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Last Monday (10th Oct) we celebrated World Mental Health Day by supporting #HelloYellow a campaign supporting young people’s mental health run by the charity YoungMinds. On Monday we raised awareness of Young Minds and other mental health charities to let patients and staff know what services are available to young people when they are feeling lonely or isolated. We celebrated the day by wearing yellow, holding a fundraising bake sale, collecting donations for the charity, eating yellow snacks and most importantly raising awareness of mental health services. To find out more about the Young Minds charity visit www.youngminds.org.uk
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Join us on 10th October to show young people that how they feel matters, and help us create a future where all young people get the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what. What are we going to do? Raising Awareness – We will be handing out leaflets for YoungMinds and other mental health and wellbeing charities to raise awareness of the support that is available to everyone when they are feeling lonely, isolated or just need a chat. Yellow Clothing – We will be wearing yellow on Monday to show young people that how
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How to look after your heart through: Diet Exercise Blood Pressure This is your opportunity to hear the best ways to look after your heart health first hand from an expert cardiology consultant. Dr Ash Kotetcha is a consultant cardiologist with over 18 year’s experience in the NHS. He specialises in treating heart disease, chest pain, breathlessness, palpitation & heart rhythm irregularity, heart valve murmurs and blood pressure. Taking place at Mount Pleasant Health Centre on Tuesday 18th October at 06:00pm To reserve your space please contact us on 01392 262110 or email us at nh.exeter.enquiries@nhs.net
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Better Health are teaming up with Disney to help get kids active throughout the holidays. Using some of their favourite characters from Disney’s Encanto and Frozen, Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear and Marvel’s The Avengers, they will be inspired to be more active whilst having fun throughout the summer. After the last 2 years we’re looking forward to getting back to the things we love, including getting our kids moving, feeling good and having fun. Increasing activity, both at home and in school, has been shown to make kids feel better, help improve their performance at school, and develop important skills.
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Devon County Council have teamed up with Libraries Unlimited to offer free baby self-weigh facilities in private areas of 16 libraries across Devon during their popular Bounce & Rhyme sessions. Parents and carers will be given safe guidance around the weighing and plotting of babies and children’s growth and can contact a Health Visitor if they have concerns around any aspect of their baby’s growth or feeding. Parents can get their babies weighed at two locations in Exeter: St. Thomas – Thursday 10am to 12pm Contact Zoe, email zoe.woodbridge@librariesunlimited.org.uk Exeter – Thursday 9:30am to 11:30am Contact Callum, email callum.archer@librariesunlimited.org.uk
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Nuffield health are hosting a number of Hospital open events during October and into the beginning of November, which are free for patients. The sessions are complimentary presentations and 1:1 sessions on Hips, Knees, Varicose treatments and the Heart.   Hip Surgery in Exeter: Past, Present & Future Wednesday 5th October – 6:30 – 8:00pm Virtual presentation with Mr Matthew Hubble, Orthopaedic Hip Consultant   What should I do about my painful knee? Wednesday 12th October – 7:00 – 8:30pm Virtual 1-2-1 consultations with Mr Ben Waterson & Mr Jonathan Phillips, Orthopaedic Hip Consultants   Varicose treatments in the 21st
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New Online Mental Health Support Launched Across Devon A new free and confidential mental health and wellbeing service for adults is now available across Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. It’s being delivered by mental health provider, Kooth, and it will ensure that every adult in Devon has access to a choice of online support to manage their own emotional health and wellbeing. It’s called ‘Qwell’, and it offers a safe online space for people to access therapeutic activities and content including a peer support community. It includes self-help articles, forums, and discussion boards that are moderated by qualified practitioners. It also
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Due to current unprecedented pressure and demand we have very little routine appointment availability and are continuing to deal with urgent issues. From 8th of August, we will be moving, temporarily, to a same day service to get through this difficult period. This means that if you require an appointment you would need to call us in the morning to book this appointment as there are no pre-bookable appointments available at this time. If the issue is urgent the GP will call you/see you on the same day. However, if your medical issue is routine, and all routine appointments have already
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Mount Pleasant Health Centre currently doesn’t have any upcoming vaccination clinics. You can have the booster either at a walk-in clinic or booked appointment. Outreach clinics will visit sites across Devon. People in care homes will have their vaccination. You can find your nearest walk-in clinic on the NHS website’s site finder here. Appointments can be booked from 21 March via the National Booking System. People can book a month in advance and must have had their first booster at least three months before the date of their spring booster. If you have had COVID-19 you should ideally wait four
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Mount Pleasant Health Centre will be closed on Thursday 2nd June and Friday 3rd June We re-open on Monday 6th June       In the event of a life threatening emergency Please ring 999 For all other medical needs that cannot wait until Mon 6th June , please ring NHS 111, or visit NHS111 online
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