Healthwatch Devon want to hear from people living with long-term conditions to find out what they really think about the support they get from local health services in Devon.
A long-term condition could include things like asthma, diabetes, arthritis, chronic kidney disease or heart disease.
Local health managers want to make sure that people living with long-term conditions get all the support they need to manage their own care and live the best lives they can.
To do this they need to understand how people feel about the care that they currently receive. We are...
Devon County Council has secured an additional £20,000 from the Department for Transport to train 1,000 children to Level One standard of Bikeability cycle training.
Bikeability is a national initiative providing “cycling proficiency” for the 21st century which has been adopted by Devon County Council as the cycle training standard in the county.
The Level One training is for children in Years Three and Four at schools in Devon (excluding Torbay and Plymouth) and includes training in basic cycle skills in an off-road environment.
Dartmoor National Park Authority is asking for views on a new code of conduct for cycling within the National Park.
The new code provides a simple set of guidelines aimed to encourage responsible cycling within the National Park for both on and off road cyclists. The National Park produces a series of codes for all the most popular activities enjoyed on Dartmoor and with a huge increase in the use of the moor and its road network for cycling there is a need to provide information to help with awareness.
Andrew Watson, Head of Recreation, Access & Estates said: "We have...
Ottery St Mary’s popular ‘Samosa Lady’ Tina Chauhan is opening her own shop in the centre of town after her style of cooking took locals by storm.
The shop in Broad Street will sell light Indian snacks and chai tea from a special family recipe, as well as chilled curries, pickles, chutneys, rice, bread and Tina’s celebrated handmade samosas.
Tina has spent the last few years introducing her own brand of home-style Gujarati food to the people of East Devon, selling the samosas along with her signature coriander chutney at the town’s monthly community market.
Thomas Waldrom says it's vital the Exeter Chiefs continue to keep moving forward after an encouraging start to the 2014/15 Aviva Premiership season.
The Chiefs notched up their third win in four starts on Sunday when they overcame Harlequins 36-13 at Sandy Park.
Summer signing Waldrom claimed Exeter's opening try at the weekend - and took his own season tally to three as he touched down alongside skipper Jack Yeandle and centre Henry Slade.
Fly-half Gareth Steenson added a further 15 points, whilst two more monster penalties from Slade helped to complete the job on...
The acclaimed Vienna Festival Ballet will be performing one of the great classics of world ballet, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, at Exeter Corn Exchange on Sunday 12 October.
The Vienna Festival Ballet, which was formed in 1980, regularly tours the UK under artistic director Peter Mallek and provides the opportunity to see the art and skills of the ballet at close quarters.
The enchanting tale of The Nutcracker is one of the best-loved ballets and centres around Clara and her nutcracker doll, which magically transforms into a princely soldier. Their adventures see the...
The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has won a national award for outstanding efficiency and improvement in developing community services.
The Trust’s stroke therapy team added to its growing trophy collection with victory at the HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards on Tuesday night (23 September).
The team beat seven other finalists in the Value and Improvement in Community Health Service Redesign category.
The nomination related to the ongoing success of the team’s early supported discharge (ESD) and VISTA projects.
Early Met Office figures show this is set to be the driest September across the UK since records began in 1910, with exceptionally low rainfall for many parts of the country.
It is also likely to finish in the top five warmest, with UK mean temperatures significantly above the monthly average.
Using figures from 1-28 September, the UK as a whole has received 19.4 mm of rain, which is just 20 % of the normal amount of rainfall we'd expect for the month. Prior to this, the driest September on record was 1959 with 23.8mm.
A worrying new survey has revealed that 12% of three year olds have tooth decay.
The reserach, published by Public Health England (PHE), found that those children affected had an average of 3 decayed teeth due to the disease.
There was a dramatic variation of tooth decay prevalence ranging from 2% to 34% across the country. However the large majority of children (88%) in this age group have no decay at all. This reflects trends of significant improvements in dental health since the introduction of fluoride toothpaste in 1976.
