Health & Wellbeing Through My Eyes’ maternity photo exhibition opens in Leeds A new photography exhibition celebrating diversity and individuality in maternity has opened at Thackray Museum of Medicine, in collaboration with the maternity service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTHT) and Lens Lab Project, a non-profit arts organisation who are based locally in Burmantofts. The photos were taken at Maternal Journal art By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing Scholarship for mental health nurse to address suicide in farming A mental health nurse hopes to offer helpful insights into what more can be done to prevent suicides in British agriculture by embarking on an international study tour, sponsored by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society. Lucia Slack has been awarded a prestigious Nuffield Farming Scholarship to study ‘Addressing Suicide in Agriculture: By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Change the way you clean your home in 2025 People are now more conscious of the products that make it into their home – in terms of what they put into their body, on their skin AND what they clean their home with. The approach to cleaning our homes and businesses has changed hugely over the past couple of years. By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing MP Katie White opens the £12m elective care Hub at Wharfedale Hospital The new £12million Elective Care Unit at Wharfedale Hospital – which reduces the time patients wait for surgery and provides protected space for planned operations to take place – has been officially opened by Katie White, MP for North West Leeds. Katie joined Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s Chair Dame Linda By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing HelloHope partners with Miss Yorkshire to run Mindful Malta retreat Harrogate’s Chloe McEwen, the reigning ‘Miss Yorkshire’ has partnered with HelloHope, a mental health organisation to host a mindful retreat. The 7-day ‘Hello Mindful Malta’ retreat will take place from the 2nd-9th May in a luxury 5-star villa in Malta run by Chloe McEwen and HelloHope’s founder and By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Newborn babies tested for over 200 genetic conditions Hundreds of babies have begun to be tested for over 200 rare genetic conditions as part of a world-leading study that has now launched at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). The pioneering study aims to identify conditions such as Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) in babies sooner, and could enable hundreds By The Editor • 4 min read
Health & Wellbeing Local Opticians and Audiologists earns sustainability certification Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists has achieved a prestigious sustainability certification after successfully offsetting its carbon emissions across its audiology services at seven of its practices throughout Yorkshire. Earlier this year, Bayfields was awarded the certification for its optical offering, and now it has extended its sustainability efforts to include its By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Can you help the Outward Bound Trust with team Blossom? Team Blossom is walking 22 miles raising funds for The Outward Bound Trust to empower young women from West Yorkshire. By The Editor • 1 min read
Health & Wellbeing Former Harley Street doctor opens new skin clinic in Ilkley Attention, beauty enthusiasts! Get ready to indulge in a new realm of self-care as The Ilkley Skin Clinic opens its doors this November. Founded by Dr Ellie Jolly, a highly skilled aesthetician with a wealth of experience, the state-of-the-art clinic is set to offer a wide range of advanced skin By The Editor • 1 min read
Health & Wellbeing Cardiology and children’s services at Leeds General Infirmary showcased Staff at Leeds General Infirmary have welcomed Minister of State for Health and Social Care Karin Smyth MP, showcasing state-of-the-art heart care as well as the decisive steps being taken to care for more children and young people. Minister Smyth visited the Cardio-respiratory Catheter Labs and Leeds Children’s Hospital By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Swinton Country Club and Spa welcomes new manager One of North Yorkshire’s premier spa and wellness destinations is set to have a new manager. Richard Coates from nearby Scorton is joining the Swinton Estate team as head of the prestigious Swinton Country Club, just outside Masham. Richard is a familiar face around many hotel gyms and spas By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Cahm descends on Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley CAHM, a flourishing manufacturer and supplier of fragrance and wellbeing products, has opened a new shop at the award-winning Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, near Leeds. Founded in 2020 in the middle of lockdown, CAHM is owned and run by Whitby-born Amy Hogarth. CAHM’s products are stocked in over By The Editor • 3 min read
