June 2014 Newsletter

Healthy Living Pharmacy Newsletter
Issue 10 June 2014
Welcome to June’s edition of the
HLP Newsletter!
Training events
Alcohol brief interventions training session.
Merlin House Etchell Road Bitterscote
Tamworth B78 3HF
25/6/14, 19:00- 21:00
Perton Civic Centre, Church Road Coleridge
Drive Perton Wolverhampton WV6 7PD
2/7/14, 19:00 – 21:00
Contact Sherry Samaan to see if there are any
places left: [email protected]
Wednesday 11th June 2014 at the latest
‘Making Every Contact Count’
This training event is for Pharmacists and
Pharmacy Staff. It is a NHS initiative and ‘MECC’
is a programme to ensure all NHS staff are
trained and confident to make the most of the
opportunities which help people stay healthy,
Lichfield 10/6/14, Burton 11/6/14
To book on this course log onto the South Staffs
LPC website:
www.southstaffslpc.co.uk
CRI Substance Misuse Event
North Staffs Medical Centre, Hartshill,
Newcastle.
Tuesday 17th June
To reserve a place email:
[email protected]
One last job before World
Cup fever takes over – book a place on the
CPPE Leadership Training for HLP
Pharmacists
As you know, all pharmacists in HLPs are
required to undertake some leadership training
as part of the HLP accreditation process. It is
now over a year since the last training courses
were run and we have been asked when the
next courses will be held. We are delighted to
announce that these will be in September and
you can choose to attend either Lichfield (Sept
11th) or Keele (Sept 17th).
This new CPPE training has been arranged at
the request of your LPCs so for all those newly
joined HLPs, or if you simply haven’t got around
to doing any leadership training yet, please go
online to www.cppe.ac.uk and book on to the
events. As with all CPPE events there will be
food at 7pm, the event starts at 7.30pm and we
will finish by 9.30pm.
Although this is not running until September
please book now so that the event can go
ahead. Also, although we require our
pharmacists to attend, why not ask any
registered technicians to register to come along
too – this event will help them lead the
dispensary team and with any projects they are
running.
If you have any questions just email
[email protected]
Welcome to
Balance Street
Pharmacy,
Uttoxeter.
Pharmacist Tim
Hames and
Healthy Living
Champions Lynn
and Wendy!
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Issue 10 June 2014
Continence Awareness for June and July
Health Promotion for June and July is
Continence Awareness
.
The Area Team will be providing a small
amount of posters and leaflets to help Pharmacies
promote this campaign. Resources are quite limited
however, you can visit the websites opposite and
obtain some resources and I will attach some PDF’s
from the bladder and bowel foundation, which you
can print out and use.
There will be a sponsored continence project for
HLP’s which is due to be delivered in October, so
please keep hold of your materials to re-use for this
event.
Tips for promoting continence awareness:
 Create a display with posters
provided by AT and resources
available from the websites and
PDF’s. You could incorporate
Continence products in your display,
eg; Tena pants/pads.
 Ask customers who buy products if
they are aware there are medicines
that could help.
 Inform customers who buy products
that they can obtain an ‘access to
toilet card’ from the bladder and
bowel foundation.
 Advice on pelvic floor exercises
 Advice on fluid intake
 Put leaflets into prescription bags
 Record each contact you have made
www.bladderandbowelfundation.org
http://www.ics.org/committees/continencepromotion/
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Pelvic floor exercises are one of the first-line
treatments for stress urinary incontinence
(SUI).
Tips to help people manage continence
problems:
Drink normally - about 6-8 large glasses of fluid a day,
avoiding caffeine if you can. Water is best! And don’t get
into the habit of going to the toilet ‘just in case’. Go only
when you feel your bladder if full.
Watch your weight - extra weight puts extra strain
on your pelvic floor muscles.
Once you have regained control of your bladder, don’t
forget your pelvic floor muscles. Continue to do your
pelvic floor exercises a few times each day to ensure that
the problem does not come back.
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Here are some brilliant Health Zones from HLP’s for last month
Tahlia and Healthy Living Champions, Debbie
Cresswell, Helen Brayford and Mandy Buckley
have created an eye catching and informative
healthy living display. Good use of free
resources available from the British Heart
Foundation!
The use of the bowel cancer resources have
been used in an engaging way to attract
people to read the information. Well Done
Co-op 21-23 London road, Chesterton!
Jackie and team form Co-op Pharmacy in
Jamage road, Talke have used a bright table
cloth to attract attention! This is a clear
bowel cancer campaign with an abundance
of leaflets, posters and information.
Excellent!
Sarah, Healthy Living Champion at Graham’s
Pharmacy in Smallthorne have participated in
many campaigns including the bowel cancer
awareness promotion. Excellent use of the
Healthy Living Pharmacy logo to make the
health zone recognisable and an information
hub for health matters. Sarah has also
collected valuable data for each campaign,
well done!
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR A RESEARCH STUDY OF
CUSTOMERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON USING HEALTHY LIVING
PHARMACIES
Keele University’s School of Pharmacy in collaboration with the University of Wolverhampton and North Staffordshire
and Stoke-on-Trent Local Pharmaceutical Committee is conducting a qualitative research study of HLP customers’
perspectives on using HLPs. We want to interview customers about their experiences of using HLP services or receiving
health advice as part of a health promotion campaign, and find out the impact that customers think this had on their
health-related behaviour.
We are looking for as many HLPs in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent as possible to volunteer to help us recruit
customers for this research study. We are hoping to be able to begin recruiting customers from August 2014.
If you would like more information about the study or want to express an interest in helping us with this study,
please contact Tania Cork on:
Tania Cork
Chief Officer
North Staffs and Stoke Local Pharmaceutical Committee
Tel/fax: 01782 503672
Mobile: 07779362017
email: [email protected]
Keele University would also like to invite a Healthy Living Champion from the South Staffs area to become a
member of the board for this research project. This would be an exciting opportunity for a HLC to gain
more experience and skills to add their continued professional development. You would be joining Tania
Cork, Elissa Pateman (Healthy Living Champion in North Staffs and Healthy Living Pharmacy Facilitator) and
other researchers from Keele University who are involved in the project. It would involve attending some
meetings and reviewing the research materials ensuring that they are relevant and to input any advice as
you may feel necessary.
If you would like to volunteer to sit on the Board for the Research Project then please contact Tania Cork
on the above details.
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Text4Change weight loss support programme
We are asking Stoke HLP’s to continue to support and promote this local government initiative. You can
pick up some posters and leaflets from the substance misuse training event, alternatively you can go to the
website and obtain materials. www.stoke.gov.uk/text4change
To promote Men's Health Week East Staffordshire
Borough Council are organising a 6-A-Side Football
tournament on Friday 13th June at Shobnall Leisure
Complex, registration and w-up from 6.30pm, ready
for 7.00pm start with all games including the final to
be completed by 9.00pm.
Could all HLP’s in the Shobnall and surrounds area
please print the poster attached to the email and
display this event. Many Thanks.
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Data Collection
Please ensure that you send the data you collect
promptly after each campaign:
Like the Facebook Page and post
your Health Campaign pictures
and stories!
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Moor,
Fax to – 01782 512116
Email – [email protected]
Post to – 9 Highland Close, Biddulph
Stoke on Trent, ST8 7LJ.
Elissa Pateman HLP Facilitator.
April 2014 / May
2014
Bowel Cancer
Awareness
June 2014 / July
2014
August 2014 /
September
Continence
Awareness
Physical ActivityActive
2014
October 2014 /
November
Staffordshire
Stoptober and
Mouth cancer
2014
December 2014 /
January 2015
February 2015 /
March 2015
Alcohol Awareness
– Promote
‘Dryathelete’
Mental Health
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Email - [email protected]
Telephone – 07719124786
Please note new fax
number to send data
sheets to:
01782 512116.