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Wiltshire Council is advising residents to be wary of cold callers and scammers that are looking to take advantage of the current cost of living challenges

Following a statutory consultation involving key stakeholders, an updated Wiltshire Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) has been published by Wiltshire's Health and Wellbeing Board.

This year, 6,206 children across the county registered for the Summer Reading Challenge that ran in Wiltshire Council Libraries for eight weeks over the summer. This was an increase of 39% on last year.

Young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) from across Wiltshire checked out exciting options for the future at a special event last week.

A new hospital liaison service will help carers when those they care for are in hospital, and in the often-difficult first few weeks after they return home.

Wiltshire residents can now apply for primary and secondary school places for September 2023 entry, for children starting school for the first time or for children who are moving from a primary to secondary school or from an infant to junior school.

An ambitious project to create new teaching and sports facilities at a Wiltshire school has been given the green light after Wiltshire Council agreed to invest £3m into the scheme.

Wiltshire Council is hoping to welcome the next generation of social workers to make a positive difference for Wiltshire as it seeks to recruit to the 'Step Up to Social Work' programme.

Wiltshire Council is encouraging people who may have time to spare or thinking of a new career in social care to join a government scheme that will support care provision across the county.

At Full Council on 23 February, Wiltshire Council Leader Cllr Philip Whitehead said a rapid scrutiny review will go ahead around issues surrounding Furlong Close where Wiltshire Council has a number of residents.