempted for Orthoptists, to patients. This is great news for patient care, for Orthoptics as a profession and for NHS provision! Congratulations to Orthoptists Louise Blackburn, Greg Richardson, Joshua Simmons, Haseeb Ali, Aishah Baig, Rebecca Bailey, Karzan Hughes, Sabrina Katharpermall, Olivia King, Faye Mather, and Sarah Spain who [...]