Health
Issue 41 May 2004
Burngreave
Drug Project
The Burngreave Drug Project
has received five years funding to tackle substance misuse issues
in Burngreave...
Breast
Feeding Awareness
Details for Breast feeding awareness
week events...
In the khat house
Rob Smith is welcomed into the 'khat
house', where six or seven men sat with blue plastic bags of khat
beside them...
Issue 40 April 2004
The Elders
Voice
The recent BCAF Quarterly
Forum put the focus firmly onto the issues facing older people
in Burngreave, and heard concerns following the announcement of
the early closure of Ellesmere Residential Home. Council representatives
described plans to improve home support and develop new ‘Extra
Care Housing’...
ExtraCare
– a vision of the future?
The Council are shifting
investment away from residential homes and into to home support
services, but many older people still end up in unsuitable houses
and often become isolated...
Trekking
through Mongolia
Ony Bright is a radio presenter
and Non-Executive Director at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. In
July this year she will be taking part in an eight day charity
trek in Mongolia for the Anthony Nolan Trust, whose role is to
maintain a national register of potential bone marrow donors...
Issue 38 February 2004
New
Plan for New Deal: So where’s
the money going?
As Year Three of New Deal comes to an
end, this is the first year they have achieved spending targets.
We bring you news of where the money went last
year and what's being planned for Year Four...
Subsidiary page:
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Amanda Massages Maternal
Messenger
For her final article before going on
maternity leave, Gaby Spinks visits massage therapist Amanda Wells...
Healthy
Eating
sponsored
by SureStart |
| Increasing
numbers of people are suffering from diabetes and heart
disease. This could be reduced by developing a heathier
lifestyle...
Healthy
eating hits Burngreave and Fir Vale
Six parents at Owler Brook school
have completed a 10 week training course on healthy eating.
The training included exploring healthy foods, cultural
foods and reducing fats and sugars...
Healthy
taster events
Chetna Patel (NSPCT) and Saduf
Khan (Surestart) are running healthy eating taster events.
Get information and advice on healthy eating and taste different
fruits...
Ten
steps to healthy eating
Ten tips for a healthier lifestyle...
5
fruit and vegetables a day
The 5 A DAY project is showing
people easy ways to eat more healthily through cooking sessions,
growing projects and community cafes... |
Get active!
Deatails of sport, health and fitness
sessions running in the area, catering for people of all ages,
abilities and interests...
Issue 37 December 2003
Fury over Parkwood
Health Study
Angry residents voiced fury when the
North Sheffield Primary Care Trust refused to recommend closure
of Parkwood toxic waste dump, despite people living nearer the
site reporting higher levels of illness...
Pollution campaign
The Burngreave Community Action Forum
Health Group has been looking at the effects of pollution in the
Burngreave area...
Community Health Educators
Programme
As part of the BNDfC Community Health
Educators Programme, the Introduction to Community Development
and Health Course has been a great success...
Issue 36 November 2003
Nits!
Now that the children are back at school
we unfortunately have the return of the dreaded head louse into
our homes. Alpa Ghelani, the pharmacist at Lloyds Chemist on Ellesmere
Road, has some advice to pass on to everyone...
Black Drugs Service
AGM
Supporters and board trustees of Sheffield’s
Black Drugs Service, gathered inside St Mary’s Church Bramall
Lane, to overview the year’s works and achievements...
Issue 35 October 2003
A healthy success
Over 40 local people and representatives
of voluntary and statutory organisations attended the launch of
the Community, Health and Development Poetry Booklet this month...
Issue 34 September 2003
Toxic dust at Parkwood
Spills of incinerator fly ash containing
dioxins and other highly toxic materials, have happened at Parkwood
landfill site, as revealed at the annual general meeting of Parkwood
Landfill Action Group (PLAG) in July...
Our health matters
The Introduction to Community Development
and Health Course has been running successfully over the last
six years with over 45 local people trained on the course...
Issue 33 August 2003
Free Diabetes Checks
Are you one of the million people in
the UK who don’t know they’ve got diabetes? Lloyds
Pharmacy are offering free health screenings...
Issue 32 June 2003
Drugs in Burngreave
The
subject of drugs means many things to Burngreave residents...
Drugs
in Burngreave: So what's the plan?
Burngreave
residents have been calling for more drug awareness, prevention
and rehabilitation services since the New Deal road shows in 2000
and before. The May Health Group discussed planned New Deal Drugs
Projects...
Drugs in Burngreave:
Cannabis facts
Growing pains
Pitsmoor Surgery, which has been serving
this community since before the NHS was founded, is planning to
expand to provide room for more services, but some local residents
are concerned about what the building will mean for them...
Healthy young men?
Men don’t talk to doctors or think
about their health as often as women, especially when they’re
young. But as they get into their fifties their habits start to
catch up with them and they start to suffer from illnesses like
heart disease, diabetes and breathing problems. Many of these
diseases could be prevented if men looked after themselves...
Lighten up with Yoga in
Burngreave
The benefits of yoga are unending and
anyone, whatever their age and ability can practice it...
Issue 30 April 2003
Pampering and Health
a must for women
Over 120 women and children celebrated
international women’s day… with a bit of a difference,
by examining health issues...
Seheli Drugs Impact Video
Launched
Hundreds of local young people, parents
and local workers packed Fir Vale School’s main Hall for
the launch of a new video about the dangers of drugs...
Issue 29 March 2003
Study examines landfill
effects on health
North Sheffield Primary Care Trust (PCT),
with the support of the Chemical Incidents Response Service, is
to investigate whether the Parkwood landfill site may be linked
to poor health...
Find out about Diabetes
Diabetes may be as much as six times
more common in South Asian populations and affects many local
families. Local health workers are trying to give extra support
by running groups for local Asian people...
NDC Health Theme
The February Health Theme group meeting
saw angry protests from community members objecting to projects
being passed without any community endorsement...
No Smoking Day (12 March
2003) - Top ten tips for giving up
Smoking kills 120,000 people a year
in the UK, most die prematurely, losing on average eight years
of life...
Sheffield Carers' Centre
Though you may be looking after someone,
you may not recognise yourselves as carers. We aim to support
'hidden carers' across Sheffield, offering emotional support,
help getting services, and a wide range of information on our
Helpline...
Issue
28 February 2003
Blood donor
The National Blood Service (NBS) is
urging local people to think about adding their support at a forthcoming
blood donor session...
Advert: Training
course starting March.
Issue 27 December 2002
Best of PALS
The North Sheffield Primary Care Trust
(PCT), our local NHS organisation, spends £125 million pounds
each year on our health. This month saw the official launch of
their new Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) that aims
to improve services to NHS patients...
Issue 25 October 2002
Monster rubbish burner
given go ahead
Planning chief Howard Baxter admitted
concern over nitrogen dioxide levels, but Health Authority expert
Rosie McNaught insisted there is no evidence that emissions pose
any danger to health – because no research has been done
on the subject...
Moving on up
Carrwood House is a private residential
centre for adults with learning difficulties and mental health
problems. Staff there are working with local organisations to
ensure residents are seen as part of the community in Burngreave...
Issue 24 August 2002
Mental illness
- Treating the causes?
Matloub Husayn Ali Khan argues that
the views of some psychiatrists lead to a cycle of dependency
and re-admission...
Time to talk
This month the North Sheffield Primary
Care Trust have decided to invest £90, 000 into primary
care based counseling / psychotherapy services...
Small grants fund
- it could be you!!
Chetna has a grants fund for community
and voluntary groups who are wanting up to £500 for activities
like health days, training for local people on health, or for
support groups to raise awareness around a specific health issue...
Letter offends
families
200 members of the Somali community
met at Verdon Street Rec to protest about a letter sent to every
Somali family in Sheffield by the Sheffield Area Child Protection
Committee (SACPC)...
 July
2002
Community
Development and Health Course was a Success!! and there are
Small
grants for healthy activities..It could be you!!
The North Sheffield PCT are studying
whether Parkwood
Landfill is bad for your health? and the Sheffield
Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Foundation are recruiting blood
donors.
May
2002
The NHS is launching a Positive
images campaign to help recruitment from black and ethnic
minorities and there are opportunities for Swimming
and Gyming, but in Mind
the gap we report on a recent survey showing the health gap
is getting worse.
April
2002
A new Public
Health Forum has been launched and Pitsmoor
surgery got top marks. The national blood service are looking
for past
volunteers and news of health
activities in April as well as more
on Qat.
March
2002
'Holistic
regeneration' considers the role complementary medicines and
news that no funding has been found for increasing counseling
services. Burngreave
Language Support has started and we have details of a range
of health
activities in March .
February
2002
Burngreave
Language Support is being launched and new ways of delivering
preventative health care are starting, while the Wicker Chemist
is 50
not out.
December
2001
A focus on mental health services reviews
the national
standards, the situation in Burngreave
and proposals for the Support
Network as well as reviews of the Smooth
guide and a report into advocacy.
Also a piece about the effects of Qat
November
2001
As Burngreave comes Top
of the Coughs we run an inhaler
decoration competition. £30,000 approved for drug
education.
Toxic
waste is our health in danger
October
2001
Reports from the Health
Group
Understanding the Governments Hospital
Rating Scheme
Black
Drugs Service takes action in Burngreave
The Black Drugs Service, in partnership
with Women on the Edge, ROSHNI, SADACCA, the Drug Action Team and
other agencies, have completed a study into the perceptions of drugs
and services by Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Burngreave.
It calls for education and the development of culturally aware services.
Contraception
just got easier
It’s getting easier to get contraceptive
advice. A new scheme for 15-19 year olds will provide free advice,
pregnancy testing, condoms and, if appropriate, the ‘morning after
pill’ through local chemists.
Introducing...the
Black Drugs Service
Sheffield Black Drugs Service exists to
support the needs of Black and Minority Ethnic Communities across
the city.
Is
Khat a drug?
Report from a recent conference which considered
Khat and mental health.
Sickle
cell and Thalassaemia
Information about these disorders and The
Sheffield Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Foundation, a new project
based at the ACE centre on the Wicker.
New
Deal Year 1 health plan
News from the health group about the developing
health plans for the first year of Burngreave's New Deal
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