Practice News
Access to tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) in West Yorkshire
Tirzepatide, commonly known as Mounjaro, is a weekly injection shown to help weight loss and improve related health conditions. From 23 June 2025 a small number of GP practices in West Yorkshire started to contact people who might be medically eligible for this treatment to invite them for a clinical assessment.
This phased rollout follows updated guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)and is part of a national staged programme aimed at improving health outcomes for people living with obesity and related conditions such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
Cervical Screening – Don’t ignore your invites
Cervical screening saves approximately 5,000 lives a year in the UK.
Cervical screening isn’t just a test – it’s your early warning system that can detect problems before they develop into cancer. Every year, thousands of women’s lives are saved because they took this simple step to protect themselves.
High-risk HPV testing in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme is a more sensitive and accurate test than the one previously used (which solely looked for cervical cell changes).
Cervical screening is the best way to find out who is at higher risk of developing the cervical cell changes that over time could potentially lead to cervical cancer.
NEW Social Prescriber – Self Referral
🤝 Meet Your Social Prescriber – Aisling Doyle
Your link to support, connection, and community
What is Social Prescribing?
Social Prescribing is about helping you with the things that affect your health and wellbeing but aren’t medical. It’s support for life’s challenges – whether that’s loneliness, stress, housing, or finding purpose.
We listen, we guide, we connect.
W/C 16th June is PINK/RAINBOW Week
What is cervical screening?
Cervical screening is a way of preventing cervical cancer (cancer of the cervix). It uses tests to find abnormal changes in the cells of the cervix.
The first part of cervical screening is to have a smear test. This is also called the cervical screening test.
We have more information about having a smear test.
Diabetes Week – 9 to 15 June 2025
Diabetes Week is a week to make some noise, raise awareness and shout about the things that matter to people with diabetes, shining a light on what it’s like to live with day in, day out.
Men’s Health Week – 9 to 15 June
Men’s Health Week 2025 – June 9-15 #menshealthweek A strategic approach to men’s (and women’s) health
Carers Week – 9 to 15 June
Carers Week is brought to life by the individuals, groups and organisations taking action and running activities throughout the UK.
These activities reach carers, many of whom don’t know that help is available. They support carers who need a boost to keep going. They enable carers to share their experience of caring, and to connect to support and information they might not know exists
June is Pride Month
Pride is all about being proud of who you are no matter who you love.
Pride month is about acceptance, equality, celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ people, education in LGBTQ+ history and raising awareness of issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community.
Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week 2025
Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week is taking place between Monday 26 May and Sunday 1 June this year. We’re joining NHS England as proud campaign partners for this annual awareness week
Mental Health Awareness Week 12th – 18th May 2025
Since 2001, the Mental Health Foundation has been leading Mental Health Awareness Week – bringing the UK together to focus on getting good mental health. This year, the week takes place from 12 to 18 May 2025 and the theme is ‘community’.