Tag: Support

Public Health

Current Awareness Updates

Risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) for monkeypox outbreaks: Interim guidance, 24 June 2022.
World Health Organization (WHO); 2022.
(This Interim Guidance outlines recommendations, considerations and methods to raise awareness, manage risk perception, maintain trust and proactively support people at risk to make informed decisions to protect themselves and others from monkeypox.)

Addressing local inequalities through employment.
NHS Employers; 2022.
(A series of case studies showcasing how NHS and non-NHS partners are coming together to support people into work.)

Flooding and public mental health: assessment and management UK Health Security Agency (This guidance on flooding and health aims to provide information for public health authorities, emergency services and health professionals on the measures needed to prevent major effects on health arising from floods in England.)

New resources for safeguarding and empowering young people with SEND when online Learning disability today (A UK-based charity has created new resources to safeguard and empower young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) when they are online. Childnet’s new project, Thrive Online, is designed to help educators, parents and carers to support young people aged 11 and over to use the internet in a safe and meaningful way. The free resources cover important topics such as digital wellbeing, healthy online relationships and online pornography.)

Cracking Good Food; Promoting Healthy Eating

(Cracking Good Food have created a support booklet that includes a weekly
guide to family meals that are low fuel and nutritious. Their in-house nutritionist has researched current food prices at ALDI and Tesco to compile a guide to create a nutritionally balanced meal plan costing between £45-£60 each week to feed a family of 4.)

Lunch and Learn

A session around Health and Wellbeing

Thank you to everyone who attended our lunch and learn session yesterday. Our guest speaker, Jo Smith, Health and Wellbeing Lead, gave a very interesting presentation about physical and mental wellbeing and support that is available to help us keep well.

If you missed the session, you can watch the session recording here (please use your LSCFT email to access) or view the presentation slides here.

We would really appreciate any feedback on these sessions. If you have a few spare minutes we kindly ask you to complete our survey- which should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete: https://www.surveymonkey.com

National Self Care Week

National Self Care Week is 15 – 21 November 2021

  • Self Care Week is an annual UK-wide national awareness week that focuses on embedding support for self care across communities, families and generations.
  • Practise Self Care for Life is the theme for 2021
  • The Self Care Forum has been organising Self Care Week since 2011

For more information visit the website

NHS Leadership Academy

How might leadership roles evolve in integrated health and care systems?

Source: The King’s Fund Health Management and Policy Alert

This report for the NHS Leadership Academy explores some of the implications of the long-term plan and its supporting plans on leadership within local health and care systems, the roles that may emerge over time, and what knowledge, skills and support leaders need in the future. The report provides an overview of research carried out to better understand how leadership roles are changing in the health and social care sector, especially in collaborative and integrated health and care systems.

For more information click here.

Supporting the LGBTQ+ population

Through Covid-19 and beyond

Source: The King’s Fund Health Management and Policy Alert

Leaders from across the health care system agree that for the LGBTQ+ population to recover and thrive after the pandemic, the way services are designed and delivered, and the workforce environments they are delivered in, must change. This report sets out a series of recommendations to help health care leaders, service designers and commissioners ensure their services and workplaces meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ population.

some of their recommendations include:

Mental Health Network NHS Confederation

To find out more click here.

Top tips for telephone triage and video consulting

Resources to support your practice

Total triage is important to reduce avoidable footfall in practices and reduce the risk and spread of infection. How to establish a remote total triage model in GP using online consultations available here.

Support for telephone and video consulting, GP’s, dentists, mental heath patients and cancer patients can be accessed here.

NHS England

People plan for 2020-2021

The plan sets out what the NHS people can expect from their leaders and each other. It outlines practical actions for employers and systems and includes specific commitments about:

  • Looking after our people – with quality health and wellbeing support for everyone
  • Belonging in the NHS – with a particular focus on tackling the discrimination that some staff face
  • New ways of working and delivering care – making effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience
  • Growing for the future – how we recruit and keep our people, and welcome back colleagues who want to return

To find out more or join the conversation click here.

Better health

A new national campaign has launched to support people to loose weight

With current data showing that obese people are significantly more likely to become seriously ill and be admitted to intensive care with serious illnesses including COVID-19 -compared to those with a healthy BMI- the campaign encourages adults to introduce healthier lifestyle changes to help people achieve a healthy weight. Support has been identified to eat better, drink less alcohol and get active through access to a range of apps including; Easy Meals, Food Scanner, Couch to 5k and Active 10.

The campaign has partnered up with a range of partners offering exclusive discounts including:

  • one month free membership with WW and Weight Watchers Reimagined
  • £2o discount for online memberships to Slimming World
  • 86p a week memberships at Get Slim

To find out more click here.

Royal Marsden Access

Difficulties accessing the resource

We have been made aware that some members of the trust are having difficulty accessing Royal Marsden online. We are working towards getting this issue resolved and will inform you of updates when this issue has been rectified.

You can still access the latest materials, however you will need to login via Athens. Follow these simple steps:

  • Login to your Athens account here
  • Click on ‘My Resources’ (left hand side of the page)
  • Click on Wiley Royal Marsden Manual 10 (last on the list)
  • Search the content you were looking for