Annex F
MEMORANDUM BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLIC
HEALTH (PH1) (contd.)
Primary Care Groups and Primary Care Trusts
PRIMARY CARE
GROUPS
Examples of Primary Care Groups (PCGs) promoting
and delivering public health include:
— Ashfield PCG (Trent region)
who are running an evening programme called Living With Coronary
Heart Disease to improve access to information about Coronary
Heart Disease for people who work during the day, thus allowing
patients to access information about their own care and treatment,
including self-help.
— Birmingham NorthEast PCG (West
Midlands region) who are running a Mind your step programme
aimed at falls prevention in older people. The high incidence
of falls and resultant fractures was highlighted at their Health
Needs conference as a particular issue.
— Epping Forest PCG (Eastern Region)
who have provided the necessary funds to the local community Trust
so that they can employ nurses (on behalf of the PCG) to provide
sex education counselling in the only secondary school in the
area. This PCG have worked closely with the school to introduce
this service.
PRIMARY CARE
TRUSTS
Examples of PCTs promoting and delivering public
health include:
— Newark and Sherwood PCT (Trent
region) provide sexual health and drugs services to young
people.
— NorthEast Lincolnshire PCT (Trent
region) are tackling the local problem of unplanned teenage
pregnancies and who have established a primary care based diabetes
team.
— Southend PCT (Eastern region)
will situate health promotion, welfare and other services for
the elderly in day centres locally.
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