Your April Shropshire Health & Wellbeing update

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Shropshire Health and Wellbeing e-Newsletter

Welcome to this April 2018 Shropshire Health & Wellbeing e-Newsletter. This e-Newsletter is for everyone interested in health and wellbeing in the county.

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Help Shape the new Extended Hours Service for GP Practices

To help plan longer opening hours for GP practices local people are being asked how the service may look in a patient survey by Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).

The CCGs are preparing plans for all patients to be able to book a regular, routine appointment at a GP practice from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, as well as weekends and Bank Holidays.

These appointments would be with a GP, Nurse, or other clinicians e.g. a Clinical Pharmacist. They may not be at a patient’s own practice, but one nearby and will just be for routine or same-day, pre-bookable appointments, not for urgent or emergency appointments.

A survey is being launched for patients so they can help shape the service. The GP Extended Access Survey is confidential and takes just five minutes to complete. It has 11 multi-choice questions to help the CCGs find out who would be interested in the new extended hours service and when people would be most likely to use it.

The survey also checks how far people would be prepared to travel to appointments and if they would be interested in using different methods for appointments such as Skype.

Dr Stephen James, Clinical Director for Primary Care speaking on behalf of both Shropshire CCG and Telford and Wrekin CCG in this joint project, urged people to complete a survey.

He said: “We will use the findings of the survey to help shape and plan the service so it’s important that people take just take a few minutes to give us some feedback and ideas.

“The patient survey is looking at people’s preferred days and times for appointment over the evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays.

“We are also looking at practices working in groups, or hubs, so although every practice would not be open for the extended hours, people would not have far to travel to the nearest practice providing this service.”

To take part in the survey click here

https://tinyurl.com/Extended-Access-Survey

The survey opens on Monday, 30 April, and closes on Friday, 25 May at 5pm. It is open to all patients over 16 registered with a practice listed with Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin CCGs.

If you need help completing the survey, or need a paper copy, for assistance please contact:

Telford patients - Sharon Smith, Patient Engagement Lead, on 01952 580478 or email: Sharon.smith90@nhs.net

Shropshire patients – Phil Morgan, Primary Care Manager, on 01743 277500 or email: philip.morgan3@nhs.net

Entries are now open for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s 5K Fun Run to celebrate 70 Years of the NHS.

The event, which is being organised in partnership with the Dolly Mixtures, starts at 10.30am on Saturday 7 July at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Entry costs £5 (plus admin fee) and all the money raised will go to SaTH Charity’s Living Well With Dementia Appeal and our End of Life Care Swan Fund.

All entrants will receive a bumper NHS70 Goodie Bag, so please sign up today by visiting www.sath.nhs.uk/nhs70. Spaces are limited to 500 runners/walkers.

Once the Fun Run has finished, why not spend the rest of the day at our celebratory charity Fun Day – details of which can be found here.

Volunteer vacancies in Shrewsbury

Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin is looking for a fresh intake of volunteers in and around Shrewsbury to satisfy demand for its services to support older people.

The local charity is keen to recruit volunteer befrienders and telephone buddies to provide support to older people experiencing loneliness. There are also volunteer vacancies in the charity furniture shop and day centres at Gains Park and Hanwood.

Heather Osborne, Chief Executive of Age UK STW, said: “Our services could not run without our dedicated team of volunteers who are the life blood of our charity. Giving up an hour or two of their spare time will make all the difference to the life of an older person who may be suffering from loneliness. Our volunteers get a huge amount of satisfaction helping older people, and our services are in great demand, particularly in Shrewsbury.”

Anyone who is interested in volunteering for Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin should contact the volunteer recruitment team on 01743 588 570 or visit www.ageuk.org.uk/shropshireandtelford.

BUILD A BENCH

Small Woods have an opportunity which may be of interest to people you know and / or support.

Build a Bench is a fully funded 12-week programme which provides people who live in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire who are not currently in any kind of paid work, a unique opportunity to take part in weekly green wood craft sessions combined with supportive action planning sessions at the beautiful Green Wood Centre in Coalbrookdale (near Ironbridge).

The programme is suitable for all abilities and no previous wood-craft experience is required. Build a Bench is an outcome focused programme which aims to prepare people for progression into employment, self-employment, accredited learning and / or volunteering by the end of the 12-week course. Participants must therefore be willing to undertake the craft activity and engage in action planning and progress reviews focused on moving into employment, self-employment, accredited learning and / or volunteering. The programme provides an amazing opportunity for people to develop new skills, grow in confidence, meet new people and develop their resilience.

To find out more or to make a referral

Call: 01952 432 769

Email: janekirby@smallwoods.org.uk

Veterans Courses

Updates from our Partners

Volunteer

To find out about the volunteering activities which have been going on across Shropshire's Great Outdoors take a look at the webpage http://www.shropshiresgreatoutdoors.co.uk/volunteering-outdoors/

If you are interested in volunteering or to find out more about our volunteering opportunities please visit our webpage, call on 01743 255957 or email .

For all the latest news from The Shrewsbury & Telford Hospitals click here.

For the latest news from Healthwatch Shropshire, click here

Do you have a question for the Health and Wellbeing Board?

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Health and Wellbeing Board - Next Meeting:

The next public Health and Wellbeing Board meeting will be held on the 24th May, 2018 starting at 09:30am at Shirehall in Shrewsbury.

The agenda and relevant papers will become available on the Health and Wellbeing webpage prior to the meeting. Please click here to access previous meeting agendas

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