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      <title>Starting conversations in the workplace about suicide</title>
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      <description>Birmingham City Council is encouraging Birmingham residents to engage in open, compassionate conversations with colleagues in the workplace. </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>New Year Stop Smoking Campaign Launches Across Birmingham </title>
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      <description>For the month of January, Birmingham City Council is encouraging Birmingham residents to choose to stop smoking for good.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Birmingham wins prestigious national award for innovative food partnership</title>
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      <description>Birmingham has won a prestigious Sustainable Food Places Silver Award.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>New data shows decline in smoking rates in Birmingham </title>
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      <description>New figures from the ONS, show that the smoking prevalence in Birmingham is at a record low of 12.2%, down from 13.6% (-1.4) in 2023, with rates reducing from 10.9% down to 10.4% (-0.5) nationally.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Birmingham City Council invests in local stop smoking support </title>
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      <description>Birmingham Public Health has expanded community stop smoking services through the Smokefree Generation grant, marking a major step forward in the national journey towards becoming smokefree by 2030.</description>
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      <title>First ever Birmingham Suicide Prevention Week launches with library exhibition </title>
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      <description>Birmingham’s inaugural Suicide Prevention Week has launched with an exhibition at the Library of Birmingham honouring those lost to suicide while also encouraging open conversations about the topic.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:29:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Measles: Protect yourself, your family and your community </title>
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      <description>Measles cases have been increasing across the West Midlands.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Test to protect: Know your risk this World TB Day </title>
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      <description>On World TB Day (March 24th), Birmingham City Council is urging communities in the city to understand their risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) and how to protect themselves and their loved ones.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>New Director of Public Health appointed for Birmingham</title>
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      <description>Birmingham City Council has appointed a new Director of Public Health.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Government announces 3% boost to the public health grant for Birmingham in 2025/26 </title>
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      <description>Birmingham’s annual settlement to fund public health services has been announced to be £108 million in 2025/26. This confirms an increase to the existing annual public health grant of 3%. </description>
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