NHS boards across Scotland are finalising plans to ensure resilience over winter this year – and prepare for the extra pressures that the season can bring. Continue reading NHS gets ready for winter
Tag: Health and wellbeing
Detecting Cancer Early: Sir Alex hails ‘great example’ Tom
A man who survived lung cancer after seeking help early has been praised as setting a ‘great example to everyone in Scotland’ by Sir Alex Ferguson, who fronts the Scottish Government’s Detect Cancer Early (DCE) lung campaign. Continue reading Detecting Cancer Early: Sir Alex hails ‘great example’ Tom
Winter health advice as clocks go back
NHS 24 is reminding people to take extra care of their health as the dark evenings draw in and days get shorter. This weekend, the clocks go back one hour marking the end of British Summer Time. Continue reading Winter health advice as clocks go back
‘Think Fast. Acting Faster’: Scottish Ambulance Service film raises stroke awareness
NEW STROKE FILM HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR FAST ACTION
The Scottish Ambulance Service has released a brand new film to coincide with World Stroke Day (29th October) to highlight the need for fast action when it comes to a suspected stroke. 15,000 people in Scotland suffer from stroke every year. Continue reading ‘Think Fast. Acting Faster’: Scottish Ambulance Service film raises stroke awareness
Meet up for a local Buggy Walk on Wednesdays
PILTON BUGGY WALK: Meet outside Royston Community Centre for circular walk 10am every Wednesday until the 30th November.
We have changed the meet up point for Pilton to the community centre at Wardieburn as an experiment as it may be more appealing and we will do a circuit from there, through the streets around taking in a few green spaces and circling back to the community centre for a cuppa, chat and baby changing and so on. Hope to see you there!
You can just turn up or sign up at:
http://www.meetup.com/Buggy-Walks-MeetUp-Edinburgh/events/234836637/
Your walk leader will be Hannah.
It would be great if you could get us a few more new Parents to come along!
Continue reading Meet up for a local Buggy Walk on Wednesdays
Johnstone concern over missed tooth decay targets
Alison Johnstone MSP, Health spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, has expressed concern at statistics showing that half of Primary One children in deprived communities have tooth decay.
The NHS report concludes that “clear health inequalities persist, and reducing dental health inequality must remain a priority.”
The main finding is that in the most deprived communities 55 per cent of P1 children have no obvious tooth decay. The national target is 60 per cent. In the least deprived communities, 82 per cent have no decay.
Alison Johnstone MSP said: “Poor dental health among children in less well-off communities is a tragedy and we must do more to turn this around. Getting children into good habits to look after their teeth is vital and there are good schemes in operation across Scotland, but we need to see greater effort to support parents, carers, school staff and communities.
“On top of that, there are steps that we can take to reduce the income inequality that contributes to poor health outcomes. I’ve already persuaded Scottish Ministers to roll-out the Healthier Wealthier Children project which boosts the incomes of vulnerable families. We can go much further by improving wages and using tax powers to put more money in the pockets of those who need it most.”
National Dental Inspection Programme (NDIP) Report 2016:
https://www.isdscotland.org/
Free flu jabs for carers
Autumn has arrived and carersorganisation VOCAL is urging carers to visit their GP for a free flu jab, which all unpaid adult and young carers in Scotland are entitled to though the NHS. Continue reading Free flu jabs for carers
Gymnasts: spring into action!
Gracemount Leisure Centre has a new state-of-the-art gymnastics sprung floor. The 12m x 12m carpeted floor is the same type as that used in the Rio 2016 Olympics and will be used for the World Championships and all British Gymnastics events. Continue reading Gymnasts: spring into action!
Living in Harmony: understanding hate crime
The next Living in Harmony forum will be on Thursday 13th October, 10-12 at Pilton Community Health Project. There will be crèche available if booked in advance.
The theme of the session will be on understanding hate crime and we will have input from the police and from another project working with young people on hate crime in North Edinburgh. There will be an opportunity to explore what hate crime is, discuss how to raise awareness about it among our communities, and also to sign up your organisation to become a third party reporting centre.
It would be helpful if you could RSVP so that we have an idea of numbers.
Kind regards
Hannah Kitchen
Development Worker, Living in Harmony,
Pilton Community Health Project
0131 551 1671
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Parklife: Free parkour sessions at West Pilton Park
There will be three days of Parkour workshops in West Pilton Park. For children age 12+. Spaces are limited – so book now!
Three days of Parkour in the park from 14:00 – 15:30 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday October 17th -21st.
Learn how to interact with the park and the local environment through the eyes of a Parkour practitioner – it is a free class!
The workshops are run by Access Parkour supported by PCHP as part of the West Pilton Park project.
Supported by Pilton Community Health Project.
Booking is essential!
Please spread the word!
Go to https://bookwhen.com/accessparkour?tags
Lianne Pipskyj & Clare Symonds
Development workers – Physical Activity
Pilton Community Health Project