Tweetchat participation is organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm 'All Our Health’ is call to action for all health and care professionals including student health and care professionals, to embed and extend prevention, health protection and promotion of wellbeing and resilience into practice. But why is it important that we understand prevention, protection and promotion as student health and care professionals? The NHS Long Term Plan, (2019) has a strong focus on prevention as a way to prevent poor health and to keep people living well for longer– ‘the ...

Tweetchat participation is organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm    1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem this year yet as a society we are often very reluctant to talk about mental health and wellbeing, and this can lead to people feeling ashamed, isolated and worthless.  (Time to Change 2020)Talking about mental health can really help to change lives and all health and care professionals have an important role in leading the way when it comes to mental health and well being. Wellbeing and mental health: Applying All Our Health (PHE 201 ...

Smoking is not a lifestyle choice but a chronic relapsing condition needing treatment. This is recognised by the government's commitment for the NHS in England to become smokefree. Supporting smokers in contact with the healthcare system to quit is a prevention priority in the NHS Long Term Plan and every health and care professional has a role to play.    As a healthcare professional, you are best placed to motivate and support smokers on their quit journey. Smokers expect healthcare professionals to ask about their smoking.   All healthcare professionals should identify and refer smokers using the method known as Very Brief Advice (VBA) which has 3 components - 'Ask, Advise and Act':   1.      Ask and record smoking status: is the patient ...

Cardiovascular disease prevention - Tweetchat 4 University of Plymouth       In England nearly 7 million people are living with cardiovascular disease (CVD), it contributes to over a quarter of deaths each year and health and social care costs in England relating to CVD are estimated at £7.4 billion each year. (PHE 2020)CVD remains an important issue as it’s a contributor to mortality, morbidity and health inequalities and stalling of reductions in CVD mortality. This is costly to the individual, the NHS and wider system.The infographic below identifies some of the risk factors for CVD:      (PHE 2020)To achieve a change in individual risk factors and an individual’s overall risk of CVD we need action which will enable behaviour change at p ...

Air pollution - Tweetchat 5 University of PlymouthThe background information to this tweetchat is in the form of a podcast ... simply click below to listen: ...