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A new service has been launched to support the wellbeing of young people across Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight.

Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign that celebrates and recognises the vital contribution of the UK’s unpaid carers – supporting family members and friends who are older, have a disability, mental or physical illness or need extra help.

A targeted two-week community testing programme is taking place in a number of postcodes across the Hart District, Rushmoor Borough and Surrey border in response to confirmation of a small number of cases of the variant, first identified in India.

New data indicates the dental crisis shows no signs of slowing, with four in five people (80%) struggling to access timely care during the last COVID-19 lockdown.

While half of all GP appointments during the pandemic have still been face-to-face, many practices have turned to telephone or video appointments to help people access healthcare advice safely from home, where appropriate.