Monday 4 July 2016

NHS Future Fit Digest

Message forwarded by Sue Hackett, Ruyton Parish Clerk.

June 2016

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Welcome

This is the June 2016 edition of the NHS Future Fit newsletter. These bulletins will now be issued monthly to keep you up to date while the programme begins to gather pace.

The Latest

June has seen lots of debate about the future of health services in the region. We've heard from a number of key consultants from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH) on why it's so important to have one Emergency Centre and two urban Urgent Care Centres at both the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and how this model of care can provide better clinical outcomes for patients. More information on SaTH's recent newsletter is available further down.

The NHS Future Fit Programme Board Meeting also took place in June, further information on the meeting is below.

Look out for more engagement events coming up next month, these have been organised to coincide with Health Information Week (4-10 July). The NHS Future Fit pop up stand will visit each of the six Shropshire libraries, giving you the opportunity to find out more about recent developments and to hear your views. More information further down.

More and more people have been talking to us on social media. Our NHS Future Fit Facebook and Twitter pages have been regularly posting updates to our followers, allowing people to discuss and feedback on proposals. We also share or retweet useful general health messages. You can link up with these pages using the links further on this newsletter. 

Also in this edition you can read more about our recent pop up stand at Llanidloes Community Centre which was part of the Mid Wales Healthcare Collaborative event. and you can find out more about how to deal with common summer health issues and also what is coming up in the month ahead.

The NHS Future Fit Programme Board


The NHS Future Fit programme board met this month and discussed a number of pieces of work that are moving forward. Work has been ongoing with partners to develop the Hospital's Sustainable Services Plan. The programme team have been looking at models of community care that would support the Strategic Outline Case (SOC) as well as continuing conversations with local GPs and primary care providers.

The board also heard about proposals to develop rural urgent care services; more recently there have been developments around point of care testing which allows patients to have certain tests that normally take place in hospital nearer to where they live. You can find out more information about this on the Shropshire CCG website

Read more in the June 2016 Programme Board report

 

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust newsletter




The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital (SaTH) Trust have recently issued the latest edition of their newsletter 'A Healthier Future'. In this issue you can read more about: 
•    The Strategic Outline Case for the Trust's Sustainable Services Programme.  
•    The opening of the Garden of Tranquillity.  
•    How The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is on a mission to deliver the safest and kindest care in the UK.  
To get more updates from SaTH why not connect with them on 
Twitter 

Click here to Read 'A Healthier Future'

 

Health Information Week (4-10 July)

Shropshire Libraries is joining in with an annual campaign to raise awareness about health information available to everyone in the UK, in the first full week of July.

Libraries will use their Health Zones and displays to highlight their health and wellbeing information and resources about a range of health issues during a week-long information campaign.

NHS Future Fit will be joining Healthwatch Shropshire and People2People at drop in sessions in Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Market Drayton, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch and Ludlow libraries which will benefit staff and public by raising awareness of the resources that are available to them.  


Find out more

Your health this summer



With the warmer weather comes different health issues, Whether its hayfever making you sneeze, coping with the heat, or advice for insect bites NHS Choices has some good advice on how to stay well this summer.

If you're planning on travelling abroad this summer then you might need to think about what vaccinations you might need or advice on getting and using a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). You can find a general information page on all things to consider on NHS Choices website.

For regular health updates and advice then why not follow your local health services commissioning group on Twitter?

Telford and Wrekin CCG
Shropshire CCG
Powys Teaching Health Board

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