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East Renfrewshire Community Health and Care Partnership (CHCP) is a new and innovative partnership responsible for delivering all local health and social care services for the residents of East Renfrewshire in an integrated way.
Health visiting The CHCP is committed to improving the health of people living and working in East Renfrewshire and making a difference to health inequalities. We will take a lead in improving health with other partners involved in community planning and regeneration. For further information, please download the documents below. Click here for PPF Annual Report. Click here for PPF Bulletin Issue 6. Click here for Working Agreement December 2007. Public Partnership Forum News Working for and with YOU Issue 9 April 2009 Come and See the New Hospitals These are Stobhill, Saturday 25th April 10am - 3pm Tours will set off every 15 minutes and will last for 45 minutes. You will need to book a tour in advance. These are expected to be busy and will be done on a first come first served basis. To book or find out more information please call 0800 027 7246
This will include: an Essential Guide to each new hospital which is being delivered to every household in the area of both hospitals, a handy pocket-sized internal map of the hospitals, which will be given out to patients attending in the months of April, May and June, other leaflets, including one about the Minor Injuries Unit, a special edition of Health News, NHSGGC’s public newspaper which is published with the Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times and displayed throughout hospitals and health centres and GP surgeries. NHS 24 Visit Members of the PPF Executive recently paid a visit to the NHS 24 call centre in Cardonald. Members of South West Glasgow PPF were also in attendance for a presentation on the service and then a walk through the call centre to get a demonstration on how calls are taken and dealt with. NHS 24 gets around 25 - 30,000 calls a week. 96% of these are answered within 30 seconds. Busiest times are holiday periods. For instance the 4 days over last Easter period generated 40,000 calls. NHS 24 also have around 60, 000 visits a month to their website. This has a health library, self care guide, pharmacy opening times and over 300 frequently asked questions. NHS 24 number is 08454 24 24 2 4 New Screening Programme Launched Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK and affects both men and women. As we get older the risk increases, with nine out of 10 cases in people over 50. However, when detected early it can be treated effectively. More than 307,000 men and women between 50 - 74 are being invited to take part in Scotland's largest cancer screening programme. An easy to use screening kit will be sent to your home and a simple test can be carried out in private, to be This new screening programme will look for bowel cancer at a stage before it causes any complaints or symptoms. For more information contact the Bowel Screening Centre Helpline on Parent Wanted The CHCP is looking for a member of the public to join the Local Planning and Implementation Group for The group was formed in response to the Health Visiting Review Report, which set out a framework for each CHCP to develop redesign proposals for the Health Visitor service, to suit local need. The review recommends Health Visitors working with children aged 0 -19 and their families, based in integrated The group meets monthly and is very keen to have public input, especially from someone who may have young children For more information contact Working Agreement Update The PPF Executive have reviewed the Working Agreement it has with the Community Health and Care Partnership. Some changes have been made to the document, which has now been reprinted for 2009. If you would like Two additional places have been added to the Executive (highlighted in blue) which makes a maximum of 19 The membership is as follows: • 1 from each of the 3 Area Forums. The other new place is for groups and organisations not covered under the present networks. For instance this could be a tenants and residents group or an organisation covering the whole East Renfrewshire area. If any group/organisation is interested in this place please contact Gerry for further information. We also have three current gaps on the PPF Executive: . childrens networks, What is the Third Sector? The Third Sector is a new term for the voluntary and community sectors. A new Third Sector Forum has been formed and is open to anyone involved in voluntary, community or faith based groups. Transport can be arranged from anywhere within East Renfrewshire. The next meeting is on Tuesday 28th April, 2- 4pm. It will be discussing the development of a volunteering strategy for East Renfrewshire. The Forum wants to ensure that volunteers, and those who work with them, are represented, so if this applies to you tsf@voluntaryactioner. Melanie Lambert or Linda McCullagh on 0141 876 9555 Interested in Healthcare Cleaning Standards? NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Facilities Directorate are looking for members of the public with an interest in cleanliness standards to join cleaning monitoring teams. Since January 2007, teams of healthcare professionals and members of the public have undertaken visits across many hospital and community premises within the Glasgow and Clyde area. The results of these visits are included in monitoring reports to the Scottish Executive. Everyone involved with this initiative has described it as a valuable and informative experience. PPFs across the Health Board area are currently represented but the Facilities Directorate are still looking to recruit, train and develop more members. If you would like to find out more please contact Gerry for an Expression of Interest form. Next CHCP Committee Meeting The Community Health and Care Partnership Committee meetings are held every two months The meetings are a good opportunity to find out about CHCP plans and also for the Committee to be updated on PPF activity. Two PPF Executive members are on the CHCP Committee to ensure a two way flow of information to, and from, the PPF Executive. The CHCP Committee meetings are formal but open to the public to attend, although people cannot actually participate, only observe. The next meeting is on Wednesday April 22nd Barrhead Council Offices 10am - 12 noon If you would like to find out more about the committee you can check out minutes and agendas from previous meetings at http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/ Do You Want to Stop Smoking? The CHCP`s Health Improvement Team run Smoking Cessation groups locally. The groups run for 7 weeks at a time and take place in the evening at Clarkston Clinic and Barrhead Health Centre. If you would like to find out more about what is involved in coming to the groups please contact the team on 0141 577 4804 If you are planning any activity and would like the PPF to be involved please let us know. Copies of this bulletin can be made available in other formats on request. For further information please contact Gerry Tougher on 0141 577
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