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YOUNG people are being targeted by health professionals in Bucks in a campaign to get screened for sexual health infection chlamydia.
A new postal self-test kit is set to become available soon, which people can order confidentially online. Including a prepaid envelope to return the test, the results are available by text or phone within 10 working days.
The initiative, which is part of a national clampdown, is being incorporated into NHS Buckinghamshire's 'More than a Hug' project which highlights the potential infertility that can be caused if the condition is left untreated.

A GROUP of Chalfont St Peter women have appeared on a national television series documenting their attempts to lose weight.
The group, who call themselves the Chalfont Chubbies, appeared on the Channel 4 series My Big Fat Diet alongside host Anna Richardson.

THE National Society for Epilepsy (NSE) has had the perfect start to the new year by receiving a huge donation.
The centre, based in Chesham Lane, Chalfont St Peter, was given a grant of £17,488 by the Roald Dahl Foundation to help set up and support seven epilepsy information stands at paediatric epilepsy clinics across the country.

CHILDREN in the Chiltern district are being urged to get fit and healthy in the new year by taking up a course for overweight youngsters.
Tips to help people get healthier have been launched by child obesity experts at MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition,Do it!).

A CHALFONT St Peter hairdresser is offering support to women who have lost their hair by stylishly re-cutting their wigs for them.
Fake It, in Market Place, Chalfont St Peter, is offering the service to women who have lost their hair through illness and have been given wigs as a replacement.

IF YOU were offered the chance to see into the future, to view a photograph of your own face in five years' time, would you be brave enough to do it?
That's what I did at the invitation of Beauty Therapist Helen Griffith who works from her home in Ashlea Road, Chalfont St Peter.

A worker at Denham Manor Nursing home has been rewarded for his dedication to his job.
Barry Pentelow, who works at the home in Halings Lane, received the Unsung Hero award from Caring Homes, who run the site in Denham, at their national awards ceremony.

A brand new hospital with 24 in-patient beds and more services than currently exist at Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross hospital could be built on a greenfield site, Bucks PCT said this week.
The new community hospital would include all services that are currently provided at the hospital, in Hampden Road, plus a GP practice, a clinic and possibly mental health services.

Health visitor Well Baby Clinics held on Thursdays, 9.30am to 11am in the Chalfont Community Centre, Gravel Hill.

Call Anne Toon on 01753 888 665.

Misbourne and St Giles Surgeries are holding flu clinics at the Community Centre, Gravel Hill on Thursday, October 9 from 8.30am to 5pm.
If patients are unable to attend this clinic or the one in Chalfont St Giles on Wednesday, October 15, then please ring your own surgery, after October 20, for information on how to obtain your flu vaccination