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How healthy is the town; what’s the level of wellbeing? Intuitive Therapy
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the Joint Strategic Needs As- outlines how these and Stress, tension, fatigue, insomnia,
sessment (JSNA) for 2014/15, other priority areas are headaches, migraine & body aches
providing an overview of the being tackled. can all be treated
current and future health For example, a scheme Offering professional
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in the country, relating to 2012/13 significant inequalities remain
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partner or other family members.
• 2,911 babies were born in 2013, Data and intelligence is also Provided by Swindon Women’s Aid,
28 born to women aged under 18 available on a wide range of its main priority is to increase the By Sue
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