Your October Shropshire Health & Wellbeing update

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Shropshire Health and Wellbeing e-Newsletter

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

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Health teams in Shropshire are reminding pregnant women across the county to protect their health this winter by having their free flu vaccine.

All pregnant women are recommended to receive the flu vaccine which can be given at any stage of pregnancy. Immunisation is safe for both mother and baby, and can also protect your baby for the first few months after birth.

Pregnancy naturally weakens the body’s immune system and as a result flu can cause serious complications for you and your baby. Vaccination against flu reduces these risks. Serious complications of flu include pneumonia, septic shock (a severe and life-threatening infection of the whole body), meningitis and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).

You can get vaccinated at any point during your pregnancy, however fit and healthy you might feel.

Flu vaccination in pregnancy also means that flu antibodies are transferred through the placenta to the baby. This gives the baby some protection against flu for the first few months of life.

Aside from having your flu vaccine, the best way to prevent the spread of flu is to practice good hand hygiene. Catch coughs and sneezes in a tissue, throw the tissue away and wash your hands. If you think you have flu, stay home and rest until you feel better. Call NHS 111 if you have an underlying health condition or feel really unwell.

For more information about the flu vaccination visit www.nhs.uk/fluvaccine.

Driveway Safety Campaign

Not all car accidents involving children occur on the road. RoSPA research shows that at least 39 children have been killed on, or near, the driveways of their home since 2001. Twenty eight of these accidents have occurred since 2008.

Tragically, in most of these cases, an adult member of the child's family, a neighbour or a visitor to the house was driving the vehicle

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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?

If you have any questions for the Health and Wellbeing Board, you can contact Healthwatch Shropshire. Just click here to contact them or Telephone: 01743 237 884 Email:enquiries@healthwatchshropshire.co.uk or write to Freepost HEALTHWATCH SHROPSHIRE

Got some news to share?

If you have a topic or article that you would like to feature in this newsletter, please contact us by email:shropshiretogether@shropshire.gov.uk or telephone: 01743 253998

Health and Wellbeing Board - Next Meeting:

The next public Health and Wellbeing Board meeting will be held on the 17th January, 2019 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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