Health column
Welcome to our Health column
The columns are published regularly from the borough's different health organisations.
- Cancer Screenings can help save lives - Rachael Musgrave
- Description
- Data shows that one in two of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives but in many cases the outcomes can be significantly better with early detection, so this month I am urging everyone to take up the offer of screening when eligible.
- Date:
- Thursday 23rd February 2023
- Get the best start to the New Year - Rachael Musgrave
- Description
- It's a new year and for many of us that means it's the time for making exciting plans, taking on new challenges, and getting healthier. Staying well throughout winter will help us all to enjoy the things we love, and want, to do.
- Date:
- Tuesday 17th January 2023
- Keep Yourself and Those Around You Safe This Christmas - Rachael Musgrave
- Description
- We are just weeks away from Christmas Day; the time that many of us get together with friends and family, exchange gifts and enjoy a well-deserved break.
- Date:
- Tuesday 6th December 2022
- Keeping well in winter - Rachael Musgrave
- Description
- It is that time of year again where our days get shorter, the weather gets colder and we all begin to face the threat of winter viruses, including flu.
- Date:
- Tuesday 25th October 2022
- No One Should be Afraid to Ask For Help
- Description
- Hi I'm Rachael Musgrave and I'm proud to have joined Wigan Council as the new Director of Public Health.
- Date:
- Tuesday 13th September 2022
- How arts and culture is key to public health - Professor Kate Ardern
- Description
- Since launching our cultural manifesto, The Fire Within, a couple of years ago, we've been actively looking at the benefits arts and culture can have on our health and wellbeing.
- Date:
- Friday 17th September 2021