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Eat well because health matters is the message from the NHS in Leeds and Leeds City Council as a new campaign is launched to encourage older people to look for signs of unintentional weight loss.

One of the three new clinical commissioning groups in Leeds is calling on young artists in the city to send in health-themed pieces of art to brighten up their offices and win some prizes.

Cash extorted by convicted loan sharks is to be ploughed back into communities, in whichever way Leeds residents see fit.

NHS Leeds and Change 4 Life are bringing to town an interactive food roadshow to promote healthy eating and being food smart. The event will take place on the 21^st February 2013 on Briggate, Leeds.

With cases of measles rising to an 18 year high the local NHS is reminding parents that they should protect their young children by taking up the offer of a MMR vaccine.

Residents across Leeds are being urged to have their say and help shape dental services for people without a regular dentist or who need urgent care out of hours.

NHS Leeds is using an innovative approach that will give local people a chance to help develop a campaign to encourage people to complete their bowel cancer testing kits.

Smokers (and non smokers) are being given the chance to win a £50 shopping voucher as part of the Leeds Let’s Quit campaign developed by NHS Leeds.

NHS Leeds has teamed up with the Yorkshire Cancer Network and other local NHS trusts to raise awareness of the importance of cervical screening among young women in West Yorkshire.

One of Britain's leading TV writers Kay Mellor OBE is backing a bowel cancer campaign with a simple message that doing the bowel cancer screening test could be a lifesaver.

NHS Leeds has teamed up with Night Out Leeds to encourage people to stay within the limits during the party season over the festive period.

NHS Leeds is joining forces with NHS organisations across England in a tweetathon campaign (starting on 9 December) that aims to help ensure people choose the right NHS service at the right time.

A campaign that highlights the risk posed by loan sharks is rolling into Bramley on Thursday (6 December) with the support of the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Ann Castle. The event will take place 2pm - 4.30pm at Fairfield Community Centre.

A gritty new soap demonstrating the dangers of alcohol will be launched during alcohol awareness week (19-25 November).

Community Pharmacy West Yorkshire enlisted the support of Makkah Mosque to get men to take a more active interest in their medicines as part of Ask Your Pharmacist Week (5-12 November).

A national NHS programme that is being rolled out across Leeds is encouraging older people in Leeds to improve their wellbeing and quality of life by accessing talking therapies.

Leeds City Council and the NHS inLeedshave come together to raise awareness of Self Care Week 2012 which is taking place from 12 - 18 November. 

Community Pharmacy West Yorkshire has enlisted the support of Leeds United to get men to take a more active interest in their medicines as part of Ask Your Pharmacist Week (5-12 November).

Health professionals in Leeds are urging mums to protect their newborn babies against the whooping cough as cases continue to rise nationally.

A campaign supporting people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities to understand the importance of cancer screening and presenting early with signs and symptoms has been launched today (9 October) at Leeds Town Hall.

The countdown to Stoptober is on for smokers in Leeds.

A nationwide Government campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer takes to the road in Leeds this week. The ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ roadshow will tour shopping centres throughout England over the next 5 weeks.

Local people are being asked for their views on a proposal for a chronic back and neck pain service for Leeds.

New ways of caring for people living with long-term ill health are to be tested in Leeds. It is one of seven cities nationwide to be given specially earmarked funding under the Department of Health’s ‘Year of Care’ scheme.

NHS Commissioners in Yorkshire and the Humber have today (16 July) announced the partnership of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and Local Care Direct as the preferred provider to deliver the new NHS 111 service for the region (subject to contract sign off).  The NHS 111 service will make it easier for the public to access healthcare services when they need medical help fast, but it’s not a life-threatening situation.  It will be available to the public throughout Yorkshire and the Humber from March 2013.  The contract will also include out-of-hours urgent treatment services for residents of West Yorkshire and Craven.

NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds held an event to encourage the local residents of Beeston Hill and Holbeck to come and show their support to the plain packs protect campaign.

NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds has planned a public meeting that Beeston Hill and Holbeck residents can attend, to give their views on the UK wide consultation on whether tobacco products should be sold in standardised packaging.

Leeds Let’s Change, a programme developed to encourage local people to stay healthier, is running a free competition giving one lucky winner a chance to train with the world champions – the Leeds Rhinos.

An event designed to help young people understand more about their future options will give them a chance to try their hands at becoming DJs for the day.

A week long exhibition, hosted by The Light Shopping Centre (23-29 June), will show just how far Leeds has come since the Breastfeeding Friendly campaign was launched last August.

The NHS in West Yorkshire is urging patients to contact their GP as normal if they need medical care or advice during the day of doctors’ industrial action on Thursday (21 June).

A campaign has been launched in Leeds aiming to keep older people in the city properly hydrated to coincide with the National Association of Care Catering’s Dehydration in Older People Awareness Week 2012 (11-17 June).