Health and Wellbeing News & Updates
- 24th June 2025
Work has begun on a wide range of improvements at a city park, including a new playground, fitness area, wildflower meadow and a multi-use games area.
- 12th January 2025
If you've made it a New Year's resolution to quit smoking or lose weight, a new free healthy lifestyles service is here to help!
- 29th December 2024
People are being encouraged to make a different sort of New Year’s resolution with WV Active in 2025.
Site investigations are taking place this month ahead of construction works starting next year on a new state-of-the-art Bilston Health & Wellbeing Facility to serve the community.
- 26th October 2024
Smokers in Wolverhampton are coming forward to take advantage of help and support as they look to 'Swap to Stop'.
- 24th October 2024
A series of vaccination clinics will be taking place across the Black Country for pupils from reception to year 11 who have missed having their free flu vaccine in school, and for children who are educated at home.
- 16th October 2024
Pregnant women and older adults are now eligible for the new Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine and are being encouraged to book appointments before the onset of winter.
- 12th October 2024
People are being encouraged to get out and about this autumn by joining one of a series of 'health walks' which take place around Wolverhampton.
- 9th October 2024
I have written many blogs about anger management. In them I discuss a few simple techniques to deal with anger, such as breathing and counting to ten, walking away, offloading your feelings by writing them out, going for a brisk walk and so on.
Similar to last year, those eligible for a free Covid-19 and flu vaccination include all adults aged 65 years and over, people who live in a care home for older adults, people aged six months to 64 years with health conditions