Greg Fell

Sheffield Town Hall

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A Google Maps image of a former nail bar at 9 Fargate in Sheffield city centre. Sheffield Council refused a licence for a gambling arcade because of fears over crime and disorder in that area

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Staff at Wicker Pharmacy, at 55 Wicker, Sheffield, have had training on administering a life-saving medication.

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Coun Joe Otten has challenged Sheffield City Council's policy on restricting hot food takeaways near schools that forms part of the draft local plan. Picture: Sheffield LibDems

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A new food strategy for Sheffield aims to tackle health inequalities and obesity by making nutritious food more easily and cheaply available. Picture: Notts County Council

Plan aims to make healthy food cheaper and more accessible

Director of public health Greg Fell. Sheffield’s health leaders issued a warning about the dangers of dirty air, saying between five and 10 per cent of deaths could be prevented by reducing air pollution.

Health leaders issue warning on killer air pollution

Most Sheffielders will spend a quarter of their life in poor health but those who live in the most deprived areas can expect to live shorter and in worse health, it is claimed.

Most Sheffielders will spend a quarter of their life in poor health

Humankind will be providing 'invaluable' drug and alcohol treatment in Sheffield from August 1.

Renowned charity to provide 'invaluable' drug and alcohol treatments

Greg Fell, Sheffield’s director for public health has stressed the importance of clean air for health, saying dirty air contributes to hundreds of deaths and illnesses like dementia and heart disease.

Clean Air Zone: how dangerous is dirty air? Public health director explains

Fast food is associated with non-communicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes and strokes, Sheffield City Council's health and wellbeing board heard

Junk food adverts could be banned near schools in bid to save lives

Scarlet Fever symptoms. Photo: NHS. Sheffield’s director of public health has warned that the city is seeing a rise in the contagious infection which was common in Victorian times

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Sheffield’s adult hospitals have seen a major rise in coronavirus cases over a week, official figures reveal.

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Police say they are ‘increasingly concerned’ after a 45-year-old man, Paul, went messing from home in Sheffield. Paul is pictured here.

Police ‘increasingly concerned’ for missing man

Sheffield’s public health boss has warned the city faces a ‘substantial’ fresh wave of the coronavirus. Pictured is a doctor preparing to give a Covid vaccination

Fourth Covid booster jab likely as Sheffield faces ‘substantial’ fresh wave

The latest data, published by The Office for National Statistics suggests smoking rates across Sheffield are now at an all-time low of 10.3% for the city, with over 20,000 people quitting in the last 5 years.

Smoking rates in Sheffield at 'all-time low'

High Storrs School.

Sheffield school asks pupils to wear masks in classroom

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Bosses at Notre Dame Catholic High School are warning pupils could be told to stay home next week as coronavirus cases rise.

School puts parents on ‘work-from-home’ alert over Covid rise

A Sheffield GP prepares a vaccine. GP practices are seeing staff absence rise as Covid cases increase, two years after the first lockdown was announced

GP surgeries hit by Covid-related staff shortages as case rise again

New figures reveal that Sheffield has the highest infection rate across Yorkshire and the Humber

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Sally Conlan Deputy Nurse Director for the Covid 19 Vaccination Programme vaccinates Rita Moss at the Covid 19 max vaccination centre which has opened at the Sheffield Arena. Picture Scott Merrylees

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Dad-of-two of Woodseats, Tom Dudley died unexpectedly at the age of 31.

Sheffield dad's death splits views on the safety of Covid jabs

Dad-of-two of Woodseats, Tom Dudley died unexpectedly at the age of 31.

Dad's death following AstraZeneca vaccine as rare as being 'struck by lightning'

Smokefree Sheffield event outside Sheffield Town Hall on No Smoking Day.

No Smoking Day: Sheffield leaders highlight dangers of criminal cigarette trade

Bob Johnson and Abtisam Mohamed from Sheffield City Council with Head Teacher Andy Kelly in the sports hall at Yewlands School, before it reopened after lockdown.
Sheffield's director of public health Greg Fell says he still supports wearing facemasks in schools. Picture: Chris Etchells

Sheffield health chief still wants masks in schools despite restrictions ending

John Devlin 31/08/2020. Stock shot of pupils wearing face masks/coverings. Health bosses in Sheffield are urging people to remain cautious when plan B rules end in the city.

‘Be cautious’ Sheffield schools told as Covid Plan B rules end

Greg Fell gave an update on Sheffield's Covid-19 situation in a Sheffield Council online briefing saying more than 100,000 adults were still unvaccinated.

More than 100,000 adults still unvaccinated in Sheffield

A man receives a dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in a vaccination clinic set up at St Columba's Church in Sheffield

Tens of thousands of people in Sheffield get Covid booster jab in three weeks

Greg Fell, Sheffield's director of public health, said the rate at which cases of the Omicron Covid variant are rising among over-65s is 'very worrying'

Rise in Omicron cases among over-65s 'very worrying'

Sheffield Council's full council troubles continue for another month as it fails to find a suitable venue in time amid soaring costs and Covid-19 concerns.

Sheffield Council fails to find suitable full council venue for third month

Greg Fell, director of Public Health at Sheffield City Council, has urged smokers to make it their new resolution to quit

The £5,000 incentive to give up smoking in 2022

New Sheffield campaign means smokers who quit are now three times more likely to succeed

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Nurses at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, preparing COVID Pfizer vaccine doses.

The latest Covid death toll in Sheffield as Omicron cases surge

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Greg Fell, director of Public Health at Sheffield City Council.

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