Stockport’s FLAG (“For Local Advice and Guidance”) organisation offers confidential, free and independent local advice and guidance about adult health and social care services. More than 2,200 customers were supported in 2011 from right across Stockport, aged 16+. Issues and concerns people went to FLAG for help with include finance and benefits, disability, carers and [...]

This is Stockport Wellbeing Week, organised by Stockport Mind, where you can find more information on what’s going on.  The events are all about being creative, getting out and about, having fun and connecting with each other and, most importantly, staying well.  Stockport Mind works for better mental health. There are lots of free events [...]

Have you used the Stockport mobile breast cancer screening units in the last six months?  If so, please take a few minutes to complete this online survey. Local residents may recall we’ve had a problem getting the mobile unit back into Cheadle – something for which the different sides are blaming each other, so please [...]

Excellent news from Stockport Council: A 2011 survey of 14-16 year olds, commissioned by Trading Standards North West and released this week, reveals that the number of school-aged children in Stockport who drink alcohol every week has halved since 2005, and more young people say they don’t drink at all. The main findings of the [...]

This is the third of a short series of posts summarising how the council believes it’s doing in meeting its main priorities.  It’s a summarised version of a public report, which itself is a summary of hundreds of pages of reports, backed up by data, looking at every aspect of the 600+ services we deliver. [...]

If we had several thousand pounds, could we come up with a sensible way to keep cyclists safe on the A34 between Gatley and Parrs Wood? If so, it may be possible, and drivers might benefit as well as cyclists. First, the money. The Barnes Hospital development is back on the cards, which means the [...]

A new commercial service providing specialised fitness for disabled people has been launched at the Village Hotel, Cheadle, having expanded from their original location in Bury. Anyone interested in finding out more can visit the Include Lifestyle Fitness website.

That’s the slightly bizarre claim being made in the Daily Express and Daily Mail today. Residents of Stockport need only pop into their local chippy to confirm that the story isn’t true, but where’s it come from?  Here’s the slightly less exciting truth behind the fiction: ASK CAMPAIGN – ENCOURAGING A REDUCED SALT USE Dr [...]

As we’ve previously reported, there’s some confusion over the mobile breast screening service at Massie Street car park. Stockport Council have said it’s still welcome, but the NHS Trust aren’t bringing it along and are telling people that the Council won’t let them put it on the car park any more. Pam and I are [...]

A false rumour has been circulating that Stockport Council have stopped the breast screening service from using Massie Street car park in Cheadle. This is not true. The Council is very happy to host screening services.  The latest information I have is that Stockport Health Trust approached the Council asking about the possibility of having [...]