Public Health News July 2019 - Bath and North East Somerset
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Public Health News July 2019 ________________________________________________________ This month’s Public Health challenge is to share what would help you to live a healthier and happier life by completing the Our Health, Our Future survey Health and care organisations across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are putting a plan together to make sure you and your loved ones are able to get the support you need to live well. They want to make sure that you can easily find and use local health and care services, and that these services will support you to stay healthy and happy now and in the future. Help to shape the future of local health and care services by taking part in our short survey. Visit our campaign website for more information, or email ourhealth.ourfuture@nhs.net or call 03333 219464 to request a paper copy of the survey. Please help spread the word about the campaign amongst work colleagues, at events or meetings and with family and friends. We can provide Polish, Arabic and Easy Read versions of the survey and a session plan if you would like to lead a group activity about the campaign. Bathscape Bathscape’s mission is to raise awareness and understanding of the beautiful countryside surrounding the city of Bath, to help restore it and ensure its enjoyment for generations to come. We connect people in Bath with the rural landscape around them. Part of our vision is that a greater and more diverse number of people will access and actively enjoy that landscape. Please click here for more information on the Bathscape Scheme. One of our projects is a social prescribing project, based in Twerton. We are running Feelgood walks on Tuesdays at 2pm with Timebank plus and Natural Pathways (Nature and Wellbeing practical volunteering) at Bath City Farm, with Avon Wildlife Trust. Both activities are for people referred by the GPs in Twerton, via Myscript, via other healthcare professionals, or who self-refer. For more information, contact Lucy Bartlett (lucy.bartlett@bathscape.co.uk) 01225 477265. Farm visits seasonal safety reminder Days out at farms are an enjoyable and educational experience for many people. However, animals can carry a number of infections that may be harmful to humans, especially children and pregnant women. Guidance for the public is available on the PHE website (Farm visits: avoiding infection). Resources are available for educators through Access to Farms. Those opening their farms to visitors should consult the Industry Code of Practice and put the necessary control measures in place (including displaying signs to remind visitors to wash their hands with soap and water and ensuring appropriate facilities are in place).
Tick Awareness
Summer is a great time to be outside, but don’t forget to be ‘tick aware’. Ticks are small members of the spider family that feed on
blood. They can transmit bacteria that cause diseases such as Lyme Disease. Tick activity increases in spring and peaks between
April and June and this is when tick bite risk is highest. We’re encouraging residents and visitors to become ‘tick aware’ to continue
enjoying outdoor activities with the knowledge and confidence of how to manage ticks should they come into contact with them.
The key messages are:
1. Know what ticks look like, where they can be found, and practise prevention behaviours to help avoid tick bites.
2. Check your clothes and body regularly for ticks when outdoors and when you return home.
3. Remove ticks as soon as possible with fine tipped tweezers or a tick removal tool. Once removed apply antiseptic to the bite
area and keep an eye on it for any changes.
Further information about ticks can be found on the Council’s Public Health webpages and a locally produced poster and leaflet
can also be downloaded from this site: http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/public-health/latest-health-messages/tick-awareness If
you would like further supplies of the tick awareness posters and/or leaflets please contact Mo Manasievski email:
Mo.Manasievski@virgincare.co.uk
Clean Air Schools Toolkit
The Clean Air Schools Toolkit is now ‘live’ on The HUB: http://thehub.bathnes.gov.uk/Page/11243
The Clean Air Schools Toolkit is a free electronic resource to support settings when teaching and raising awareness amongst
children and their parents/carers about reducing outdoor air pollution, improving air quality and reducing their exposure to outdoor
air pollution. The toolkit is most relevant for primary schools, but many of the resources can be used in any setting.
Contents of the toolkit include:
• Foundation, KS1 & KS2 lesson plans and support to deliver them
• Words and music for the ‘Let’s create an air revolution’ rap/song
• Ideas for a poster competition or homework
• Environmental and personal exposure air monitoring guides
• Pledge cards and stickers
• Modeshift STARS resources
• Guide to setting up a walking bus
• Scoot to school information
• Bikeability information & contact details
• Anti-idling campaign guide• Guide to planting trees/hedges
• Leaflet for parents/carers
• Surveys – knowledge of children and parents/carers before and after interventions
Cases of Mumps in B&NES
There are cases of mumps in B&NES. Two doses of MMR vaccination is the only prevention. Get all the facts you need
on mumps to protect your family and friends here: https://t.co/wRwPzWFrG3
SAFE BANES
Our new fully updated SAFE BANES website is now up and running at www.safebanes.com
www.safebanes.com is for young people who live in Bath and North East Somerset and provides advice on relationships, sexual
health and sexual wellbeing. It has been fully redesigned in collaboration with local young people.
On the website you can find information and advice on free condoms (C Card); contraception; emergency contraception; sexually
transmitted infections (STIs); pregnancy; sexual and gender identity; and relationships and sexual abuse.
You can also find all the services that you can access across Bath and North East Somerset including those in Bath, Keynsham,
Chew Valley, Paulton, Midsomer Norton and Radstock.
SAFE stands for ‘Sexual Health For Everyone’, and is a quality standard offered to all organisations who provide sexual health
advice and information to young people aged 13 to 24.
Any service showing the SAFE logo shows that services are young person friendly. That means they have to be:
Accessible to young people regardless of disability, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, locality or financial situation
Provide up to date information and resources on a range of sexual health and relationship issues for all young people
Confidential
Friendly, welcoming and comfortable places for young people to be
Encouraging and supportive of opportunities for young people to help services to continue to improve and develop, in both
what services are provided and how they are provided
www.safebanes.com also has a professionals-only section that includes a range of helpful and useful resources that professionals
can use to support and help young people with their sexual health. To access this section please email
public_health@bathnes.gov.uk for your password.
For more information on www.safebanes.com contact paul_sheehan@bathnes.gov.ukKnife Crime - New teaching materials for staff working with young people aged 11 – 16 produced by the PSHE Association and Home Office These materials are free and can be downloaded here. Just enter the words ‘knife crime’ into the search box. You do not have to sign up to the Association to download their lesson plans. Lesson plans feature real-life case studies of young people from the latest Home Office #knifefree campaign along with new content on the importance of having good role models. They are designed to challenge inaccurate perceptions about knife crime, help young people develop the confidence to resist pressure to carry knives, and to recognise positive role models. If you are concerned about specific young people in relation to serious youth violence please also be aware of support and information available through the BANES Early Help App Free Alcohol Education Resource and Training for staff working with 11 – 18 year olds All staff working with young people are invited to attend a workshop 4.30 – 6.00pm, 25th September, Keynsham Community Space to learn about a new teaching resource produced by the Alcohol Education Trust. The session is being organised by the BANES Public Health in Schools Programme but is suitable for anyone delivering alcohol education to young people. It will be led by Karen Perryman from the Alcohol Education Trust. The session is free of charge and will include a free training resource. For further details and to book a place go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alcohol- education-for-11-18-year-olds-free-resource-training-tickets-63645206526 The Freedom Programme, Monday 23rd September - 9th December 2019, 12.30pm - 2.30pm, Somer Valley area Dear Practitioners & Partners We invite you to submit ‘Requests for Support’ to the above 12 week programme, supporting people effected by domestic abuse. Please see flyer 1 and flyer 2 giving further details. We kindly ask that you also display and / or share these promotional flyers. If you are working with any family members who would like to attend the programme, please complete a Request for Support form and submit to the family’s local Children’s Centre. Request for Support form can be found at: www.bathnes.gov.uk/childrens- centres (see ‘Need help?’ tile). Please note; families must be living in the B&NES area to access the course. A Children’s Group, for children aged 5 years and under, will run alongside The Freedom Programme, staffed by qualified & skilled Early Years Practitioners. Places are subject to availability and need to be booked in advance. Please indicate on the Request for Support form if place/s in the Children’s Group are required. If you have any further questions please contact Katie Marke on 01225 395400 or Katie_Marke@BATHNES.GOV.UK
DHI Poetry Book on sale now!
'Out of the Shadows', our 20th anniversary poetry anthology, is now available. Buy yours today!
https://www.dhi-online.org.uk/about-us/news/dhi-poetry-book-on-sale-now
DHI’s Vision Project - Social care: a positive option
Amanda Deeks, retiring Chief Executive of South Gloucestershire Council, gives her perspective on the challenges facing social
care. https://www.dhi-online.org.uk/about-us/news/social-care-a-positive-option
DHI’s Vision Project - How do we help today's young people with substance misuse?
Phil Harris writes for The Vision Project about how we can help young people today using evidence, and recognising changing
patterns of drug and alcohol use.
https://www.dhi-online.org.uk/about-us/news/how-do-we-help-todays-young-people-with-substance-misuse
DHI’s Vision Project - Families, drugs, alcohol and social exclusion
A week before our annual Reach Out conference, Vivienne Evans from Adfam writes for DHI's Vision Project about ending social
exclusion for the families of people with addiction.
https://www.dhi-online.org.uk/about-us/news/families-drugs-alcohol-and-social-exclusion
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