The Western Trust are working in partnership with the Farm Families Health Checks Programme to help a collection of 9 rural Health Checks within the Southern Sector this autumn, the primary of which took place just lately in Seskinore.
The Farm Families Health Checks Programme is a regional NI service supported and funded by DAERA and PHA and hosted by the Northern HSC Trust. They present a method for farmers and their households to access well being checks from a van in rural neighborhood settings.
This progressive challenge consists of a cellular unit which is available at native markets and neighborhood occasions throughout Northern Ireland, to supply on-the-spot well being checks by skilled nurses consisting of Blood Pressure monitoring, BMI, ldl cholesterol examine, diabetic screening and psychological well being screening. In addition, individual life-style recommendation might be given on a variety of well being points, and onward referral accomplished to native help companies as required.
These Health Check occasions are an incredible alternative to have a check-up. People attending will obtain a duplicate of their outcomes and with their consent, this info will then be forwarded to their GP for inclusion of their medical data.
Siobhan O’Donnell, Western Trusts Health Improvement, Equality and Involvement Department: “We are delighted to have the Farm Families Health Checks mobile unit come along to a number of rural areas in the southern sector this autumn. This is a great example of a partnership approach with the Farm Families Health Checks service offering rural people free health checks alongside the Western Trusts, Community Health Improvement officer providing health promotion and wellbeing advice to local people at these events.”
Information on the areas internet hosting Autumn Health Checks programme and the way to guide in for an upcoming well being examine occasion might be posted on the Western Trust social media pages over the approaching weeks. The subsequent Health Checks and Health Information occasion might be held in Eskra on Monday 23 October from 3pm to 9pm, restricted spots are available which is able to must be booked prematurely.
For additional particulars concerning the Autumn Health Checks collection and the way to categorical an curiosity in internet hosting a Free Health Checks occasion throughout Winter 2023, please contact: [email protected].
