Helen Blomfield
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ACP Occupational Therapist. Primary Care Network. Alumni Leadership Fellow from @PCWT_hub @FLP_Alumni & @C4PopHealth. Team member of @AHPs4PH. All views my own.
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Important that all Occupational Therapists delivering pro-active/ preventative care in Primary Care share their reviews ๐ #PrimaryCareOTs Julia Clifford Jodie Hall Dr Nat Jones #BISTRo Professional Adviser Gen Petra Klompenhouwer (she/her) ๐พ๐ช๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Sheffields ICB will be supporting the work of PCNs in proactive/ preventive work to address health inequalities. They will need to convince leaders to see beyond the medical model/ appointment/ targets #PrimaryCareOTs Dr Nat Jones #BISTRo
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englanโฆ
๐ฃ 'There are fewer needs more basic than nutritious food for you and your children' - says Sir Michael Marmot of UCL Institute of Health Equity
Data shows 8 million adults and 3 million children are experiencing #foodinsecurity and 60% are buying less fruit and 44% less veg.โฆ
Happy #InternationalWomensDay
Photographer ROBERT BLOMFIELD Photography managed to capture the matriarchs of Edinburgh back in the 1960s. One from the City Art Centre exhibition archive and one of the best. #Edinburgh #WomensDay
Great to be back teaching FCP Physios @AHPSHU. Important subjects covered & very interesting discussion Lewis Nozedar SY Training Hub #healthineqalities #populationhealth #prevention AHPs4PH & fairhealth UK podcasts referenced ๐
The parliamentary launch event of the #coldhomes report this week with Friends of the Earth was a great success!
With support from the The Trussell Trust and others, Sir Michael Marmot gave a keynote on the importance of action on #housinginequality .
Read the report: instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-repoโฆ
Session on integrated neighbourhood working. 2% of practice pop use 20% appointments. Older man kept coming to the GP surgery, OT home visit revealed he couldnโt access his garden- rails provided, now he can garden, talk to neighbours + stay active #PrimaryCareOTs #PCNetwork
Occupational Therapists are part of the #GeneralPracticeTeam . They can help by:
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providing rehabilitation to stay well at home
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empowering patients to make improvements
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supporting patients to take control of their health and wellbeing
#OccupationalTherapy
Completely agree with all your points Merron Simpson ๐ We are getting on and delivering via our PCN Personalised Care Team. Now wanting the opportunity to explore focused Care, with local people at the heart of planning what's needed. #populationhealth #PrimaryCareOTs