If you have a learning disability you are entitled to go along to your doctors to have a flu jab.
Please look in the Going to the Doctos Section on this website and choose winter plan to find out why it is important to do this.
If you are worried about going or need support get in touch with our health promotion team by ringing
0303 123 1145 and asking them to refer you for more help to get it.
Emma Reid and Helen Wharton attended a Macmillan Coffee Morning along with Beverly Brown at Washington Community Resource Centre last week. It was a great opportunity to meet people and let them know about how they can help promote good health.
We have just developed an easy read leaflet about contraceptive services available to people with learning disabilities in the Sunderland and Washington area.
Please click on the link below to see the leaflet.
Please take a look at the flyer and book on to a date in your area.
You will learn about the risks of bowel screening and the importance of early detection.
The uptake of bowel screening is low in people with a learning disability, often because carers and professionals do not always know how best to support someone.
We now have an easy read booklet with useful information about breast awareness, screening and what is breast cancer available. Please take a look. This can be found in the Screening part of the website!
The Access to acute network and the Good Access to primary care are hosting a conference at the Beacon Centre in Newcastle on the 7th of October.
The theme of the conference is how we can be happy and healthy through good friendships and relationships.
Sunderland has a few places left so if you would like to come along please email the following
Beverley Brown and Emma Reid promoting our resources for Sunderland Action for Health, good day had by all!
We have added a useful resource to all sections of the Professionals Resources today on The Use of the Mental Capacity Act.
Click below to access also.
| Using the Mental Capacity Act |
| Our new film explains the principles of the Mental Capacity Act and how they work in practice for people who may lack capacity. It also looks at how the Act supports everyone to plan for their future, when they may lack capacity. |
Gillian Jackson, Emma Reid and Graeme Fergurson joined in the fun to help put on a great night for people with a learning disability and their friends!
Sunderland People First and Margaret from the Health Promotion Team came along to City Hospitals last week and mingled with staff and visitors to tell them all about friendships.
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