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Nelson Bays Primary
Health (PHO) News - April
2nd 2008
Welcome to the new look
Nelson Bays Primary Health newsletter.
As we have
done in the past, we will be publishing a newsletter
every 2 weeks.
While
the look has changed a bit we hope it will continue to keep you well informed and up-to-date
with wellness-related news from around the region.
As in the past, if you want to submit items
in the newsletter please email us at nelson@bewell.org.nz.
Along with the new
newsletter, we have also launched a new website.
www.bewell.org.nz.
We've still got a lot of content
to add but even at this stage we hope it will be really
useful.
Watch out for new information and resources
over the coming weeks.
PHO
News:
Since Naomi and Marion joined
us back in October, we have grown by a further 5
staff.
Margaret
Gibbs - General Practice Programme Coordinator
Martin Kane - Mental Health
Coordinator
Fenella Hemm - Clinical
Nurse Manager
Tessa Donald -
Receptionist
Mayanne Wiki-Singh -
Kaitakawaenga Hauora/Maori Health Coordinator
We also welcome back
Jane Kinsey, Project Officer, who
returns from maternity leave.
Over the coming newsletters we will introduce a
new staff member to you and also keep you up-to-date
with any exciting new developments.
In the meantime
you can check out their profiles at: www.bewell.org.nz/about/staff/
- Nelson Bays
Primary Health Board Vacancy
A vacancy exists for a
community representative (Trustee) to be appointed to
the Board of the Nelson Bays Primary Health
Organisation.
The person
we are looking for will reflect the diversity and
perspectives (both rural and urban) of the contracted
providers to the PHO (currently these are
GPs and nurses), community health providers and community and
whanau groups.
Selection
Panel to help choose Nelson Bays Primary Health Board
Community Representative Nominations are also being
sought to convene a Panel to help select a Community
Representative for the Board of Nelson Bays Primary
Health.
Details for
both these roles are on the website www.bewell.org.nz/job-vacancies
Primary Health
News:
(More details
and other links relating to each of the items are
posted on our www.bewell.org.nz/community/newsletter-links. Please check this on a regular
basis as we will post information as we recieve
it.)
On 10th
and 11th April a day and a half long hui has been
arranged on the topic of evaluation, and will also
involve some interesting health promotion topics and
provide an interesting insight into the history and
culture associated with Whakatu Marae. The hui is being
brought to you FREE by Te Waipounamu Health Promotion
Coalition, National Heart Foundation, NMDHB’s NPA
Programme and NBPHO.
Presented by Kate McKegg, this workshop is for
anyone who works in the community, social services or
health sectors and wants to better understand evaluation
and its uses within their work.
For
further information seehttp://203.86.194.7/Sites/bewell/gems/RealLifePanui.pdf and
for registration information download the formhttp://203.86.194.7/Sites/bewell/gems/RealLifeRego.pdf
or
contact Glenn Thomas at NBPHO. glennt@nelsonpho.org.nz
- Launch of
Smokefree Pathway for hospital
in-patients.
From late March, a smokefree
pathway, designed to prompt brief interventions for
tobacco users, will be introduced in NMDHB Medical
Services on March 26
Go to www.bewell.org.nz/stories/storyReader$124 for more information.
The next
course is as follows:
Time: 2pm-4pm
Day:
Thursday 22nd May to Thursday 19th
June
Venue: Age Concern Hall 67
Trafalgar Street Nelson
Also: A free Supermarket Tour is
offered on Thursday 26th June.
Registrations are essential. Please phone 03
5450106 or 03 548 8056
It is anticipated that
participants will attend all presentations to gain the
most benefit from the course.
Community
Notices:
- Suicide Awareness
and Grief Seminars:
Life Care and
Preservation Seminar
Friday April 11th at
7.30pm
‘The Centre’ 23A Salisbury Rd,
Richmond
Suicide is a huge problem in
society.
In New Zealand over 500 people commit
suicide each year (13.2 deaths per 100,000 people).
This seminar aims to give you personal tools to help
you become more aware, recognise the warning signs and
to develop a basic understanding of what to say and do
and what not to say and do.
Also: Grief and Loss
Seminar
Sat. April 12th 9.30 –
12.00am
‘The Centre’ 23A Salisbury Rd,
Richmond
For more details check out
http://203.86.194.7/Sites/bewell/gems/SuicideAwareness.pdf
- World Elder Abuse
Day - Tuesday 13 May 2008
Free Half-Day Elder
Abuse Seminar
The hidden crime of our
society. Challenges for the future. In association with
World Elder Abuse Day, June 15, 2008, this seminar will
deal with the nature and types of elder abuse, its signs
and symptoms, and what needs to be done if abuse or
neglect is suspected.
For more information download the
following information sheet: http://203.86.194.7/Sites/bewell/gems/ElderAbuseSeminar.pdf
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