Archive for the ‘Community’ Category
Monday, February 14th, 2011
NHS Birmingham East and North is campaigning to encourage mothers to exercise their rights to feed their babies in public. As well as holding sessions for new and expectant mums, the campaign encourages businesses to become breastfeeding-friendly.
The campaign targets mums and businesses in east and north Birmingham where breastfeeding rates are low. Breastfeeding gives babies the best start in life and can help reduce the number of babies that are admitted to hospital. Mothers who start and continue breastfeeding can improve mother and infant health, and also prevent obesity, diabetes and cancer.
Free and informal sessions are being held at venues across east and north Birmingham to support new mums to:
- Prepare for those first moments together
- Understand what a baby’s needs will be
- Learn all about breastfeeding.
Businesses can show their support by achieving some simple quality standards and becoming a ‘Breastfeeding Friendly Business’.
By implementing these standards, a business can create a welcoming and supportive environment in which breastfeeding women will feel supported and valued.
Download some of the marketing materials below to show your support.
Marketing materials
Download and print the resources below to show your support for our breastfeeding campaign.
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Posted in Acocks Green, Breastfeeding, Children, Communications and FOI, Featured, General public, Health improvement, Kingstanding, News, Parents, Pregnant women, Press release, The services we offer, What our priorities are and how we are doing, Women | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
A public meeting to discuss plans to improve local maternity services has been cancelled tonight, due to bad weather.
The meeting, which was scheduled to start at 5pm at Mere Green Community Centre in Sutton Coldfield was part of the formal consultation on maternity services launched last month by Solihull NHS Care Trust and NHS Birmingham East and North.
The consultation document is available online at www.maternityconsultation.co.uk or in printed form from the Patient Advice and Liaison Services Freephone telephone 0800 783 2894 or email palsbenpct@nhs.net.
Ways in which people can share their views on the consultation are outlined at www.maternityconsultation.co.uk although if any individuals or groups have any wider requirements they are advised to contact Tahirah Khan on 0121 380 9115 or email tahirah.khan@benpct.nhs.uk.
Posted in Communications and FOI, Consultation, General public, How we make decisions, Maternity services, News, Press release, Public and patient liaison, Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton New Hall, Sutton Trinity, Sutton Vesey | No Comments »
Friday, November 5th, 2010
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham and the local MP made it a day to remember on 5 November as they opened an innovative High Street health centre in Erdington.
Believed to be one of the first health facilities of its kind in the UK, the Erdington Health and Wellbeing Walk in Centre occupies a prime position at 196 High Street, Erdington. Behind a “shop window”, the newly refurbished building hosts a variety of NHS and other health services over the three floors.
The ground floor houses a health and local services information shop, provided by Health Exchange. Shoppers can pop in for health information and advice, and there is space for groups and organisations to deliver services for the local community, including stop smoking sessions, Health Exchange’s Health Trainer service and the Expert Patient Programme.
On the first floor is a new GP practice and GP-led health centre, run by Badger Midlands Medical. People can walk in and see a GP without an appointment between 8am and 8pm every day, 365 days a year, or register for appointments at the practice either in person or by calling 0121 686 8010.
On the second floor, young people can access free contraceptive services and other sexual health services on a walk-in basis at the New Attitudes contraception and sexual health centre.
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Len Gregory, and Erdington MP Jack Dromey cut a ribbon to officially open the centre, after taking a tour of the new facilities and chatting to staff and patients.
Councillor Gregory said: “I am delighted to be opening the Erdington Health and Wellbeing Walk in Centre. The centre, with its High Street location, makes it easy for people to drop in to access a variety of high quality health information and services, including GPs. The centre will benefit hundreds of people living in and around Erdington, who now have access to a GP without an appointment all year round.”
Paul Sabapathy CBE, Chair of NHS Birmingham East and North, said: “Everyone worked very hard on getting the centre ready for patients, and we are thrilled that the Lord Mayor and local MP officially opened the building. The practice was developed thanks to extra funding to open practices in areas such as Erdington that have lower levels of GPs.”
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Enquiries
Above is a photograph of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Len Gregory, Paul Sabapathy and Jack Dromey MP officially opening the Erdington Health and Wellbeing Walk-in Centre.
For more information, please contact Sarah Millard, NHS Birmingham East and North External Communications Manager, on 0121 380 0620.
Notes to editors
NHS Birmingham East and North is one of 152 primary care trusts (PCTs) within the English NHS. As a PCT, it is responsible for the wise investment of public money to ensure health improvement, access to health services and where appropriate the provision of health services to a local population of some 438,000 people, across 17 wards in north and east Birmingham.
We organise and fund the delivery of health care with the involvement of local people, maximising health outcomes for every pound spent, referred to as commissioning.
About Health Exchange
Health Exchange is a social enterprise dedicated to encouraging people to make positive choices to improve their health and wellbeing. Working directly with individuals, and through local community organisations, primary care centres, GP practices and pharmacies, they provide information, signposting and support to enable people to choose a healthier lifestyle. Their website is at www.healthexchange.org.uk.
Badger Healthcare is a local, not-for-profit organisation. It provides GP out-of-hours services to patients in six PCTs in the Birmingham and surrounding areas. Badger Healthcare is part of the Badger Group, developed by a co-operative of GPs in Birmingham and Solihull.
Midlands Medical Partnership is a partnership of 26 Birmingham General Practitioners who provide NHS GP services to 48,000 patients across Birmingham.
New Attitudes is a free NHS contraception and sexual health clinic open six days a week as a drop-in service. It will provide all methods of contraception and testing, treatment and screening of sexually transmitted infections. This service will also provide support and training for GPs, nurses and other professional in contraception and sexual health.
Posted in Commissioning, Community health services, Emergencies and urgent care, Erdington, Erdington Health and Wellbeing Walk in Centre, General public, Health improvement, News, Press release, Sexual health, The services we offer, Walk-in centres, Who we are and what we do | No Comments »
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Expectant mums in Birmingham are being invited to learn more about giving their babies a healthy start to life with a series of sessions in the east and north of the city.
As part of their antenatal care, mums-to-be and their partners can go along to the sessions at Erdington Health and Wellbeing Walk-in Centre, at 196 High Street, Erdington, on the first Wednesday of every month from 9.30am – 12noon. Expectant mothers in Washwood Heath can drop in to the workshops at Anthony Road Children’s Centre in Alum Rock on the third Wednesday of the month, also from 9.30am – 12noon.
The workshops will help parents think about feeding choices, learn about bonding through feeding and meeting baby’s needs, and find out how to tell feeding is going well.
Jewant Singh, Breastfeeding Co-ordinator at NHS Birmingham East and North, said: “Our friendly antenatal sessions are all about getting new born babies off to the best start in life by meeting their needs, as well as giving women the chance to meet other mums and make new friends. Mums are free to bring dad, grandma, or a friend along too!”
For more information, call Jewant Singh on 0121 380 9270.
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Enquiries
For more information, please contact Sarah Millard, NHS Birmingham East and North External Communications Manager, on 0121 380 0620.
Notes to editors
NHS Birmingham East and North is one of 152 primary care trusts (PCTs) within the English NHS. As a PCT, it is responsible for the wise investment of public money to ensure health improvement, access to health services and where appropriate the provision of health services to a local population of some 438,000 people, across 17 wards in north and east Birmingham.
We organise and fund the delivery of health care with the involvement of local people, maximising health outcomes for every pound spent, referred to as commissioning.
Posted in Adults, Erdington, General public, Health improvement, Maternity services, News, Parents, Pregnant women, Press release, The services we offer, Washwood Heath, Women | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
A ground-breaking new method for carrying out NHS Health Checks was tried out on Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley CBE MP, at a health event in Birmingham last week.
NHS Birmingham East and North’s Cardiovascular Nurse Consultant Jamie Waterall demonstrated the innovative system, created in partnership between the trust and 1 Tempus, an independent IT company.
The system uses touch screen technology to guide Health Care Assistants (HCA) and members of the public through Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) screening which aims to identify potential risk factors for future CVD events. This early detection of risk factors provides an opportunity to employ strategies to reduce risk through lifestyle or medical interventions, such as weight management or blood pressure control.
The advantage of using an electronic system such as this is that all results and referrals are sent automatically to the individual’s GP and lifestyle services, such as smoking cessation. This avoids unnecessary paperwork and reduces delays. The system also intelligently prompts the HCA to the correct advice and management. Measurements such as blood pressure and weight are automatically posted into the system, avoiding data input error. Point of care testing is also used to check lipid profiles, which allows the service to run as a ‘one stop’ appointment.
Jamie Waterall said: “It was a great honour to demonstrate this innovative approach to delivering CVD screening and management to the new Secretary of State for Health. This is a real example of how frontline clinical staff can deliver on the Quality, Innovation, Prevention and Productivity (QIPP) agenda.”
Since the system’s introduction in NHS Birmingham East and North earlier this year, more than 2,000 patients have received screening through it and of those, 385 have been identified as at risk and have been given the appropriate support and referral. Jamie added “The HCAs delivering the Health Check appointments provide really good brief intervention and appropriate referral to lifestyle services using the automated paper-free process. This is invaluable, as it also ensures that only those people who require further assessment and intervention need to be seen for a follow-up appointment at the GP surgery.”
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Photo caption: (1) Cardiovascular Nurse Consultant Jamie Waterall (right) demonstrates the innovative approach that NHS Birmingham East and North have developed to deliver the NHS Health Checks to the Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley CBE MP (left).
Photo caption: (2) NHS Health Check Facilitator Anita Kasprzyk (right) undertaking an NHS Health Check with local resident Mr Stephen Beeke.
Enquiries
For more information, contact Jamie Waterall, CVD Nurse Consultant, on 0121 380 9286 or 07971 306733 or email jamie.waterall@benpct.nhs.uk.
Notes to editors
NHS Birmingham East and North is one of 152 primary care trusts (PCTs) within the English NHS. As a PCT, it is responsible for the wise investment of public money to ensure health improvement, access to health services and where appropriate the provision of health services to a local population of some 438,000 people, across 17 wards in north and east Birmingham.
We organise and fund the delivery of health care with the involvement of local people, maximising health outcomes for every pound spent, referred to as commissioning.
Posted in Communications and FOI, General public, Health advice, News, Press release, The services we offer, Washwood Heath | No Comments »
Monday, October 4th, 2010
Don’t miss out on a new NHS screening programme – it could save your life.
That is the message from Sheldon grandfather Michael Berry after he had major surgery to repair a potentially fatal weakness in his aorta – the main blood vessel in the body. (more…)
Tags: Screening
Posted in Adults, Community health services, Men, News, Older people, Press release, Screening, Sheldon, The services we offer | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
From expert health advice to cooking demonstrations, henna art and live music, there is something for everyone at the new three-day Alum Rock Community Health Fair, being held on the site of the new £15 million Washwood Heath Health and Wellbeing Centre development in Clodeshall Road, Saltley from Monday 4 October to Wednesday 6 October 2010. (more…)
Posted in General public, News, Press release, Public and patient liaison, The services we offer, Washwood Heath, Washwood Heath Health and Wellbeing Centre | No Comments »
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Residents in Washwood Heath have been harvesting the fruits of their labours, thanks to FoodNet4 Life, an innovative food programme. (more…)
Tags: FoodNet4 Life
Posted in Commissioning, Community health services, General public, Health improvement, News, Nutrition, Press release, The services we offer, Washwood Heath | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
A government health minister toured the facilities at an innovative High Street health centre in Erdington as part of a visit to Birmingham this week (13 September). (more…)
Posted in Commissioning, Community health services, Erdington, GPs, General public, Health improvement, News, Press release, Sexual health, The services we offer, Who we are and what we do | No Comments »
Monday, September 6th, 2010
The NHS is helping parents in east and north Birmingham to take better control over their children’s eating habits with a series of group sessions. (more…)
Posted in Bordesley Green, Children, Children's health, General public, Health improvement, Hodge Hill, Kingstanding, News, Nutrition, Parents, Press release, Shard End, South Yardley, South Yardley, Stechford and Yardley North, The services we offer, Tyburn, Washwood Heath, What our priorities are and how we are doing, Who we are and what we do | No Comments »
