PUBLIC QUIZZED ABOUT THE REAL COST OF THE NHS
An innovative West Bridgford company is using a classic TV card game to help inform local NHS decision-making. Local residents are being encouraged to consider the costs of providing healthcare as part of NHS Nottinghamshire County’s new Play Your NHS Right online quiz. The quiz has been devised by the local NHS in association with [...]
DIABETES GROUP MEETING SUCCESS
The inaugural meeting of the Nottingham Type 1 Diabetes Group took place last month and looks set to become a huge success. Type 1 Diabetes is often overlooked by the media as it affects only 10% of the approximately 2.6 million people with Diabetes in the UK, often leading to misunderstanding of the condition amongst [...]
REDUCE YOUR WAISTLINE AND GAIN POUNDS
Fancy keeping yourself fit and healthy and earning some money in the process? Well now you can – the Shape Up Notts! team is offering all Workplace Challenge participants the chance to win big this autumn, with a £1,000 cash prize up for grabs. The competition, which was launched at the beginning of September, forms [...]
YOU CALL THE SHOTS
‘You call the Shots’ is Rushcliffe Borough Council’s new programme to help combat the rise in problem drinking. Known as ‘hazardous drinking’, it’s where men drink between 22 and 50 units of alcohol in a week and women drink between 15 to 35 units. Secondary schoolchildren in year 10 (aged 15) from this term onwards [...]
NEW DIABETES GROUP IN NOTTS
By Alex Wild I am setting up a new voluntary support group for people in Nottingham with type one diabetes, and their parents and carers. I have had type one diabetes since I was four (I’m now 36) so it’s a subject very close to my heart. I am hoping it will bring together other [...]
BRIDGFORD PLAYS A PART IN NHS WEBSITE
The NHS website in Nottingham City has been given a fresh injection of design and creativity in order to maximise its role in providing health information for local people. Following feedback from the public, patients, staff and clinicians, West Bridgford-based website design and development company Volute was brought in to help refresh and re-launch the [...]
COFFEE AND CAKE FUN DAY
Infertility is a subject which is not often talked about. Many people experiencing fertility problems find it hard to talk as it is an isolating condition and difficult for others to understand the depths of the emotional and psychological effects it can have. One in six couples in the UK face the possibility that they [...]
ADVICE FROM MARION: EAT MORE – WEIGH LESS
My name is Marion and I have lived in Clifton since 1952. I was a bonny baby, chubby toddler, becoming a well-rounded teenager and finally an overweight woman. I had tried every quick-fix diet on the market only to end up putting even more weight on. A holiday snap shot was the turning point for [...]
CONSULTATION DAY
By Tristan Hill As I work in the private sector of health care I am well aware that many patients feel they cannot afford treatment with an osteopath. Many are unaware of the benefit that just one session can bring, be it via treatment, or perhaps more importantly by gaining a better understanding of their [...]
CHANGE MAKERS FOR CLIFTON
Nottingham’s Change Makers for Cancer Awareness is a programme aiming to promote early presentation of bowel, breast, lung and prostate cancer. Using community engagement and empowerment approaches, the programme aims to address cancer inequalities by targeting specific ward areas and communities where cancer inequalities are particularly high. At the heart of Change Makers are local [...]