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 Can you kick the habit for Stoptober?
Smokers are being urged to kick the habit by taking
part in Stoptober – the annual call-to-quit from Public Health England.
The 28-day challenge, running in October, targets
people who would like to stop smoking and provides them with the help and
support to do it.
Last year, around 2.5 million smokers across the
country attempted to quit and 500,000 (20%) were successful – up from 13.6% six
years ago.
Locally in Nottingham, 24% of the adult population
smokes compared with 18% in the East Midlands and 16.9% nationally. The city
figure is down from 37% in 2009.
A range of support tools are available this year as part of the
Stoptober campaign. These include information about local stop-smoking
services, like New Leaf in Nottingham, motivational emails and app messages.
Read
more about the support on offer here…
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 Update on Transforming Care Programme 2016
Two feedback sessions have been planned for October to update people about a programme designed to transform care for those with autism or a learning disability.
The Transforming Care Programme 2016, jointly organised by local health and social care organisations, specifically seeks to support those who are at risk of developing a mental health condition or behaviours which could be described as challenging.
The scheme will change the way services are delivered so that care is focused on keeping them healthy, well and supported in their local community, and that in-patient beds in hospitals are only used where community services cannot provide safe and suitable alternatives.
Between February and March this year, a 12-week public consultation was held to check that plans in place are what the public feel they need. Almost 200 questionnaires were received and nearly 400 face-to-face consultations carried out.
Two events are now being held to share the results. These are:
- The Learning Room, New Arts Centre, Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham, Wednesday 12 October, 1.30pm-4pm
- The Meeting Place, Mansfield Central Library, Four Seasons Centre, Mansfield, Thursday 13 October, 6pm to 8pm
To register an interest in attending, please contact Sarah Oakley on 0115 883 9539 or email sarah.oakley@nottinghamcity.nhs.uk
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 City lands fourth mental health support provider
NHS Nottingham City CCG has announced Turning Point
as a new mental health support provider.
Turning Point will join Let’s Talk Wellbeing,
Insight Healthcare and Trent PTS to provide more help for people experiencing
mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
All four offer a range of NICE-approved therapies
and this additional capacity will support the delivery of ambitious national
plans that mean at least 25% of people with common mental health conditions
access psychological therapy services by 2020.
Details of the local providers are:
Let’s Talk Wellbeing - 0115 956 0888 www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/letstalkwellbeing
Trent PTS - 0115 896 3160 www.trentpts.co.uk
Turning Point - 0300 555 0456 http://talking.turning-point.co.uk
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 Healthy men and women needed for medical study
A research study is taking place at the University
of Nottingham looking at how muscles are affected by inactivity in young and older people.
Volunteers will wear a
below-knee cast and medics will measure changes to the calf
muscle during a three-day period.
An inconvenience allowance of £200 will be paid after
completing the study, which requires a total of four visits to the university's Medical School. Findings from this study could help patients recover more quickly from injury.
If you would like to know more or take part, contact Arfan Ali on 0115 823 1412 or email msxaa20@nottingham.ac.uk
More
information on the study can be found here…
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 Protect yourself against flu this winter
Flu is caused by a virus which can spread rapidly when infected people cough or sneeze. It
occurs every year, usually in the winter months, and it is highly infectious.
The most common symptoms are
fever, chills, headache, aches and pains in the joints and muscles and extreme
tiredness.
The best way you can protect
yourself against flu this winter is to have the vaccination this autumn - therefore develop immunity before the peak in infections. Remember you need to
have this every year in order to be protected. Don’t assume you are not at risk
because you had it last year.
Those who are recommended to have the flu vaccine are:
- Everyone aged 65
or over
- Everyone under 65
years of age, including children and babies over six months of age,who have had heart problems, chest complaints like bronchitis, emphysema or severe asthma, kidney or liver disease, lowered immunity, have suffered a stroke, are diabetic, pregnant or seriously overweight
- All two, three and four-year-old children at the GP practice
- All children in school years 1,2 and 3 via the school
- Everyone living in a residential or nursing home
- All frontline health and social care workers, or those caring for the disabled or elderly
As well as getting your jab, you can help reduce the
spread of flu by regularly washing your hands, particularly after sneezing or
coughing. You can pass on flu without having any symptoms, so wash your hands
regularly.
If you have flu, stay away from work and from mixing
with family and friends until you are better.
More information
on staying well this winter here…
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