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Sexual health and wellbeing are being highlighted around the world during September with World Sexual Health Day on 4 September, celebrating every person's right to sexual wellbeing, and World Contraception Day on 26 September.

Additional funding allocated as part of three-year scheme

Wiltshire Council's Health and Wellbeing Board and partners have written a draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) based on the information gathered from various sources including Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Community Pharmacy service provisions and feedback of a recent public survey about Wiltshire's pharmaceutical services.

Wiltshire Council has confirmed that the NHS has signed a six-month extension to its lease of City Hall, which will see them continue to use the venue until the end of September 2022.

Wiltshire Sexual Health (WiSe) will continue to provide sexual health and HIV services in Wiltshire after it was awarded a new contract following a competitive process.

New national measures have been introduced

The van will be visiting various targeted communities, to offer free lateral flow tests

A Swindon resident has been ordered to pay £440 in fines after giving her household waste to an unlicensed waste collector, who then fly-tipped it in Lyneham, in the Wiltshire Council authority area

During Alcohol Awareness Week 2021, Wiltshire Council is raising awareness of the ways alcohol can affect people and their relationships.

We are working closely with charity Splitz so people in Wiltshire who need to escape abuse and make positive life changes are supported when they need help