Training and useful documents
CHYPS Plus is offering training to all practices about the
You're Welcome criteria (a set of standards to guide practices in
becoming "young people friendly"). The training is workshop based
and covers confidentiality when working with young people. If you
would like to access this training, contact CHYPS Plus on 0208 919
5040 or email chyps@chpct.nhs.uk.
Counterweight
If you would like to find out more about counterweight,
including how to get training for your practice staff contact
Oonagh Griffin, Principal Community Dietician oonagh.griffin@chpct.nhs.uk
Pharmacists can go to www.caht.firstpct.org/pharmacy to keep up to date on
training.
Useful Documents
City & Hackney tPCT Obesity Strategy 2007-10
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Obesity Care Pathway and Your Weight, Your Health
Comprises materials for health professionals as well as
information to be given to patients. It includes Obesity Care
Pathways for adults and children and a supporting booklet with
detailed information for health professionals. In addition, there
are tools to help GPs raise the rather sensitive issue of weight
opportunistically with both adults and children
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Public Health Resources for Pharmacy
Pharmacists and their staff play an important role in their
communities by helping people achieve better health and you are
ideally placed to offer healthy lifestyle advice to patients and
customers, particularly when dispensing their prescriptions.
The resources on this website have been designed to give
pharmacists and their staff background information on brief advice
(general health advice) and brief interventions (more in-depth
discussions on single health topics) to help them deliver healthy
lifestyle interventions.
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National Obesity Forum
The National Obesity Forum is an independent charity, working to
improve the prevention and management of obesity. The Forum was
established by medical practitioners in May 2000 to raise awareness
of the growing health impact that being overweight or obese was
having on patients and the National Health Service.
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more
NICE guidance on Obesity
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Lightening the load: talking overweight and obesity
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NICE Guidance of Physical Activity
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Nice Guidance on Physical Activity and the Environment
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