Here for Health, the innovative Health Improvement Advice Centre based in Blue Outpatients at the John Radcliffe Hospital has been open for 1 month. The door was opened on the 27/8/14 for staff, patients and visitors to drop in for healthy life‐
style advice and support with health behaviour change. As you can see from the pic‐
tures below the centre has seen some changes. Pre‐Opening 20/8/14 Open Day 27/8/14 1 Month Open 30/9/14 What happens when someone visits…...What, Why, How? On dropping into Here for Health an individual can browse the centre, and find information on a range of healthy living topics and services across Oxfordshire. The bar chart on page 2 shows the topics which service users have accessed the for centre during September. A service user meets either Áine Lyng (Health Promotion Specialist) or Emma Hagues (Health Promotion Practitioner) to discuss their health and lifestyle. Waist, height, weight, BMI, Diabetes risk score, blood pressure, physical activity, emotional well‐being and alcohol intake can be assessed. The Here for Health “What, Why, How” template is completed to es‐
tablish a health behaviour plan (Figure 1) and the individual is signposted to an appropriate service for further support. . Figure 1: What, Why, How Template Here for Health is delighted to report 121 individuals have accessed the centre since opening, The demographics of service users from 28/8/14— 26/9/14 are detailed below. Age Group
Male Female 28 93 Service User Count
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
18‐24
25‐34
35‐44
45‐54
55‐64
Age (Years)
65‐74
75+
Topics which Service Users sought information for in September
Service User Count
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Signposting Following discussion with the staff at Here for Health an individual is signposted to the appropriate service During September we have signposted to the following services: 
Alzheimer's Society, Talking Space (Service calls Talking Space from the Here for Health Centre) Diabetes UK Smoking Cessation (Smoking Cessation Advisor at Centre or calls local smoking cessation advi‐
sor to arrange appointment) Generation Games (Service user signs up on‐
line while at the Here for Health Centre) Drink Aware 
Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Exercise on Referral 
Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Go Active, Get 
Healthy (Service user signs up online from 
Here for Health Centre) 
Mind (Service user calls Mind from Here for Health Centre to arrange attending) 

Morelife 
Oasis 
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Lifeline Here for Health will maintain a database of services to which individuals can be signposted towards, if there are changes 
OUH Staff Occupational Health and Well‐Being 
to your service or if you have any promotional material to be displayed please contact Here for Health (details below). Campaigns Here for Health is linking with local health campaigns. Recently we promoted the Oxfordshire Smoking Cessation Service and Stoptober through 
Promotional stand at the Here for Health Centre 
Pop up stand based in the main foyer at the JR, 
Weekly OUH intranet message 
Daily OUH Facebook and twitter messages We will be supporting Mind’s Five Ways to Well‐being campaign and the OUH Flu Vaccine campaign. If you are planning a promo‐
tional campaign please contact Here for Health for support. Thank You Áine and Emma at Here for Health would like to thank everyone who has supported us in our opening month. The furniture donations, resources, advice and kind words of encour‐
agement have been appreciated. It has been an enjoyable first month and we look forward to continuing to build strong relationships with your services. If you would like to discuss how Here for Health can work with you please contact us on: Email: hereforhealth@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone 01865 221429