Category: Health and fitness

Tony Back on the Tarmac

Legendary local charity fundraiser Tony Cunningham is attempting to repeat his “10-miles-a-day for a year” fundraiser for the charity Molly Ollys. His 2022 efforts raised £10750. Tony’s new schedule started at 8am on Saturday 30 November in the War Memorial Park with the Lord Mayor, Cllr Mal Mutton, present to launch the event. Molly Ollys …

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Kensington Road Surgery

There is a mistake on page 25 of the December / January issue in the article on Kensington Road GP surgery. The 3rd paragraph is repeated instead of the 4th paragraph, which has been omitted but should have read as follows: “For some time, Kensington Road has been under particular pressure, as those of us …

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Correction to February 2021 ECHO “Walks from Earlsdon” Wainbody Wood East Section

Please note that the section of the walk leaving Stoneleigh Road to visit Wainbody Wood (East Section) is now removed. There are no official rights of way and the landowners have confirmed that they do NOT PERMIT walkers to cross their land to visit the wood. Walkers can, of course, still enjoy the rest of …

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Roadmap Out Of Lockdown

This information has been sent on behalf of West Midlands Police.The below information is from Coventry City Council Community Resilience team about the Messenger Updates. – As you are aware the government this week set out their roadmap out of lockdown, a summary of this can be found here Roadmap out of lockdown Summary (GOV.UK) …

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Covid Weekly Newsletter

This information has been sent on behalf of West Midlands Police Protect 999, go online We need to keep our emergency 999 phone lines free to help those most in need. Many of the calls we receive can be resolved online. So for all non-emergencies please try visiting our website first. http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/ If home doesn’t …

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CovId Update from Coventry Resilience Team

Key differences between Community Testing (lateral flow) and the PCR testing (pre booked tests) Community testing is a walk-in test for anyone who is not showing any symptoms of coronavirus. Results are returned within an hour. Please note you must not attend this test if you are showing any symptoms even mild. Community Testing sites …

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SCAM: NHS VACCINE TEXT MESSAGE

This information has been sent on behalf of West Midlands Police. Stay alert: watch out for a fake text message claiming to be from the NHS claiming you are eligible to apply for the vaccine and will include a link ‘to apply’. The link takes you to a fake NHS website and asks you for …

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Listen to Science

One of the features of the coronavirus crisis is that people appear to be starting to reverse a perceived or actual trend of ignoring experts and science. All advice should be delivered and received with caution. The following has been shared by an NHS contact and originates from Johns Hopkins University in the USA. ECHO …

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NHS Plans – what people said is important in Coventry:

Find out the results of the work Healthwatch Coventry did to ask local people what the local NHS should focus on. They ran two surveys and discussion groups in April- May this year. People called for more timely and consistent communication; joint decision making, professionals that listen; and faster support when needed. Cost; computer literacy, …

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