Smokers encouraged to swap fags for gags Stoptober 2014 enrols country’s top comedians to help smokers get through the 28 day quitting challenge. Last year 160,000 people successfully quit smoking for Stoptober, thanks to the wide range of quitting support on offer. Annual health awareness campaign that helps smokers that want to quit and for the 24th Year in a row, ‘No smoking day’ is here again! The main aim of No Smoking Day is to support smokers who want to stop. There are many places you can get help and advice; ü You can call us on 02088067735 to book an appointment with Nurse Filiz for smoking cessation. For local help and advice call: 0800 169 1943 or email HYPERLINK "mailto:smokers-clinic@qmul.ac.uk" smokers- |
üclinic@qmul.ac.uk. For your free support pack, please visit: www.stoptober.smokefree.nhs.uk To join the Facebook group visit: www.facebook.com/NHSSmokefree For those who still need a little convincing, here are a few facts… - The health benefits of stopping smoking start almost immediately with your blood pressure and pulse returning to normal within 20mins! Nicotine and Carbon monoxide levels in the blood are halved within 8 hours!
- Research shows that smokers of 'light' or 'mild' brands are likely to inhale as much tar and nicotine as smokers of regular cigarettes. This means they can take in as many cancer-causing poisons as smokers of regular cigarettes.
- peoples' secondhand smoke can damage almost every organ in the human body. It increases the risk of lung cancer by 24% and heart disease by 25%.
- Half of all smokers will die as a result of smoking
Breathing in other |
If you do choose to quit, these top tips can help you to make that fresh start! - Set a stop date and stick to it
- Write down all the reasons you want to quit
- Keep a smoking diary, writing down all the times and places you usually smoke
- Let your friends and family know you are quitting and contact organizations that can help
- Find others who would like to stop and Quit together
- Ease Withdrawal symptoms buy getting Nicotine Replacement therapy
- Prepare to stop by getting rid of everything that reminds you of smoking
- Take it one day at a time
- Avoid temptation by staying clear of places you used to smoke in
- Relax by breathing in and out slowly through your nose
- Reward yourself by spending the money you would have spent on cigarettes on buying a treat
- Once stopped, Stay stopped!
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October 2014 to December 2014 Volume 1, Issue 3 |
In this issue: - CCG Newsletter (November 2014)
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will be a charge of £10 per vaccine. Vaccines | Relevant Patient groups | Diphtheria / Tetanus | Children aged 6 or over and adults who have not had the basic course of immunisation | Poliomyelitis | All persons travelling to countries outside Europe, except Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand | MMR/Rubella | Children aged 6-15 not previously immunised | Typhoid and Paratyphoid | All persons travelling outside the UK except to Canada, USA, New Zealand and Northern Europe | Hepatitis A | Persons travelling outside Northern Europe, Australia or New Zealand to areas of poor sanitation | ACWY | It is mandatory for all persons travelling to Mecca for Pilgrimage |
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If you are going on holiday, it is important that you check whether you need to be vaccinated. Our Nurses can help you decide if you are not sure. If you do need to be vaccinated, you must book an appointment for your vaccine at least 4 weeks before your travel date. Please note that some vaccinations are not available through the NHS and must be obtained privately. Our Nurses can prescribe these vaccinations andadminister them, but there |
Children often have slight fevers which can be quite worrying for the parents as they may not know how to deal with it or when is the time to take the child to the doctor. The following information may help… Most fevers are caused by an infection or other illnesses. It could also be caused by teething or after being immunized. Fever helps the body fight infections by increasing the body’s immune system. |
Common symptoms of a fever include; - Temperature above 37 °C
- The child may have a red face
- Skin feels hot to touch
- Sweating or shivering
Most of these symptoms can be managed at home. Here are a few tips; Dress the child in light clothes or just |
- underwear
- Turn down the heating in the room
- Make sure the room is well ventilated
- Give the child plenty of cool drinks
- You could give the child the correct dosage of infant paracetamol (Always read the label)
If the child is unusually sleepy, won’t take the fluids such as vomiting, sever diarrhea, unusual rash, headache, neck stiffness or difficulty in breathing call us to book an appointment with a doctor as soon as possible. |
Clinic | Date |
Childrens Development Checks Walk in Clinic | Tuesdays 09:30 to 12:30 |
The clinic will be held on the dates in the table between 09:30 and 12:30pm in the surgery. It will be run by health visitors from Fountayne Road Health Centre who will deal with all baby |
issues including feeding and nutritional advice, immunisations, developmental checks, weighing and much more For more information or to book an appointment call us on 0208 806 7735 |
‘All suspected Ebola cases that present to primary care should be discussed by the primary care clinician with the local infection specialist. In City & Hackney we have been told to call the local Health Protection Team: a) In Hours: 020 7811 7100 b) OOH: 07623 541 417 - If you have returned
- from Guinea, Liberia
- or Sierra Leone or
- cared for someone
- with Ebola in the
- past 21 days
- and
- You have a fever
- or feel unwell
- Without touching anyone,
- tell a member of staff or call 111
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| A patient who telephones—Anyone who has visited an affected country (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea) in the past 21 days and reports a fever of more than 38ºC within the past 24 hours should NOT visit health premises. Instead a clinician should ask them to remain in place and refer the patient to the health protection unit or the NHS 111 phone line. If the patient is seriously ill they should be advised to dial 999 for an ambulance and inform |
the call handler that they have travelled from West Africa in the last 21 days. Urgent clinical advice needs to be sought from the health protection unit, a local microbiologist, virologist, or infectious disease physician. Staff in contact with the patient should be wearing appropriate protection—gloves, plastic apron, surgical facemask, and visor. They should have received training in safely donning and removing personal protective equipment. Discarded PPE should be treated as clinical waste. Patients should be sent to hospital in an ambulance, and paramedics should be warned of the possibility thatthe patient is infected with Ebola virus. GPs also need to alert the hospital that Ebola is suspected. |
Still want a cigarette? For more information on how to give up contact one of our Nurses who will be more than happy to help. |
There are around 4,000 chemical in tobacco Smoke! Unfortunately this newsletter is not long enough to include all 4,000 of them, but I will try and squeeze in as much as I can, ignoring some of the chemicals you might know of… Dimethylnitrosamine, Benzene (used as a solvent in fuel and chemical production), |
| Ethylmethylnitrosamine, Nitrosopyrrolidine, Hydrazine,Vinyl Chloride, Urethane,Formaldehyde (used to preserve dead bodies and is proven to cause cancer), Indole, 3-hydroxypyridine, Carbon Monoxide (a poisonous gas that makes breathing more difficult as it replaces oxygen in the blood), Acrolein, Acetadehyde, Acetone (a solvent used in nail polish remover), Nitrogen |
oxides, Ammonia (found in cleaning fluids), Pyridine, Nitric acid, Mathylamine, Hydrogen cyanide (deadly poison), Indole, 3-hydroxypyridine, 3-vinylpyridine, Acetonitrile, Cadmium (a highly poisonous metal used in batteries), 1,3-Butadiene, Nitrous acid, isoquioline,Shellac (Component of wood varnish), Isoamylamine, 3-Cyanopyridine, Arsenic (a deadly poison used in insecticides) |
Day | Clinic | Times | By Appointment? |
Monday | Diabetic Clinic | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Yes GP |
ADDRESS 148 Upper Clapton Road London E5 9JZ Phone: 0208 806 7735 Fax: 0208 806 2991 E-Mail: clapton.surgery@nhs.net |
Tuesday | Child/baby Development | 9:30am –12:30pm | Yes (Health Visitor) |
Immunisations and travel vaccines (Can be done any other day also) | 10:30am–12:30pm | Yes (Nurses) |
Wednesday | |
Asthma Clinic | 9:30am-12:30pm | Yes GP |
Thursday | |
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COPD Cllinic | 11:00am-12:30pm | Yes Nurse Filiz |
- Smoking cessation sessions can be booked with Nurse Filiz throughout the week.
Contraceptive advice is always available by appointment throughout the week. |
- Contraceptive advice is always available by appointment throughout the week.
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Welcome to CCG eNews
The CCG are excited to share our new look staff e-magazine, CCG eNews.
CCG eNews will not only update you on news from the CCG and our partners, but aims to help and encourage all our staff to get to know a bit more about colleagues in and outside of work too.
Issued monthly, you can keep up-to-date with the latest news in 'General News', find out what is happening with our programme boards, learn about staff member's hidden talents or a team's outstanding achievements on the 'Spotlight' page, see what social events are happening on the 'Staff Noticeboard', or head to the 'Education' section for the latest training opportunities.
If you have a story to share, get in contact CAHCCG.enews@nhs.net.
Education
Education
Please find details of upcoming education events, internal and external.
Mandatory Education Events Past and Present
- 9th May: Care Plan
- 20th June: FGM
- 19th September: Observational Medical Unit update
- 26th September: “Crisis, what crisis?” Managing mental health crises successfully
- 3rd October: Prostate cancer – from public health pilot to GP referral
- 14th November: RICS
- 28th November: Maternity education session
- 5th December: Productive General Practice
- 27th February: Cardiology - Atrial Fibrillation
(3 more to be booked in before April 2015)
End of Life – Difficult Conversations 15th December 2014
Are you struggling to understand SMILES/SMI QoF/Enhanced primary care?
Enhanced Primary Care Mental Health Services
GPs and Practice Nurses welcome!
Wednesday 10th December 2014
1.30pm-3pm (lunch from 1pm)
@ West Reservoir
Green Lanes, London N4 2HA (Free onsite parking)
Are you struggling to understand SMI LES/SMI QoF/Enhanced primary care? We can help!
Please come along to our workshop so we can tell you about:
The new enhanced primary care service for mental health
The new quadrant arrangements for CMHT and primary care liaison consultants- and how it's all going to work to make your lives easier
Enhanced primary care training
We are asking you to do a lot more in primary care to look after patients with severe mental illness, and we are also providing mental health workers to give a really good service to patients whilst adopting a more recovery focused approach to their illness.
We will also be able to answer questions and get feedback to help us make the services better.
To book a space please email curtis.whyte@nhs.net
Free cardiology seminar for GPs at Guy’s Hospital
Free cardiology seminar for GPs at Guy’s Hospital
The cardiovascular service at Guy’s and St Thomas' would like to invite all GPs to a free evening workshop on Thursday 15 January 2015.
Programme of the event includes:
- Challenging heart failure cases in primary care (5 cases with daily challenges)
- An approach to identifying inherited cardiac conditions in primary care
- What is new in heart failure
- Emerging concepts in diastolic heart failure management.
Cost: free
Date: Thursday 15 January 2015, 7- 9pm
Venue : Robens Suite, Floor 29 Tower Wing, Guys Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT
There will be clinical case discussions and attendance certificates provided on the day. This evening event carries two CPD points.
Click here to book a place
Link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-cardiology-seminar-for-gps-at-guys-and-st-thomas-tickets-13923745297
Advance Diploma in Primary Care Mental Health
Advance Diploma in Primary Care Mental Health
Sage and Thyme course places for Practice Nurses
Linda Athey, the lead cancer nurse at Homerton, has some spare (free, Macmillan subsidised) places on a Sage and Thyme course delivered by St Josephs hospice in December. She had organised this for ward staff at Homerton but has found that she has places left over and would be happy for practice nurses to take them. The course can accommodate 30 people.
Dealing with people with distress
Foundation Level
A 3 hour free workshop delivered by St Josephs Hospice, on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Support and Sage and Thyme
This popular training session is aimed at all staff working with cancer patients – e.g. Health and Social care and other professionals, support workers and volunteers
Further information about this course can be found at:
http//www/sageandthymetraining.org.uk
Learning Outcomes:
· A memorable structured way for getting into and out of a conversation
· How to empower patients/carers who are worried or distressed
· Communications skills that are evidence-based
Date and Venue:
Monday 1st December 2014 at St Josephs Hospice.
9.30am – 13.00pm
http//www/sageandthymetraining.org.uk
Lunchtime Seminar - Introduction to Child Sexual Exploitation
Date: 09/12/2014
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Venue: Homerton Education Centre, Homerton University Hospital, Homerton Row, E9 6SR
Seminar details
Recent press coverage of high profile cases of child sexual exploitation has resulted in individuals and organizations asking how we can better support children and young people who are being, or at risk of being sexually exploited. In order to protect and support these children all professionals working with children need to be aware of how they can identify at risk children, how to refer to support services and who to refer to.
The Empower project, Safer London Foundation, works with Hackney and nia to support gang affected young women at risk of, or experiencing sexual exploitation and sexual violence. Working at both a preventative and intervention level, Empower also raises awareness of the issues around child sexual exploitation and how the borough can support its young people, including training fellow professionals in agencies and organizations across the Borough.
Aim:
To provide professionals who work with children and young people with an introductory understanding of child sexual exploitation and different ways in which it can occur. The seminar will explore key concepts around child sexual exploitation, looking at resources available for practitioners and professionals to enable them to identify and support the young people they work with.
Outcomes:
By the end of the seminar participants will be:
· Confident in their knowledge and understanding about Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
· Able to identify vulnerability factors and risk indicators for CSE
· Aware of legislation relating to child sexual exploitation, including LSCB procedures
· Knowledge of Hackney based resources to support young people and Hackney referral processes
Speakers:
Safer London Foundation, Empower project
Vacancies
Vacancies
Please find a list of current vacancies within the CCG.
Children’s Programme Board Clinical Vacancies
The Children’s Programme Board would welcome interest from GPs for two new clinical CCG posts:
1) GP lead for Disabled Children’s Services
2) GP lead for Children’s Long Term Conditions (asthma, epilepsy and diabetes, initially)
The Children’s Board is changing …… with close joint working across health, social care and education and the implementation of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities reforms, there has never been a better time to contribute to meaningful change for children’s health services in Hackney and the City.
We need you to liaise with providers – including the acute services, community health services, the local authority, public health and the voluntary sector - and lead for the CCG on redesigning and improving services and pathways for both these children, with disabilities or chronic conditions, and their families.
Please contact Dr Dorothy Briffa, Clinical Lead and Chair of Children’s Programme Board, at childrensboard@hotmail.co.uk for more information and/or to arrange an informal discussion.
Closing Date for expressions of interest to Dr Briffa : Friday 19th December
November 2014
What's On
What's On
Exercise classes for all
iCare Whats On - events and activities to help boost your health and wellbeing
Hackney health spot - a new space at Hackney Central library
Hackney Council’s free winter fitness classes
Prepare for the season of overindulgence by signing-up to Hackney Council’s free winter fitness classes, available now.
The Our Spaces group exercise sessions will take place at indoor venues across the borough and are an extension of the Council’s popular free fitness in parks classes which have been hosted in many of Hackney’s green spaces.
Box fit, dance fit, yoga and hula fit are some of the ten light-to-moderate intensity workouts being offered in seven indoor locations, including community centres and all a short walk from the parks of the summer sessions.
Some outdoor sessions will remain available in parks this new winter programme including the popular bootcamp and basketball fit sessions.
Most of the activities are for those aged 16+ but there are also children’s classes (Kids Fit) as well for youngsters aged 8-11. These sessions will provide a range of play and fitness activities for children to raise their heart rate, learn new skills and have fun.
Qualified and experienced leaders will take the classes to help you get the most from your sessions.
Cllr Jonathan McShane, Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care & Culture, said: "As we move into the party season, Hackney Council is giving residents the opportunity to keep fit and healthy with our free workouts.
“With a varied programme of indoor as well as some outdoor activities being held across the borough there’s no excuse not to turn up and tone up!”
To take part, register your details and sign-up for the classes you want to join at www.ourparks.org.uk or call 0800 1114 464
Alternatively, timetables will be displayed within parks as well as in local libraries, leisure centres and Hackney Service Centre.
The sessions will be held between 10 November and 29 March 2015. However, no sessions will be delivered between 22 December and 4 January.
Please note that the sessions are based on a first registered, first served basis.
Free fitness classes for all
Spotlight On
Spotlight On
Centre for Better Health is a community-based charity that promotes well-being and supports recovery from mental ill health.
One of the first organisations offering mental health services in Hackney, the Centre for Better Health has been running for over 50 years. With 3 social enterprise businesses: The Better Health Bakery, Better Health Bikes and Better Health Products Ltd, the Centre for Better Health provide time limited trainee placements to adults recovering from mental ill health.
The Better Health Bakery produces good quality, handmade bread. Baking bread is a therapeutic craft. It is both satisfying and gives a sense of achievement. Better Health Bikes offers to the public affordable bike servicing and sales, puncture repairs, along with free bike health checks and simple bike fitting. Trainees in the enterprise learn skills in bike maintenance and repair by working on a bike stand, upcycling donated bicycles under the guidance of a trained mechanic. Better Health Products Ltd is a leading provider of polyurethane products to the healthcare industry. This placement is suitable for individuals who have an interest in the manufacturing process.
Trainee placements consist of on the job training, peer-to-peer training, team work as well as informal learning, offering individuals the opportunity to gain confidence and develop new skills whilst on placement - Referrals are welcomed from GPs and across the community. Often these skills might be the 'soft skills' that people lose if they have not worked for some time. Once a placement has ended, the Centre for Better Health works with trainees to identify and secure next steps in education, volunteer work or open employment.