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In this issue:

•Review of Intermediate Care Provision in Tameside and Glossop
•Active Denton - Aqua Relax and Coffee Morning
•Join The Anthony Seddon Fund for a Candlelight Vigil in support of suicide prevention #itsokaytotalk
•Open invite to local ambulance service’s AGM and health fair
•Picture of Health – Focus this month is on Tobacco
•HIDDEN VOICE - Giving a Voice to Dementia
•Buggy Walk
•Do you like Crafts?
•Latest CQC reports
•Health app of the week - Stay Alive By Grassroots Suicide Prevention

Review of intermediate care provision in Tameside and Glossop

NHS Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has launched a consultation, enabling residents of Tameside and Glossop to have their say on the way care is delivered for patients, usually older people, after leaving hospital or when they are at risk of being sent to hospital. This is known as Intermediate Care.
The aims of intermediate care are:
•Help people avoid going into hospital unnecessarily;
•Help people be as independent as possible after a stay in hospital; and
•Prevent people from having to move into a residential home until they really need to.
Intermediate Care in Tameside and Glossop includes two main elements;
•‘Home First’ –  a range of services which support people in their own home or at a location in their local community and
•Intermediate Care beds – beds for people coming out of hospital requiring a package of care which cannot be provided at home, or for people who need a short stay away from home for support to prevent them needing admission to hospital.
Currently, in Tameside and Glossop there are intermediate care beds located at the Stamford Unit, based within Tameside Hospital and Shire Hill Hospital in Glossop.
The CCG are consulting on 3 options:
•Option 1
This option maintains the number of beds provided at the Stamford Unit (32) within the Tameside Hospital site and maintains the current community beds provided at Shire Hill in Glossop (36 beds). There is also access to 32 ‘discharge to assess’ beds at the Stamford Unit.
•Option 2
All bed-based Intermediate Care would be provided at a single location in the Stamford Unit run by Tameside Hospital on their site in Ashton. The hospital is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The
provision of Intermediate Care beds at Shire Hill in Glossop would cease.
•Option 3
This option would require us to work with private care home providers to develop capacity within existing care homes or invest locally in increasing capacity to host bed based Intermediate Care. This option would mean that Intermediate Care beds are not located in one single location but spread out across the area where capacity can be found. This option requires care home providers to be willing to invest in increasing bed spaces and if new care homes were required, a short-term solution would be required whilst capacity in the system is built.

To find out more about the options and to have your say please visit www.tamesideandglossopccg.org/intermediatecare
 You can pick up a paper copy of the consultation at GP practices across Tameside & Glossop or, alternatively, you can call the Healthwatch Office for a copy 0161 667 2526
Consultation ends 15 November 2017.

Active Denton - Aqua Relax and Coffee Morning

Active Tameside’s brand new Aqua Relax sessions offer people with dementia and their carers time together in the water. Although aimed primarily at people with Dementia, the sessions will also be great for anyone with health or mobility issues giving time for a swim or to just relax both physically and mentally.
Sessions start Friday 15th September 10.30am – 11.15am at Active Denton

Join the Anthony Seddon Fund for a Candlelight Vigil in support of suicide prevention #itsokaytotalk

The Anthony Seddon Fund will be hosting an event at Ashton United Football Club Hurst Cross Stadium as part of World Suicide Prevention Day on Sunday 10th September.
From 6.30pm, organisations from throughout Tameside will be hosting information stalls and other activities related to suicide prevention and mental health. A candlelight vigil and 1-minute silence will follow at 8pm to mark World Suicide Prevention Day.
This theme is about connecting with others and letting people know #itsokaytotalk
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Open invite to Local ambulance service's AGM and health fair 

North West Ambulance Service are providing members of the public with the opportunity to take a closer look at the impressive work of your ambulance service at a special event in Leigh, Manchester!
On Thursday 14 September 2017, they will celebrate their Health Fair and Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Leigh Sports Village, Leigh Sports Stadium, Sale Way, Leigh WN7 4JY – and all are welcome to attend.
The day will begin with the Health Fair, which will be open from 10am - 1pm, followed by trust's AGM at 1.15pm, and it promises to be an action packed and informative day for everyone - toddlers to adults!
Their FREE Health Fair will include a range of interactive information stands from NWAS, emergency service partners and other health organisations.
You will be able to look at an emergency ambulance display, find out about how you can join their family, job vacancies, why they feel they are the best place to work and learn. You can take part in various demonstrations, including a CPR challenge, as well as have a mini health check, receive health and well-being tips and much more!
A key aim of the event is not only to raise awareness of what they do as an NHS trust and how they are evolving, but also how they work in partnership with other emergency services and healthcare professionals, who will be present on the day, to deliver vital services to the local community and across the whole of the North West.

Picture of Health Focus this month - Tobacco

Public Health look at the way people in Tameside live, as a whole population.  Every month they are sharing facts and figures about health in Tameside, as well as giving us information on how we can help ourselves and the people around us to live well.
This month’s focus is on tobacco.
We hear lots about smoking related death, but what about smoking related life? Tobacco kills, but it causes illness that people have to live with first. There are at least 50 known conditions that are caused by tobacco. On average people in Tameside spend 20 years with a health problem before they die.
For those who die from smoking, they are likely to have lived with one or more of the following conditions first: Chronic Heart Disease and Stroke, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Vascular Dementia or Cancer.
Check out their infographic factsheet and use the information to help them, to help everyone improve their own health
http://www.tameside.gov.uk/TamesideMBC/media/PublicHealth/POHTobacco.pdf
Don’t forget to follow to follow Public Health on their  Healthy Tameside Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/healthy-tameside

Hidden Voice - Giving a voice to Dementia

Musicinmind.org.uk are delighted to be able to offer free tickets for the 'Hidden Voice' Dementia Awareness event at The Royal Northern College of Music Manchester on 15th September, to people and organisations involved in health and the arts. It is a new, groundbreaking multimedia piece, that uses musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, film and audio to raise awareness around dementia. It has been described by NHS Director for Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns as 'A unique relationship between music and dementia'.
The tickets are £13.50 but musicinmind.org are delighted that The RNCM has agreed to the offer of free tickets for people involved in health and arts. The performance begins at 7.30pm and will feature a special presentation by the Alzheimer's Society as well as stalls in the foyer.
Hidden Voice at the RNCM - https://www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/hidden-voice/
If you would like free tickets for this  please email p.mchugh@musicinmind.org.uk or ring  07885855696 to order tickets     

 

Buggy Walk

Active Tameside invites you to come along for a FREE weekly Buggy Walk!
A 30-minute led walk for children, parents and carers. Just grab your buggy and join the walk.
Every Thursday 1.30pm meeting and ending at Dukinfield Library (Library entrance) returning to the library for “Time for a Rhyme”!
For more information please contact:
Rachel Leeson Tel: 0161 366 4860 Email: Rachel.leeson@activetameside.com

Do you like Crafts?

Come and join the Tameside Crafters
They meet every Saturday at Central Art Gallery above Ashton Central Library
10.30am – 12.00pm
Call for more information
0161 292 6575

Latest CQC Reports

Care Quality Commission CQC, are the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England.
They make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and they encourage care services to improve. Whenever a report of an inspection is published, Healthwatch Tameside receive an email listing those in our area.   
We will put these into an ebulletin with links to the full reports.
*Please note that sometimes reports shown here are not new reports or inspections, but have been republished to include additional pages at the back of the report, detailing enforcement action which the CQC are now legally allowed to disclose publicly*
This week, reports have been published regarding inspections at:
•Balmoral Care Home, 29, Old Road, Mottram, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 6LN - Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care, Caring for adults over 65 yrs http://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-151584688
•Simply One Dental – 94, Henrietta St, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8NX Diagnostic and screening procedures, Services for everyone, Surgical procedures, Treatment of disease, disorder or injury http://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-1622070974

Health App of the week - Stay Alive by Grassroots Suicide Prevention

*Please note that Healthwatch Tameside does not endorse the applications mentioned in this eBulletin. We simply provide information to allow you to make an informed decision whether it would be an application which may be beneficial.*
Developers Description:
This app is a pocket suicide prevention resource, packed full of useful information to help you stay safe. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.

In addition to the resources, the app includes a safety plan, customisable reasons for living, and a life box where you can store photos that are important to you.

Grassroots Suicide Prevention is a charity that supports communities to prevent suicide. We teach suicide prevention skills to community members and professionals. We work hard to raise awareness of suicide prevention and reduce the stigma surrounding suicide. Grassroots Suicide Prevention is not a crisis service.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stay-alive/id915458967
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.org.suicideprevention.stayalive
 

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