The Sub-Committee received a
verbal report from the Service Manager (Health and Safety) on
health and wellbeing events held during the period September
– December 2019 as follows:
September - Know your numbers with
Cholesterol checks on the 9 September and Mini Health Checks on the
10 September, and full health checks on 26 September
2019.
October
- Mental Health Day 10 October in which we had
Realise futures in doing stress testing relaxation (hand massage)
also giving out flu vouchers for those who had requested
them.
November
- Men’s Health was the focus with events at
WSH and West Suffolk Operational Hub and Haverhill Depot which
covered diabetes, smoking, Metal Health, AF testing with people
coming from Workfit, Bury Physio and Realise futures. The last of this year’s NHS Health
Checks.
December- No events due to
Christmas. However, to support the
Police Don’t drink campaign we undertook random drug and
alcohol tests across the authority.
During 2020, the following
events were scheduled:
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January: Healthy eating
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February: Love your heart
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March: Making good use of your free time
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April: Movement
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May: Mental health awareness week
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June: Sun awareness
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July: Sugar / cholesterol checks
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August: Menopause
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September: Cancer awareness
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October: Stop-tober and
flu vouchers
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November: Men’s health
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December: Managing your money.
Councillor Karen Richardson was
pleased to see the council held wellbeing sessions on the
menopause. She then suggested the
Council might wish to contact Tania Watson at MenoHealth who held
MenoClasses in Haverhill (contact
details: tania.watson@menohealth.co.uk).
MenoClass
was the first of its
kind in the UK to offer support, education and exercise to help you
to take control of menopause.
The Service Manager (Health and Safety) agreed to look into this
further.
There being no decision required,
the Sub-Committee noted the verbal report.