More health, wellbeing and social care news stories

On this page you can read more news stories relating to health, wellbeing and social care.  They are broken down by the month they were published.

June 2026

• Cabinet lead for Adult Social Care and Health Partnerships expresses serious concerns over abolition of Healthwatch

• Summit on dentistry in Cornwall aims to find solutions for dental challenges

May 2026

• Nominations now open for this year’s Proud to Care Cornwall Awards

• Cornwall’s adult social care services are delivering a good standard of care for residents

April 2026

• Cornwall joins the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities

• New strategy launched to support unpaid carers in Cornwall

• Celebrating Cornwall’s inspirational over sixties

• Tobacco and Vapes Act ‘will protect children in Cornwall from a lifetime of addiction’

March 2026

• Cornwall social workers recognised in BASW’s Amazing Social Worker Awards

• Community grants now available for research into factors impacting people’s health and wellbeing in Cornwall

• Cornwall’s 60 over 60 finalists are announced

February 2026

• Truro City FC teams up with Healthy Cornwall to champion Orange Button suicide prevention scheme

January 2026

• Memorial quilt is ‘powerful symbol of devastation caused by suicide’ at special event

• Search begins for Cornwall’s ‘Sixty Over Sixty’

• Argyle Fit football league is open goal for women in Cornwall looking to lose weight

December 2025

• Cornwall’s 2025 suicide prevention conference hailed a success

• Cornwall Council and local NHS urge residents to return unused care equipment

October 2025

• New public health report calls on all residents and organisations in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly to help end child poverty

• Cornwall to launch the biggest ever survey on attitudes towards ageing

September 2025

• Feel better, feel proud and have more spending power when you become smokefree this ‘Stoptober’

• Care event puts Cornwall’s care sector on the map

August 2025

• Nearly 2,000 people a month are using new web translation tool

• Social prescribing pilot supports 2,000 people in Cornwall to switch to healthier transport

July 2025

• Healthwatch report shows the value added to Cornwall’s health and care system