HLP Newsletter email: [email protected] Issue 5 January 2014 STAY IN TOUCH! Happy New Year to All! Welcome to the first newsletter for 2014. I hope you all had a great Christmas period and are feeling positive and enthusiastic for the year ahead. It has been an amazing past year with some fantastic health promotions and events being held across North Staffordshire, Stoke and South Staffordshire. Let’s take a brief look at the previous year’s achievements. Throughout 2013 HLP’s across North Staffordshire, Stoke and South Staffordshire have participated in many health campaigns and have offered opportunistic healthy living advice. We now have 58 fully accredited HLP’s in North Staffs and Stoke and South Staffs. We aim to accredit all those awaiting accreditation by February/ March this year. This will then form a strong HLP force of 124 across the whole of Staffordshire. Analysis of the data collection from the campaigns carried out throughout 2013 shows that the total amount of people who received a Healthy Living message across the whole of Staffordshire was 1197! What an impact! Well done to all! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Health y-Living-Pharmacy-North-StaffordshireStoke-and-SouthStaffordshire/295715427197922?fref=ts Post Your Health Promotion Campaigns! We have seen some fantastic health promotions in 2013. For the Mental Health campaign at the beginning of 2013 Trent Health Pharmacy, Ashbank road, Werrington held a mental health day. They We now have 116 likes and invited an advisor from the Saltbox, Carelink to come into their reached approximately 5,400 Pharmacy and give advice to any person whom may be suffering from depression or mental distress. They gave out leaflets which contained people in December! information, a thermometer and a poster to put in their window to warn away any unnecessary house callers. Trent Health also organised a free gentle exercise class at their local village hall. Well Street Pharmacy in Biddulph contacted Rethink for mental illness and the manager from the local drop in centre came into the Pharmacy and set up a display and engaged with patients and customers. The Healthy Living Champion made 50 goody packs which contained mental health information, pens and badges which were supplied by Time to Change. The HLC then went into Rethink drop in centre and gave a talk to the service users about Healthy Living Pharmacy. From left: Marie Cooper (HLC), Elissa Pateman (HLC), Dawn Pemberton (Manager at Rethink Drop in Centre) Excellent Tip: Make contact with local Healthcare providers and invite them into your Pharmacy to give information on the services they can provide. 1 HLP Newsletter Photo Gallery of Health campaigns promoted throughout 2013 Alcohol Awareness Stop Smoking Ros Coulborn Butt Lane Pharmacy. Dean & Smedley Pharmacy, Tutbury Michelle Lavender Coven Pharmacy Debbie Dilger Tesco, Meir Park. Elissa Pateman and Julie Wassall, held an alcohol awareness day in Sainsbury’s Biddulph. Engaged with public by asking them to do a scratchcard to highlight how much alcohol, they were consuming. They gave out 100 free goody bags which contained information about local acohol support groups, the Pharmacy’s alcohol services and healthy living information. 2 HLP Newsletter Sun Awareness Know Your Numbers: Blood Pressure, Healthy Heart Gemma Weston, Tesco Meir Park Ros Coulborn, Marie Cooper Well Street Late Night Pharmacy, Biddulph Butt Lane Pharmacy Ros Coulborn, Butt Lane Pharmacy 3 HLP Newsletter Data Collection Review The Facilitator has reviewed the data that has been sent in by HLP’s in 2013. Below is a graph that shows the amount of data that was sent in for each campaign. It highlights which Pharmacies have sent data in and for how many campaigns. A total of Seventeen Pharmacies sent data in with the most data being received from Norfolk Street Pharmacy, Shelton. There were 23 Pharmacies that did not send any data in at all, this shows that out of all 40 fully accredited HLP's in North Staffs and Stoke only 42% sent data in and 58% did not send any data in at all. A total of thirteen pharmacies sent data in to the Facilitator to be analysed. A total of 37 HLP's didn't send any data in at all. This means that only 26% of HLP's in South Staffordshire and Surrounds sent in data and a staggering 74% did not send any in at all. This must be investigated to see what solutions and additional support can be provided in order to facilitate more data collection. 4 HLP Newsletter Data Collection It is vitally important to collect and send as much data as possible for each health campaign that is promoted. There are many HLP’s that did not send any data in at all in 2013. Healthy Living Pharmacy is a new concept and if we want to have extra services commissioned from HLPs, we must demonstrate how successful we are in sending out public health messages. We cannot prove this if we do not receive any data. It is really vital for the success of HLP to collect data and send it in. We do have a few small pilot schemes in HLPs so the commissioners are noticing HLP – let us prove we are up to the task. There are various ways to collect data: Opportunistic Health Advice – Have the data collection sheets close to the counter and record any healthy living message given with a customer/ patient Health Campaign Event- Dedicate a day to promote a targeted campaign. Plan how you are going to record the data, eg; BP readings, one team member could be taking the BP and another could record the data. Leaflets/ Information- Order literature and count how many leaflets you have to start. Count quantity of leaflets monthly. Send in data of how many leaflets were taken each month. Signposting- Keep a record of each time you refer a patient to a particular service. After each Bi Monthly Campaign please send data to: Elissa Pateman 9 Highland Close Biddulph Moor Stoke On Trent ST8 7LJ Email to: [email protected] Fax to: 01782 503672 If you do not send any data in, your hard work may be going unnoticed. Please share your news stories and send photos of your displays to the above email. The Facilitator will be asking for data sheets after each health campaign. Planning for the next Health Campaign January and February 2014: Healthy Eating; Change 4 life; 5 a day; healthy portions; reducing salt intake. 5 HLP Newsletter Plan an Event! There have been some fantastic events carried out by HLP’s across the whole of Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent. Why not contact your local healthcare providers or hold an event in the community where you can make a difference! “Community Pharmacies sit right in the heart of our communities, and are trusted, professional and competent partners in supporting individuals, family and community health” NHS Confederation For resources on ‘Eating Well’ go to: www.bhf.org.uk http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/change -for-life.aspx http://www.orderline.dh.gov.uk/ecom_dh/pub lic/home.jsf 6 Invite Slimming World Consultants into your Pharmacy, they can create a display and give out leaflets and provide healthy eating advice. HLP Newsletter Upcoming Training Events Public Health Improvement and Wellbeing- You will need to book your place, booking details to follow ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) Understand the concept of MECC Explore ways to overcome barriers in order to start the ‘difficult’ conversation. Be familiar with the behaviour change cycle Understand 5 ways to wellbeing Be confident in signposting using Staffordshire Cares and Purple Pages North Staffs: Hanley 28th January and 12th February 2014 South Staffs: Tamworth 3rd Feb, Uttoxeter, 6th Feb, Stafford 11th Feb, Burton 13th Feb, Cannock 24th Feb, Perton 25th Feb and Lichfield on 27th Feb. CPPE Leadership Training CPPE are running a live eight week online e-course starting 14 October 2013. By joining the Healthy Living Pharmacy – developing your services e-course you will find out more about the benefits this initiative can bring to your patients and practice. There will also be leadership training events in the summer in both North and South Staffs. Community Pharmacy Courses Buttercups Training offers Community Pharmacy Courses for Medicine Counter Staff, Dispensing Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians and Preregistration Trainee Pharmacists. Courses for Health Improvement Level 2 Award in Understanding Health Improvement Level 2 Award in Applied Health Improvement Motivational Interviewing Contact Tania Cork or Gill Hall for details on how you can receive discount on the Buttercups Training courses. 7
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