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March 8, 2010

World Mental Health Day Briefing Session - Wednesday 28th April

Five a day for Health and Hapiness - Five Ways to Well Being

A briefing/planning session is being held on Wednesday 28th April at the Media Centre, Stonehills, Shields Road, Gateshead, NE10 0HW starting at 12 noon until 2pm.

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February 24, 2010

HealthNet forum

HealthNet's Next meeting 5th March st Judes Church, South Shields

 

         Agenda - Stan Taylorson, South Tyneside Council, Aiming High Strategy

  

March Healthnet agenda.doc   HealthNet Minutes Feb 0510.doc

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February 19, 2010

NHS Evidence - Infections e-newsletter February 2010

NHS Evidence - Infections specialist collection e-newsletter for February 2010.
Read it here/a> or on the website.
This month's new additions:

  • Gastrointestinal infections

  • Healthcare associated infections

  • Hepatitis

  • HIV and Sexually transmitted infections

  • Respiratory infections

  • Travel associated infections

  • Tuberculosis

  • Vaccine preventable infections

  • Upcoming events

  • Recent news

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Health E-news Bulletin, issue 02, February 2010

This monthly bulletin covers national, regional and local (St Helens & Halton) news, events and other relevant information which relate to the six key areas of the 'Choosing Health' white paper, and some wider public health information.
Read the February 2010 issue here

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February 9, 2010

Free Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) Training

Our Alcohol IBA course is free to all NHS staff across Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland.

Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) is effective in helping people who drink in a harmful way to reduce their alcohol consumption and our IBA course will enable you to:


  • Develop a "prompt" tool to help you "Think Drink" for common presentations

  • Raise the issue of alcohol related harm using a simple and non-confrontational "opening"

  • Calculate "Units" confidently

  • Assess a clients readiness to change and modify your response accordingly

  • Deliver advice in a short, personalised and structured way

The training can be delivered as an "open" group session, where participants may come from one or more of these services, or as a "closed" session, which will be restricted to members of your team. Our course is in two parts:

1. An on-line pre-learning programme (max of 60 mins). This gives the theory behind IBA and describes the effects of drinking at a higher than recommended level.

2. A practical skills workshop (90 to 120 mins). This will equip you with the practical skills and confidence to identify the early signs of harmful drinking and to raise the issue of alcohol with the patient. You will be able to accurately assess their risk and learn how to say the right things that will help the patient.

Visit www.alcoholfirstcontact.co.uk to find out more.

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