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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 »
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
A community project in Birmingham is helping young people with their personal, spiritual and social development with a series of new sports sessions.
Start Again provides a range of opportunities to enable young people with, or at risk of developing mental health issues, to develop their understanding and skills by providing a tailored package of support, including physical activities, to promote general wellbeing, social inclusion and motivation.
Football sessions are held at Yardley Powerleague, at 21 Sedgemere Road, on Mondays from 12 – 2pm and are led by fully qualified football coaches.
Netball sessions also run at Nechells Community Centre every Friday between 2pm and 3pm.
Valerie Morton, Health Advisor at Start Again, said: “Physical exercise has been shown to have a positive impact on an individual’s ability to manage their mental health issues. Through our sports sessions, we aim to promote healthy living, social inclusion, motivation and self-confidence in our participants. People taking part in the sessions are better able to manage their mental health issues and have greater general wellbeing, so relying less on prescription medication.
“Both the football and netball sessions help inspire young people to set their own goals and provide relevant and appropriate opportunities to young people, as well as giving them the opportunity to socialise and have fun.”
To join the sessions, young people can ask their GP or support service to refer them, or they can complete the referral form on the website at www.start-again.co.uk. Alternatively, people can contact Val on 07722766047 or email info@start-again.co.uk.
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Enquiries
You are invited to send a reporter/photographer to the football session at Aston Powerleague, on Tuesday or Thursday at 12 – 2pm. On arrival, please ask for Mark Peters.
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 Children, General public, Health improvement, Mental health, News, Press release, What our priorities are and how we are doing | 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 »
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 »
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 »
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
NHS Birmingham East and North is encouraging women to have at least three alcohol-free days every week by signing up to the ‘3 Days Booze Free’ challenge. (more…)
Posted in Adults, Alcohol, Communications and FOI, Erdington, General public, Health improvement, News, Oscott, Press release, Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton New Hall, Sutton Trinity, Sutton Vesey, Who we are and what we do, Women | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
An innovative healthcare machine – which is no bigger than a radio alarm clock – has saved the life of a Birmingham patient only weeks after she had started to use it.
Carol Bradley, who lives in Erdington, has COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and recently became a member of Birmingham OwnHealth.
This service, run by NHS Birmingham East and North, offers regular support and advice service over the telephone to people like Carol who have long-term conditions, including diabetes, coronary heart disease, heart failure, high blood pressure, stroke or TIA (“mini stroke”) and chronic kidney disease, as well as COPD.
As part of her care package, Carol was offered Assistive Technology equipment, including a Genesis machine that allows her to take readings of her weight, pulse, oxygen level and blood pressure in her own home. Patients do this at certain times of the day to suit them, in response to questions asked out loud by the machine. If the readings give cause for concern, the patient’s Birmingham OwnHealth Care Manager alerts their Assertive Case Manager, who is based in the community. The Assertive Case Manager can go on the road to check up on that patient if necessary.
Sophie Byrne, Carol’s Assertive Case Manager, takes up the story: “Carol was known to have low oxygen levels and had been admitted to hospital many times due to her COPD, so I set her up on the Assistive Technology soon after our first assessment.
“Just two weeks later, the machine recorded that her oxygen levels were dangerously low. However, when I visited her other levels were normal and she was not short of breath, so she was reluctant to go to hospital.
“I persuaded her to go to hospital that day and as soon as she arrived, she was on NIV (non-invasive ventilation). Her family were called to the hospital by the doctors and informed that she may not survive.
“However, the following day they started reducing her treatment and she was sitting eating toast when I called. She was discharged a few days later and was able to enjoy Christmas at home with her family. I am sure that had she have fallen asleep with those oxygen levels she would have died, and believe the Assistive Technology saved her life.”
Carol added: “Without the Assistive Technology machine, without a doubt I wouldn’t be here today. I knew that I was dying.I would recommend the Assistive Technology to everyone; in fact, when I was in hospital I recommended it to the lady in bed next to me!
“I and my family would like to thank not only the Assistive Technology, but everyone who was involved, including all the staff that have contributed, such as the community team, Birmingham OwnHealth, the nurses in hospital, my physios and my consultant, Tim Fletcher.”
To find out if Birmingham OwnHealth or Assistive Technology can help you with your long-term condition, ask your GP or other health professional in east or north Birmingham or go to www.birminghamownhealth.co.uk.
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Enquiries
An interview and photo/filming opportunity with Sophie Byrne and Carol Bradley is available. For more information, please contact Sarah Millard, Birmingham OwnHealth Communications and Engagement Manager, on 0121 380 0638.
Notes for editors
- Birmingham OwnHealth is a healthcare service for people with long term conditions in Birmingham. It provides one-to-one healthcare in several languages over the telephone by health professionals designated to each member.
- The service helps people with conditions such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic kidney disease, stroke/TIA (“mini-stroke”), high blood pressure or are aged over 65 and would like help with a range of health conditions to make positive changes to their health and lifestyles and learn how to manage their conditions better.
- Birmingham OwnHealth is a partnership of NHS Birmingham East and North, UK Pfizer Health Solutions and NHS Direct. Pfizer Health Solutions is a group within Pfizer Limited that operates independently of Pfizer’s medicines business.
- The Birmingham OwnHealth website can be accessed at www.birminghamownhealth.co.uk.
Tags: Assistive Technology
Posted in Birmingham OwnHealth, COPD, Case study, Commissioning, Community health services, Erdington, General public, Health improvement, Older people, Partnerships, Press release, The services we offer, Who we are and what we do | 1 Comment »
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Nearly two-thirds of drinkers in West Midlands think only binge drinking harms their health
A new campaign backed by major health charities warns drinkers of the unseen health damage caused by regularly drinking more than the NHS advises.
The £6 million Government funded campaign shows the damage that is being done to drinkers’ organs while they are drinking in a pub or at home.
This was launched by Public Health Minister, Gillian Merron last week and is part of the cross-Government strategy to tackle the harms that alcohol causes.
The Department of Health has developed the campaign in association with Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and the Stroke Association to create the series of stark TV, press and outdoor adverts showing the harm that regularly drinking more than two drinks a day can cause. A website has also been launched, www.nhs.uk/drinking, featuring interactive tools to arm people with the information they need to make healthier choices.
A new YouGov poll launched to coincide with the campaign shows that nearly two-thirds (62%) of drinkers in the West Midlands misguidedly believe that alcohol only damages your health if you regularly get drunk or binge drink.
The survey of over 2,000 adults also found that, nationally, 83% of those who regularly drink more than the NHS recommended limits of 2-3 units a day for women (about two small glasses of wine) and 3-4 units a day for men (about two pints of lager) don’t think their drinking is putting their long-term health at risk.
With 10 million adults in England estimated to be drinking above the recommended limits, this is equivalent to around 8.3 million people potentially unaware of the damage their drinking could be causing.
Although 87% of West Midlands drinkers surveyed knew that drinking alcohol is related to liver disease, far fewer realised it is also linked with breast cancer (5%), throat cancer (30%), mouth cancer (28%), stroke (38%) and heart disease (63%), along with other serious conditions.
Scientific evidence shows:
- you could be three times more likely to have a stroke and three times more likely to get mouth cancer if you’re a man regularly drinking more than two pints of strong lager a day; and
- you are 50% more likely to get breast cancer and twice as likely to have high blood pressure, which could lead to a stroke or a heart attack, if you’re a woman regularly drinking two large glasses of wine or more a day.
Public Health Minister, Gillian Merron said:
“Many of us enjoy a drink – drinking sensibly isn’t a problem. But, if you’re regularly drinking more than the NHS recommended limits, you’re more likely to get cancer, have a stroke or have a heart attack.
“With alcohol misuse damaging so many people’s health and lives, the Government has teamed up with Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and the Stroke Association to produce this hard-hitting campaign. It’s important to show drinkers the unseen damage alcohol can do to your body.”
Andrea Docherty, NHS Birmingham East and North’s Consultant in Public Health added: “Just because you’re not going out binge drinking, don’t assume you are drinking safe levels. You may not think it’s much drinking a glass or two of wine every night – but it all adds up and can be the equivalent of a binge drinking night out.”
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Enquiries
For more information, please contact Niki McGrath, NHS Birmingham East and North External Communications Manager, on 0121 380 0620.
Notes to editors
1. All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 2023 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 13th – 15th January 2010. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all English adults (aged 18+).
2. To help people check whether they are drinking within the recommended limits, the NHS recently launched a Drinks Tracker, available to download to your computer desktop, mobile phone or iPhone from www.nhs.uk/alcohol.
3. 10 million adults in England estimated to be regularly drinking above the recommended limits according to NHS Information Centre Statistics on Alcohol, 2008. Visit http://www.ic.nhs.uk/ for more information
4. Men regularly drinking more than two pints of strong lager a day are three times more likely to have a stroke and three times more likely to get mouth cancer Department of Health analysis of ‘Corrao,’ 1999
5. Women regularly drinking two large glasses of wine or more a day are more likely to get breast cancer and twice as likely to have high blood pressure, which could lead to a stroke or a heart attack. Department of Health analysis of ‘Corrao,’ 1999
6. Office of National Statistic figures show that over 9,000 people died of alcohol related causes in 2008. http://www.statistics.gov.uk
7. The World Health Organisation estimates that 20% of alcohol-related deaths are from cancer and 15% are from cardiovascular conditions such as heart disease and stroke, while 13% are from liver disease. (Rehm, J, Room, R et al 2004, ‘Alcohol’, Comparative quantification of health risks: Global and regional burden of disease due to selected major risk factors, WHO, Geneva, www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/cra/en/)
NHS Birmingham East and North is one of 152 primary care trusts 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 across north and east Birmingham.
In summary we organise and fund the delivery of health care with the involvement of local people, maximising health outcomes for every pound spent – this is often referred to as commissioning.
Posted in Adults, Alcohol, General public, Health improvement, News, Press and media, Press release, The services we offer | No Comments »
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Foodnet writes: A recent World Cancer Research Fund report highlighted the dangers of over-eating ham and other processed meats, as they can lead to an increased risk of bowel cancer. (more…)
Tags: healthy eating, lunch, sandwiches
Posted in Blog, Children, Community health services, Families, Health improvement, Nutrition, Parents, The services we offer | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
The Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Partnership is looking for views on the joint commissioning priorities for health, housing and social care for older people to 2026.
The Ageing with Opportunity consultation runs from now until 22 January 2010. Anyone with a personal or professional interest in the way that older people’s services will be developed is asked to give their views.
Further information can be found at www.birmingham.gov.uk/older-people-2010-2026 or by calling 0121 464 7464.
See also: Consultations.
Tags: birmingham city council
Posted in Commissioning, Community health services, Consultation, General public, Health improvement, How we make decisions, News, Older people, Partnerships, Patient rights and responsibilities, Strategy and planning, The services we offer, What our priorities are and how we are doing, What we spend and how we spend it, Who we are and what we do | No Comments »
