Get Moving with Diabetes UK - For Sandwell & Wolverhampton only
If you’re living with diabetes and finding it hard to get active in your day-to-day life, Diabetes UK can help.
Physical Activity Coordinators will be running free 10-week courses specifically tailored to support people who want to start moving more or those doing 30 minutes or less exercise a week.
Online virtual courses via Zoom
You’ll need to be able to log in via Zoom to take part in one of the courses below. All classes will be held on the same day and time each week
Seated activity for men and women with diabetes
Mondays at 2pm from 24 January, 2022 (final session 28 March)
Activity for men and women with diabetes
Mondays at 6pm from 24 January, 2022 (final session 28 March)
Activity for men and women with type 1 diabetes
Tuesdays at 3.30pm from 25th January 2022 (final session 29 March)
Activity for men with diabetes (in partnership with Luton Town F.C.)
Wednesdays at 5.30pm from 26 January 2022 (final session 29 March)
Activity for men and women with type 2 diabetes
Thursdays at 3pm from 27 January 2022 (final session 31 March)
Activity for South Asian women with diabetes (can be offered in Punjabi or Urdu) Thursdays at 11am from 27January 2022 (final session 31 March)
Face to face meeting in Sandwell
Numbers will be limited to 15 people in each group. Classes will be held on the same day and time each week for 10 weeks.
Smethwick
Thursdays, 1pm to 2pm, from 3 February 2022 (final session 7 April)
Brasshouse community Centre, Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick B66 1BA
Cradley Heath
Thursdays, 10.30am to 11.30am, from 3 February 2022 (final session 7 April)
Cradley Heath Community Centre Reddal Hill Road, Cradley Heath B64 5JG
Face to face meetings in Wolverhampton
Numbers will be limited to 15 people in each group. Classes will be held on the same day and time each week for 10 weeks.
Bilston
Activity for men and women with diabetes
Wednesdays, 10.30am to 11.30am from 26 January 2022 (final session 30 March)
Bert William Leisure Centre Nettlefolds Way, Bilston, WV14 0EF
Blakenhall
Activity for men and women with diabetes
Wednesdays, 1pm to 2pm from 26 January 2022 (final session 30 March)
Bob Jones Community Hub Bromley Street, Blakenhall, WV2 3AS
Register your interest by calling 0345 123 2399 or emailing helpline@diabetes.org.uk
Well-being while staying at home
Taking care of your mind as well as your body is really important while staying at home because of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Visit NHS Every Mind Matters for advice, practice advice and support groups.
If you cannot wait to see a doctor and feel unable to cope or keep yourself safe, it’s important to get support.
Get urgent support now from Every Mind Matters
Keeping Active
To stay fit and healthy whilst at home, try the NHS Home workout videos.
Advice for Parents
Advice for Vulnerable Patients
Useful links
- National Domestic Violence Helpline 0808 2000 247
- Rape Crisis England & Wales 0808 802 9999
- NSPCC Helpline 0808 800 5000 – If you’re worried about a child, even if you’re unsure, contact NSPCC professional counsellors for help, advice and support
- Childline 0800 1111 – Offers free, confidential advice and support for any child 18 years or under, whatever the worry
- MIND: Mental Health Support with specific advice on “Coronavirus and your wellbeing”
- YoungMinds: Supporting children and young people and their parents/carers with their mental health and wellbeing. Specific advice on managing self-isolation and naxiety about Coronavirus
- ICON: Babies cry: You can cope
- SafeLives: Specific resources for domestic abuse and COVID
ACCOUNTABLE GP
All patients, including children registered at Hill Top Medical Centre have been allocated a named, accountable GP.
For your day to day consultations you can continue to see any GP within the practice
Patients are welcome to contact the surgery if they wish to know their named GP
Smear Tests
One in three women and people with a cervix don’t attend cervical screening (smear tests). This Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (17 – 23 January), staff at Dudley Public Health are on a mission to change that by renewing their calls for residents to have a smear test when asked to do so.
Smear tests are offered to all women and anyone with a cervix aged 25 years and over. It is a quick and simple health check for the cervix and helps detect very early changes that may lead to cancer, meaning it can be easily treated before it even develops.
It takes around 5 minutes and people can have a smear test any time, except during their period.
Five tips to make smear tests easier:
1. Don’t worry about what you look like down there. Your medic will have seen it all before and will be professional
2. Wear something comfy and easy to get on and off
3. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Speak to your friends, the nurse, just ask whatever you want to know – there is no pressure to have the test
4. If you’re nervous, ask in advance for the nurse to give you a double appointment to give you more time to talk and not feel rushed
5. Why not buy yourself a treat to have after your smear test – like a hot drink, a magazine, or whatever it is that makes you happy?
Whether you get a letter asking you to book your test, or if you have ignored one before, book your free smear test at your doctor’s surgery. It’s free and confidential.
For more information on cervical screening, or on what may happen if you are told that you have cervical cell changes, go to Jo’s Trust https://www.jostrust.org.uk/information