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Health for all, Have Your Say
HEALTH
for all, Have your say is a Wirral-wide listening exercise which
will be running from 7 January until early April 2008. Wirral PCT is
inviting everyone living in Wirral to have a say on proposed plans
for the future of Wirral’s health and health services.
Over the coming weeks, Wirral PCT will be sending a personalised
letter to every person living in Wirral who is over the age of 16
and registered with a GP, with the Health for all, Have your say
booklet which summarises proposed plans for a range of healthcare
areas. Full details about how to have a say, together with a
freepost feedback form will be included with the letter, and
everyone who sends in their comments will be entered into a free
prize draw for the chance to win a range of prizes including a LCD
television, an iPod Touch, a bike and shopping vouchers.
There will be a whole host of Health for all, Have your say events
taking place throughout Wirral between now and April, including
Local Area Forums, community events, focus groups, and Fun For All
Days with exciting games and activities for all the family - as well
as the opportunity to have a say.
Event Dates:-
Saturday 19 January 11am
to 3pm at the Asda, Seaview Road, Liscard,
Wallasey:- Have a say on what is important to you and be in with the chance of
winning a selection of incredible prizes, including an LCD TV, iPod
Touch, shopping vouchers and a range of other prizes.
Friday 25 January 2pm to 6pm at the Somerfield, Greasby Road, Greasby:-
Be sure not to miss this opportunity to enter our free prize draws
and to have a say.
Friday 1 February 2pm to 6pm at the Tesco, Bidston Link Road, Birkenhead:-
Join our staff and have a say on the areas of health and healthcare
services that are important to you.
Saturday 16 February 12 to 4pm at the Healthy Heart Fun Day at St James
Community Centre, Birkenhead:-
Don’t miss out on an afternoon of half term fun for all the family.
Join us for a Valentine themed Healthy Heart Day. With free fun
games and activities for all the family to enjoy, plus a chance to
win a range of fantastic prizes, don’t miss out!
Saturday 29 March 12am to 4pm at the Fun for All Day, Leasowe Community
Centre, Twickenham Drive:- An afternoon jam packed with fun and entertainment for all your
family and friends. Experience the sounds of 7 Waves Community
Radio, play ‘It’s Our Money’, and let us know on the
‘Wheel of
Investment’ what areas of healthcare you would spend our budget on.
Sunday 6 April 12.30 to 4.30pm at the Fun for All Day, Wirral
Multicultural Centre, 111 Conway Street, Birkenhead:- Welcome in the spring by having a say at our fun-filled activities
afternoon in the heart of the Wirral. This is your final opportunity
to have a say and win from our amazing selection of prizes.
To find out more or have your say:-
Drop in:- Have Your Say, Lauries Centre, 136 Claughton Rd,
Birkenhead, CH41 6EY
Write to:- HAVE YOUR SAY, FREEPOST
Freephone:- 0800 085 1547
Text:- 07781 472 493
Email:-
haveyoursay@wirralpct.nhs.uk
Visit:-
www.wirralpct.nhs.uk and
follow the Have your say link |
Wheel & Walk For 2008
IT'S that time
of year again when many of us are making New Year’s resolutions to
get fit and give more to charity, and the MS Society is offering
people in the North West the chance to do both in 2008. More
than 80,000 people in the region alone are affected by multiple
sclerosis (MS), the most common debilitating condition of the
central nervous system in young adults. The MS Society is inviting
people to take part in the fully accessible fundraising event, Wheel
& Walk, around the streets of Manchester in March.
Diana Gornall, Head of Community and Events Fundraising at the MS
Society said:- “Wheel & Walk is so much fun simply because it
includes everyone regardless of age or ability. Everybody can be
involved whether they are fully mobile, making use of a wheelchair
or mobility scooter, or still in their pram or pushchair!”
The event will take place over 6km on Sunday 30 March and passes
famous Manchester landmarks such as the Town Hall and Albert Square,
Manchester Cathedral, Urbis and many more. There may also be
the chance for top fundraisers to walk down the famous Coronation
Street cobbles, subject to filming.
Manchester’s Wheel & Walk is part of MS Life, the MS Society’s
national convention - a full weekend of events providing information
on every aspect of living with MS including home, lifestyle,
leisure, employment, medical research, treatment and support.
MS Life takes place on 29 to 30 March 2008 at Manchester Central
(the new name for G-MEX). Wheel & Walk will be held Sunday 30
March 2008 at 9.30am starting and finishing at Manchester Central.
For more information on Wheel & Walk or MS Life visit
www.msconvention.org.uk or
www.mssociety.org.uk/wheelandwalk.
Further details on Wheel & Walk can also be obtained by emailing
walks@mssociety.org.uk or by calling 0870 241 3565.
RUN
IN LIVERPOOL RACE AND HELP TO FIND CURE
IF you are
looking for the perfect reason to get into shape, then why not join
other local people who have already signed up to help a leading
charity find a cure for muscle diseases by running in the
forthcoming Liverpool Half Marathon.
The Regional Office of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is asking
local runners to enter the event and to get sponsored for running or
to contact them for sponsorship forms if they have already entered.
In return, everyone who raises funds can claim some great sportswear
rewards and will also be sent a top quality running vest to show
support for the charity in the race. In addition, whoever raises the
most sponsorship for the charity will win the choice of a Dirk Kuyt
Liverpool training top or a signed Everton football.
Says Charles Horton, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign Regional
Fundraising Manager:- “We need as many people as possible to
enter the 2008 Liverpool Half Marathon and raise sponsorship if we
are going to beat this disease. Its a great way to help others and
help yourself to keep fit. People die from the effects of muscular
dystrophy every week in the UK. Every second counts if we are to
give people with muscular dystrophy a chance in the future”.
The Liverpool Half Marathon takes place on Sunday March 2, 2008
starting at 9.30am. The race, which takes in the landmark sites of
the city, usually attracts international elite athletes, fun runners
and a host of celebrities. To run in the race to raise funds
for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, call their Regional Office on
01244 403012 or e-mail
charlesh@muscular-dystrophy.org.
CHEAP CHICKENS COULD COST PUBLIC HEALTH DEAR
UNISON is
warning that sub-standard poultry meat inspection and appalling
conditions experienced by battery hens could lead to contaminated
chickens entering the food chain. The drive to cut costs and
deliver the £2.50 chicken to consumers is having a dangerous impact
on standards of meat inspection in poultry slaughterhouses.
UNISON is writing this week to all the major supermarkets to alert
them to the appalling consequences of the drive towards cheap meat.
As a result of
deregulation, large poultry producers, who own both the farms and
the abattoirs, are now allowed to employ their own untrained staff
to inspect the meat, rather than the Government’s highly trained and
independent meat inspectors. Government meat inspectors will have
had 900 hours of training.
UNISON National Officer, Ben Priestley, said:- “Consumers must
be told that cheap chickens could be dangerous to health. Poultry
producers shouldn’t be allowed to inspect themselves. There has to
be an independent, rigorous inspection regime to ensure that the
meat on your plate is safe to eat.
The Food Standards Agency,
that is supposed to be the guardian of public health, is allowing
the industry to dictate how meat should be inspected and by whom.
Using untrained staff to cut costs is dangerous and irresponsible.
We are writing to all the major supermarkets this week to alert them
to the appalling consequences of cheap meat. It is the supermarkets’
responsibility to tell consumers that cheap meat equals appalling
animal welfare and sub-standard inspection.” |
