Follow the four steps to help manage your child’s asthma. 1. Get an asthma action plan in place. Children with an asthma action plan are four times less likely to have to go to hospital for their asthma. 2. Understand how to use inhalers correctly. Getting the inhaler technique right with a spacer or facemask is one of the most important things you can do to help your child stay well. 3. Schedule an asthma review – every year and after every attack. Scheduling an asthma review once a year (and after every a

Ask About Asthma 2023

With the right support, every child and young person with asthma can learn to manage their condition.

That’s why #AskAboutAsthma 2023 is encouraging us all to widen our view of children and young people’s asthma.

🔗Learn more at: https://www.transformationpartnersinhealthandcare.nhs.uk/your-asthma-care/
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Free Blood Pressure Check

Know Your Numbers! Week (4 to 10 September) from @BloodPress_UK starts next week!

Free blood pressure checks will be available at locations across the borough and you can get home monitors for use at home at local pharmacies.

Learn more: https://bromley.gov.uk/bloodpressure

#KYN2023
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Social Prescribing Report

Based on comments about the service from residents and our committee, Healthwatch Bromley decided to investigate how social prescribing was working in 2022 – 2023 in the London Borough of Bromley.  We developed two surveys – for patients and Primary Care professionals – and a set of interview questions for social prescribing link workers (SPLWs). 
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Enter & View: Mission Care Elmwood

An E&V visit was carried out on 12th June 2023. The visit was announced and planned in partnership with the home. In preparation for the visit, we shared with the registered manager a poster announcing our visit to display in communal areas, and copies of questionnaires explaining the purpose of E&V visits.
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Mental Health helplines and support

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, it could help to talk to someone. You could talk to someone that you trust, such as a family member or a friend, and they could offer support and help you decide what to do. They could also contact services on your behalf.
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St. Christopher's Hospice Quality Account 2022/23

Healthwatch Bromley is delighted to be able to share the St Christopher’s Quality Account for 2022-23 and hope you will enjoying reading about the work of St Christopher’s over the last year.
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Infant Feeding Drop-in Clinic

Keep your little one healthy and happy by attending an Infant Feeding drop-in clinic!
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