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Race for Health programme enables PCTs to make the Health Service in their areas significantly fairer for black and minority ethnic communities. The programme supports a network of 15 PCTs around the country, working in partnership with local black and minority ethnic communities to improve health, modernise services, increase choice and create greater diversity within the NHS workforce. A modern, dynamic NHS will reflect the experiences and aspirations of all its users. Closing the health gap for black and minority ethnic communities will be a real measure of success. Web: http://www.raceforhealth.org
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Wellbeing of Women: Wellbeing of Women raises money to invest in medical research and the development of specialist doctors and nurses working in the field of reproductive and gynaecological health. They fund research into women’s gynaecological and reproductive health that is most likely to transform women’s healthcare. They supply training grants to recruit and retain good doctors and midwives in gynaecology and obstetrics. They provide women with information about their health and ensure the public are better informed about women’s health issues. They work in partnership with the Royal College of Obsteticians and Gynaecologists to improve women's health.
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Please read the enclosed info, received from a local colleague from Manchester Local Involvement Network (LINk), of which CHIEF is the Member of the Steering Group. CHIEF is also a campaigning partner of The Stroke Association, the only UK wide charity solely concerned with combating stroke in people of all ages. It funds research into prevention, treatment and better methods of rehabilitation, and helps stroke patients and their families directly through its Life After Stroke Services.
ACT F.A.S.T. is a new national government campaign aimed at helping people to recognise the signs of stroke, and act to save lives and reduce the damage caused. A stroke is a medical emergency that requires immediate medical attention. So recognising the signs and calling for an ambulance is crucial. Quick diagnosis of stroke is important to understanding the cause, the damage done and what immediate medical treatment is needed. The sooner somebody who has had a stroke gets the right medical attention the better their chances of a good recovery. So minutes really do matter.
What is FAST?
FAST requires an assessment of three specific symptoms of stroke:
Facial weakness - can the person smile? Has their mouth or eye drooped?
Arm weakness - can the person raise both arms?
Speech problems - can the person speak clearly and understand what you say?
Time to call an ambulance!! dial 999
If the person has failed any one of these tests, you must call an ambulance. Stroke is a medical emergency and by calling an ambulance you can help someone reach hospital quickly and receive the early treatment they need. Prompt action can prevent further damage to the brain and help someone make a full recovery. Delay can result in death or major long-term disabilities, such as paralysis, severe memory loss and communication problems (aphasia).-------------------------------------
National Heart Month is British Heart Foundation`s annual campaign to increase awareness of heart and circulatory disease and to raise funds for their research, prevention and care services. CHIEF will be helping to save lives by supporting the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Red for Heart campaign. Please Join National Wear Red Day on Friday 26 February 2010 or choose your own event.During the month, CHIEF`s panel of experts (cardiologists, cardiac specialist nurses and cardiac psychotherapists) will be taking your questions and writing informative articles on Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), its causes, risk factors, its prevalence in BME community, prevention, lifestyle modifications, treatment options and rehabilitation process.
BHF very soon will be launching the BEAT( Be Active, Eat Healthily, Avoid Smoking, Take the lifestyle check, the first ever national heart health code and lifestyle check... BEAT encourages people to take steps to improve their own heart health by taking the free online lifestyle check, available in February 2010.
Dr Naseer Naqvi, a senior consultant physician from Chorley, and CHIEF`s Chairman of board of Directors, said: ” We decided to support the BHF’s campaign because it is a worthy cause as Heart disease is the U.K`s number 1 killer. Above all, it is more common in BME groups and it could be avoided by adapting healthy life styles.”
Jackie Skeel, Head of National Campaigns at the British Heart Foundation, said: “Thanks to CHIEF for going Red for Heart to help save lives and and fight the UK’s biggest killer. Everyone can get involved with the campaign so please encourage your colleagues or friends to take part and help the BHF make a real difference”.
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Notes to editors:
For case studies, images and more information, call the BHF Press Office on 020 75540164. For more information about the Red for Heart campaign please visit bhf.org.uk/red, or call 0845 2410976 or email
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. British Heart Foundation is the nation’s heart charity, dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information. British Heart Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales (225971) and in Scotland (SCO39426). CHIEF is a BME-led, Social Enterprise in Health and Social Care, registered in England & Wales with CIC Status (6027161)
Facts and Figures: It’s our biggest killer. It’s responsible for more than one in three deaths. It costs the UK economy £30.7 billion every year. Around a quarter of all men and women in England are obese. Around three out of ten children in England are overweight or obese. Only 40% of men and 28% of women do the recommended amount of physical activity. Every year around 140,000 people suffer a heart attack. One in three of them die before they even reach hospital.
NHS Manchester is believed to be one of the first Primary Care Trusts in the North West to equip all its health centres, clinics and other premises with automated external defibrillators (AEDs). This initiative will provide immediate on-the-spot help to people who have a cardiac arrest and improve their chances of survival. The average pre-hospital survival rate of someone who has had a cardiac arrest is 5-7% - where a defibrillator is used, this increases to more than 60%.
The AEDs are designed to be used by members of the public and are safe and easy to use. The model being installed in Manchester actually talks the operator through the process of administering the defibrillatory shock. AEDs will not allow a shock to be given to a person who does not require one. Their use is supported by the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the British Heart Foundation.
All six NHS Walk-in Centres in Manchester are now equipped with the new AEDs which are also being installed in all the city’s 30 health centres and clinics. NHS Manchester will also be supplying the new kit to the Manchester Learning Disability Partnership, its intermediate care centres, a number of GP practices, and its office bases. Fourteen are destined for HMP Manchester (Strangeways prison) . Both clinical and non-clinical NHS Manchester staff will receive additional training on the new equipment as part of their mandatory annual basic life support training updates. The new AEDs have been warmly welcomed by frontline staff who are enthusiastically turning up for the extra training sessions.
“We believe that the AEDs are a vital investment that will ensure that anyone unfortunate enough to have a cardiac arrest on our premises will have the best possible chance of survival,” said John Harrop, Director of Manchester Community Health, the community services provider arm of NHS Manchester. “The AEDs are an essential piece of kit that can be used by our staff or members of the public and will be a huge benefit to communities across the city.”
David Miller, Primary Care Specialist for BOC Healthcare, the company that supplied NHS Manchester with the 60 new AEDs, added: “BOC Healthcare are delighted to be working in partnership with NHS Manchester and to be supplying them with this life saving equipment.“For every minute that defibrillation is delayed a patient’s chance of survival decreases by approximately 10% per minute. Therefore having this vital equipment in all NHS Manchester frontline clinics really does have the potential to save lives.”
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