April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK, with 36,600 cases diagnosed each year. Dr Pete Holloway is cancer lead for the CCG; read his blog here
This week is National Obesity Awareness Week (9 Jan - 15 Jan). In Suffolk, we have a huge problem with the incidence of obesity being higher than any borough in London. The numbers have trebled in the last 25 years and is reaching epidemic proportions.