Health Improvement
Advice Centre
Here for you and your health
Áine and Emma at Here for Health are very pleased to report an enjoyable and successful 2 months since
our first newsletter. Here for Health has now been open for 3 months and has seen 486 individuals. Our
first quarter stats of services users is illustrated below:
Service User Designation
Age Group of Service Users
80
Service User Count
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Gender
Male
Female
Number
%
143
343
29
71
0
18-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75+
Age (Years)
Health Subjects Covered with Service Users
Topic
Number
Topic
Weight Management
209 General Health
Physical Activity
141 Alcohol
Diet
127 Diabetes
Blood Pressure
66
Smoking
Emotional Well Being
63
Other
Number
64
56
48
31
23
Services users are signposted to a range of Oxfordshire Health services, if you would like to know how
many individuals have been signposted to your service please contact Here for Health at
hereforhealth@ouh.nhs.uk
Patient Feedback
The Friends and Family Test has been introduced at Here for Health, providing us with important feedback. Of 51 questionnaires, 100% of people were extremely likely or likely to recommend Here for Health
to their family and friends. Below are some of the comments:
- “Friendly, informative advice with proactive approach to helping achieve a regular exercise pathway.
- “Fantastic service, providing information on how to live a healthy lifestyle. Should be more of these”
-“Able to help set goals. Gained new knowledge which has helped me set a path for a healthy lifestyle”
- “Innovative service very helpful and practical”
Service development
Here for Health is continually looking for ways to reach a wider
population to support healthy living. Over the past 2 months we have;
-Established our service as part of the patient pathway for the
Hypertension Clinic linking with Polly Whitworth, Specialist Nurse Hypertension.
- Formed a referral pathway with the Hepatology and Gastroenterology Clinics. In particular a strong relationship has been developed with Dr Jeremy Cobbold, Dr Jane Collier and Mark Ainsworth, Hepatology
Research Nurse, who often walk their patients to Here for Health.
- Cardiac Pre-Op nurses have been offered the opportunity to bleep Here for Health for their patients to
be seen immediately after their pre-op appointment.
- Organised weekly pop-up stands across the John Radcliffe site which have covered a range of topics including blood pressure checks, stress management and stop smoking. This has resulted in 74 patient contacts in November.
- Developed wider links with a range of community Oxfordshire health and well-being services. As a result we refer service users to a number of community services:
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Morelife, to attend Weight Watchers or Slimming World on referral
Go Active; Get Healthy, Active Body; Healthy Mind for physical activities
Generation Games (GG) who have provided Here for Health with their exercise DVD for users
Diabetes2gether and other Diabetes support groups
Emotional well being support services, Talking Space or Mind can be phoned from Here for Health
Drug and alcohol support services; Oasis or Lifeline can be phoned from Here for Health
Media Attention: Here for Health recently featured on the BBC Oxford radio breakfast programme and BBC Oxford televised news. The features highlighted the positive forward thinking work by OUH, Oxfordshire County Council and the funders of
Here for Health; The Thames Valley NHS England Area Team and The Oxford Radcliffe Charitable funds, to improve the health of the population of Oxfordshire.
Here for Health would particularly like to thank the OUH Communications Team for
their help and support in promoting the service.
The Future
The Christmas period and the New Year present exciting opportunities for Here for Health, including:
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A New Year’s resolution campaign for healthy living
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Working with the Centre for Occupational Health and Well Being on OUH Healthy Hospitals Days
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Continuing to meet, develop and strengthen links with Oxfordshire services
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Introducing student placements at Here for Health
If you have any feedback/suggestions for Here for Health we would be grateful for your comments.
Contact us at hereforhealth@ouh.nhs.uk or on 01865 221429
Áine and Emma would like to thank everyone for their continued support
We wish you all a healthy happy Christmas and look forward to continuing to work with you.