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Newsleter: January Editon 2021
Welcome to the latest newsleter highlightng the services provided by Cross Countes Health care PCN Page 2 of 8 HEALTH AND WELLBEING NEWSLETTER
Please note - These sites have not been verifed by our practce but may be of use to you - Updated
20/01/21
Welcome to the Cross Countes Healthcare Primary Care Network Health and Wellbeing Team newsleter. Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are a natonal initatve set up in July 2019 to create groups of GP practces in local areas allowing them to work more closely together and with the other health, social care and community groups in the area. This collaboratve working will produce care that is more pro- actve and accessible, whilst address gaps in services. Your local PCN health dew wellbeing team is made up of social prescribing and health and wellbeing coaching. In this additon you will fnd informaton regarding health and wellbeing service in your local area. Page 3 of 8 Social Prescribing
Contact Details What is a Social Prescribing?
CCHPCN Health & Wellbeing Many things afect you health and wellbeing. GP’s report that a lot of Team people visit them feeling isolated or lonely. Or they might be stressed Email: out by work money and housing problems. Sometmes its the stress of cchpcn.healthandwellbeing@n hs.net managing diferent long-term conditons.
That is where social prescribing comes in. South Leicestershire Medical Group Surgeries: A social prescripton ofer the kind of help that doesn’t come in a tube or botle. It could help you improve your health and wellbeing to Kibworth Medical Centre: 0116 279 3308 make positve life changes. Some examples of help include:
Old School Surgery Kibworth: • Advice for carers 0116 2792422 • Housing, benefts and fnancial advice Two Shires Surgery Market Harborough: 01858 434523 • Employment, training and volunteering
Fleckney Medical Centre: 0116 • Healthy lifestyle and physical actvity 240 3139 • Local actvity and interest groups Fleckney Duckpond Surgery: • Befriending, counselling and support groups 0116 240 4462
Great Glen Surgery: 0116 2592353
Crof Medical Centre: 01162711740
Billesdon: 01162596206 Page 4 of 8 Health and Wellbeing Coach
What is a Health Coach?
Health coaching is a patent-centred process that provides personalised lifestyle support, helping patents to increase actvity levels, improve eatng habits and maintain the long-term changes they need to improve their health and wellbeing through developing accountability in health behaviours.
What are the benefts of health coaching?
Following a period of health coaching, clinicians report patents are more able to self-manage their lifestyle and health behaviours, long term health conditons, and medicatons. People may also show improved outcomes in mild mental health difcultes, adherence to medicaton, and positve efects on other health issues including falls.
Who is it for?
Health Coaching is for individuals who require help with making lifestyle changes and those who could beneft from making healthier lifestyle choices. This person may feel unmotvated or may have atempted to make lifestyle changes in the past but has been unsuccessful. Lifestyle changes may include: · Healthy eatng · increasing actvites · reducing smoking or alcohol use · managing stress Page 5 of 8
Health and Wellbeing Support
Wellness Exercise Zoom Session/Wellness Walks with HDC Harborough District Council has a number of Zoom sessions available to support us with our physical and mental wellbeing. They involve some gentle stretching, exercise and mindfulness. They are currently collectng interest for the idea of a Wellness Walk in Harborough. The aim of this walk is to improve our health and mental wellbeing by walking outdoors in the fresh air with others. It will be run by a qualifed walk instructor from Harborough District Council. This is aimed at anyone over the age of 18yrs who may be feeling isolated, lonely, with low level mental health needs. It is an inclusive walk, wheelchair friendly and everyone is welcome. It will be Covid Safe with social distancing in place at all tmes. Contact: Jenny Curtn (Social Prescribing Link Worker) Call or text Tel 07858 141112
Winter Wellness Sessions on Zoom
VASL My Mind Maters are ofering FREE Zoom sessions every day of the week to support our Mental Health and Wellbeing. Sessions include: Mindfulness & Meditaton, Weekly Workout, Creatve Crafs etc You can self-refer: Tel: 01858 411383 or Text :07548 224731 or Email: [email protected]
They also ofer a Free phone support program for anyone with low level mental health support needs. Website: htps://vasl.org.uk/services/my-mind-maters/
Friendship Lunch(Harb Fm 102.3) Harb FM host The Friendship Lunch. (Aimed at older people) 2nd Weds of the month from 1pm – 3pm Lockdown Choir A local resident has created an online choir opportunity during lockdown: htps://www.oliviaslockdownchoir.co.uk/
Musical Memory Box Using music, singing and gentle seated exercise to help improve well-being and reduce social isolaton during Covid-19 lockdown: Suggested donaton £2-£3 For further details please contact Kyle: 07736841558 or Christna: 07752826228 Email: [email protected] Website: www.leicestermusicalmemorybox.co.uk Page 6 of 8
Volunteering Mental Health
VASL Urgent NHS Mental Health Support
At VASL they are looking for volunteers who can be Urgent mental health support for people of ages in with us for a longer term, loneliness is stll a major Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. problem and this is unlikely to change in the next Referrals can be made by a professional or self-referral. few months. Available 24/7. If an immediate, serious and life- They are recruitng people who can contact an threatening emergency mental and/or physical health older person in Harborough District by phone, needs should call 999. leter or email through Community Champions and Central Access Point Telephone: 0116 2953060 for people who will ring family carers across Leicestershire through Leicestershire Support for Music to support our wellbeing Carers. - Lockdown Choir Website: htps://vasl.org.uk/news/volunteer-your- A local resident has decided to create a lockdown choir for tme-in-your-community-with-vasl/ anyone that loves to sing. This is where you are invited to Voluntary Acton Leicestershire record yourself at home, singing along to a pre-recorded track. This is then mixed at a local studio (Brickhouse Voluntary Acton LeicesterShire (VAL) has been Studio). A CD will be produced. providing services for volunteers and voluntary organisatons in Leicester and Leicestershire for the Website: htps://www.oliviaslockdownchoir.co.uk/ last 50 years. - Musical Memory Box Website: htps:// There are 2 weekly Zoom sessions taking place every www.volunteerleicestershire.org.uk/about-us week for anyone that enjoys music with some gentle Harborough District Council Community Hub armchair exercise and the opton to sing a long if you want to. Ofered by a couple of local musicians who have Need Help with Shopping/collectng prescriptons/ worked with Dementa Harborough in the past. This is transport for hospital appointments/dog walking now open to everyone during Lockdown. etc? Here you can register for help/support. HDC will link with you with a local volunteer who can Men’s befriending/ listening service help you. Or you can register your interest to The well, Kibworth become a volunteer.
Website: htps://www.harborough.gov.uk/hd- community-hub
Telephone: 01858 821232 Page 7 of 8
Support For Carers Support for older people
VASL Support for Carers Leicestershire VASL – Community Champions Tel 01858 468543 Can provide current informaton on where to fnd Website: htps://vasl.org.uk/services/support- support. They run a befriending scheme where a for-carers-leicestershire/ local volunteer will make phone contact with a Leicestershire County Council - Adult Social Care person who lives alone. (They can only ofer phone Tel 0116 3050004 contact currently) Leicestershire County Council Out of Hours Tel 01858 433232 or Email: [email protected] (emergencies) Tel 0116 2551606 Silverline The only natonal, Free and confdental helpline Domestic Abuse Support for older people open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Ofering informaton, If you or someone else is in immediate danger please advice and friendship. call 999 and ask for the police. Silent calls will work if Tel 0800 4708090 you are not safe to speak – use the Silent Soluton system and call 999 and then press 55 or have a code AGE UK word / sign for if you are in danger – set this up for Age UK are launching a helpline from today to ofer family and friends to let them know by Text / Facetme / practcal and emotonal support to those over 70, Skype. For further advice: especially those who are self-isolatng and live alone.
UAVA 0808 802 0028 www.uava.org.uk Helpline: call 0116 299 2239 Befriending: call 0116 2992233 Website: htps://www.ageuk.org.uk/leics/ Natonal Domestc Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247 Email: [email protected] (freephone 24hrs)
For Male Victms of Domestc Abuse Urgent NHS Mental Health Support Website: www.mankind.org.uk Tel 01823 334244
Urgent mental health support for people of ages in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Food Bank Support Referrals can be made by a professional or self-referral. Available 24/7. If an immediate, serious and life- threatening emergency mental and/or physical health Market Harborough (Jubilee Food bank) needs should call 999. Jenny Curtn Tel 07858 141112 Central Access Point Tel 0116 2953060
Kibworth (The Well) Tel 0116 2790148 Page 8 of 8
Need help to get shopping/prescriptions/transport?
The following are local organisatons that can help with volunteers:
Harborough Community Hub Tel 01858 828282
NHS Reponsders Tel 0808 1963646
Note: there are many village based voluntary groups willing to help. For more informaton contact: Jenny Curtn Tel 07858 141112
For patents that are receiving Cancer Treatment only
Royal Voluntary Service Tel 0116 2667706
Hospital Transport
There is a referral and eligibility process for this service. Go to the website for more informaton. TASL (Thames Ambulance Service Ltd) Tel 0345 241 3012. Website: htps://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/patents/patent-and-visitor-services/patent-transport-travel/
Support for memory loss (pre/post diagnosis)
The Alzheimer’s Society is ofering Free support and informaton sessions via Zoom. Worried about your Memory? - Informaton session These sessions include informaton about: "Memory strategies that can help, Assistve technology, Local support available, Planning ahead Please note, these informaton sessions are for individuals who do not have a diagnosis for their memory problems but would like to fnd out some useful informaton which may help them. Dates available: Friday 12th February 2021 1.00pm-2.30pm
Post Dementa Diagnosis - Informaton Session Have you recently been diagnosed with dementa? Are you supportng someone who has been diagnosed with dementa? These sessions include informaton about: "An introducton to dementa, Memory strategies , Assistve technology, Managing symptoms , Local support available, Planning ahead Dates available: Friday 26th February 2021 1.00pm-2.30pm To book a place contact: Tel: 0116 231 6921 Email: [email protected]