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• Free blood pressure check
• Events for carers
• New rules on keeping birds
• Our year-end budget position

Free blood pressure check

Around one in four adults in the UK has high blood pressure, but many don’t realise it.

Most people with high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, don't experience any symptoms, even if their blood pressure is dangerously high. This is why it's often called the "silent killer"

Our Live Life Better Derbyshire team is out and about across the county offering free blood pressure checks.

It's a quick, simple check that could prevent serious health problems from developing.

Find out where the team will be this month 

Events for carers

If you’re a carer, did you know there are lots of activities, training and events which are free for you to take part in this month?

From chair-based yoga and arts and crafts to reading groups and manual handling training, there’s lots on offer hosted by Derbyshire Carers Association (DCA). To access the events and activities, you’ll need to be registered with the Derbyshire All Age Carers Support Service.  Take a look at what’s available and book yourself a place. The Derbyshire All Age Carers Support Service – which is delivered by DCA on our behalf – includes: Information and advice helpline Face to face, home visits and telephone support Planning for emergencies Support groups Carer’s assessments Skills for caring Financial advice and grants Social activities and events Volunteering and more. Follow DCA on Facebook and X for news, updates, and events.

New rules on keeping birds

Do you keep poultry? New rules are being introduced to help protect the poultry industry from bird flu. Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has confirmed that the threshold for mandatory registration on the GB Poultry Register will be reduced from 50 birds to one, and all poultry keepers will need to review their entry every year. The deadline is 1 Oct 2024.

Our year-end budget position

We ended the last financial year in an improved position following a number of measures taken to tackle an overspend but we are warning that challenging times remain.

A report to be considered by our Cabinet on 10 July details how we have reduced our forecast revenue overspend to less than half the original forecast overspend for 2023 to 2024 of £46.4 million which was first reported last September.

This week’s report details how a combination of strict cost-control measures, additional income and grant funding, departmental savings and use of reserves resulted in an improvement of £24.7 million on the overspend sum originally forecast.

The final end-of-year revenue overspend of £21.7 million will be met from reserves.

While the overspend reduction has been welcomed, senior council leaders warned that the challenges affecting us and councils across the country have not gone away.