The latest edition of the Public Health Effectiveness Bulletin is now available to read. The bulletin is produced monthly and includes public health news, publications, statistics, reports and links to key documents.  This month’s bulletin (issue 43) includes articles on tobacco, mental health, FGM, e-cigarettes, online safety, emotional wellbeing, shingles, nicotine, life expectancy, diabetes, and […]

      Leeds Community Healthcare (LCH) provide a number of services out of Otley Clinic & Yeadon Health Centre. These proposals will result in significantly reduced services. (Reduction in service appears in bold for ease of identification) Above is the ‘overarching’ consultation with reasons for the review of estate and services. If you wish […]

Quite a few residents from Otley and Yeadon have written to me with regards the ‘Space for Cycling’ campaign. Here is an upcoming event in support of that campaign. —— Leeds Cycling Campaign Join us in riding for Space for Cycling! It’s less than a week until our second Space for Cycling ride on Saturday […]

Dear Sandy, As a member of Leeds Community Healthcare with a registered interest in Children’s services or School Nursing we have an engagement opportunity which may be of interest to you. The first is a survey aimed at young people aged 11-18, the School Nursing Service is thinking of developing an App for teenagers and […]

Last week Cllr’s Campbell, Downes and myself visited the former Wharfedale Hospital in Otley for an update on the progress of the conversion of the former hospital into 60 homes, which will compromise of 27 townhouses, 8 apartments and 25 ‘new’ build homes. Of course, up until October 2004 the site on Newall Carr Road […]

Now that the dark winter nights have returned there seems to have been an increase in dog fouling (again) on the Cambridge estate. I have today written to Leeds City Council asking them the following questions; 1) Who are able to enforce penalties ie. Dog Wardens, PCSO’s, Council Officers etc 2) When was the last 3 visits […]