HealthNet Forum
The forum's next meeting is Feb 5th 10am till 12 at St Judes Church Laygate, South Shields
Agenda: Council Funding (see below)
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Health Needs Assessment for a School Population
The January/February 2007 issue of the British Journal of School Nursing (pp6-9) contains a useful article by Kath Lancaster, an HNA Nurse Specialist in the Bradford area. The article describes her methodology for carrying out HNAs which seeks to identify those pupils in need of support. It has been adopted widely by school nurses in her local area.
The Journal is available from Gateshead PCT's Health and Information Library Service, based at Team View on the Team Valley Trading Estate.
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Health Needs Assessment Workshop, 31st January 2007
Thanks to everyone who came along to this workshop and contributed so enthusiastically. Outline Health Needs Assessments were developed looking at
- the health needs of asylum seekers' children
- the health needs of the population of older people who suffer from dementia
- the need for a specialist occupational therapy service for people with cancer
Links to all the materials used in the workshop are included below.
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Health Needs Assessment Workshop - Tue 28th November
Thanks to all who came along to this workshop and contributed so enthusiastically. Outline Health Needs Assessments were developed looking at the health needs of people who stammer, the need for telemedicine and the need for physical activity on referral programmes. Links to all the materials used in the workshop are included below.
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Are Stop Smoking Services Reducing Health Inequalities in Gateshead
Smoking is the single most preventable cause of ill health and premature death in the UK. In 2005/06 the NHS Stop Smoking Service in Gateshead helped 1,500 people to successfully quit, measured four weeks after setting a quit date. This represents 4% of smokers in Gateshead. But is this service accessed equally by all sections of the population?
Read the full blog to find out about a recent Health Equity Audit which answered this question.
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Health Needs Assessment Workshops, Autumn 2006 programme
CEHI is delivering a half day workshop looking at how to carry out a Health Needs Assessment on several occasions during the autumn. Health Needs Assessment is a powerful planning tool that can provide evidence about a population on which to develop services and address health inequalities. Workshops on September 25th and November 28th are already full so a further date has been added on December 12th. For further details and a booking form, read the full blog.....
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Health Needs Assessment Workshop, 27th March 2006
Thanks to all who came along to this workshop. Twelve people attended and there was a good mix of commissioners, service leads and community nurses. Everyone was very enthusiastic and the group sessions generated some lively debate. The full blog contains links to resources used on the morning and a workshop report....
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Taking health needs assessment forward in Gateshead PCT