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Aylesbury Surgery Health and Engagement Forum April 2018<br />

Aylesbury Surgery Health &<br />

Engagement Forum – Community<br />

Health Walk<br />

Aylesbury Surgery Health & Engagement Forum continues to strive to<br />

expand its programs and offerings to the community. We hope that you will<br />

be able to join us in supporting the community spirit and take part in one<br />

or more of the many exciting events that we are offering this year and<br />

experience first-hand the pride we take in supporting our Community.<br />

Aylesbury Surgery Health & Engagement Forum invites you to participate in<br />

the Community Health Walk. The health walk will take place on Sunday the<br />

24th June 2018. The health walk is for the benefit of the community to bring<br />

everyone together and raise awareness of health benefits of walking.<br />

Exercising can be daunting experience for many, but this doesn’t have to be<br />

so. The simplest form of exercise can be simply a short brisk walk. Walking<br />

is simple, and one of the easiest ways to get more active, lose weight and<br />

become healthier and it costs nothing. If you’re feeling up to some physical<br />

activity, walking can really help you to feel better.<br />

Inside This Issue<br />

Community Health Walk ------------- 1<br />

Community Clean up ---------------- 2<br />

Helpful tips ----------------------------<br />

2<br />

John Taylor Hospice –<br />

Plans The Way ahead ----------------- 3<br />

Permission to Smile –<br />

Street Association ------------------------- 4<br />

Alzheimer’s Society ------------------- 5<br />

Kingstanding Neighbourhood<br />

Police team -------------------------- 6<br />

Overcome Fear of visiting GP ----- 7<br />

Kid’s Corner ---------------------------- 8<br />

Easter Bonnet Competition ---------- 9<br />

Aylesbury Surgery Health and<br />

Engagement Forum meeting ------ 10<br />

Did you Know ------------------------ 11<br />

Isolation is a growing concern amongst all ages, by joining others walking<br />

can turn out to be a way to meet people, get active and find motivation.<br />

There are many advantages of walking. Going for a brisk walk regularly<br />

can help your physical health as well as mental health. Walking is a great<br />

way to improve your fitness and health.<br />

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If you have heart problems, you've been diagnosed with heart<br />

disease or you're recovering from a heart attack, walking is a gentle<br />

way to start getting active.<br />

If you have asthma, improving your fitness can be a great way for<br />

you to increase your lung capacity and help you to relax. Walking is<br />

a great way to improve your fitness.<br />

Moderate exercise is great for people with Type 2 diabetes. It helps<br />

you to control your blood sugar levels, watch your body weight and<br />

fight fatigue. And walking is a great way to get more active.<br />

A great way to meet and make new friends and catch up with old<br />

ones.<br />

So why not join us, it will be a great fun day. Refreshments and support<br />

will be provided along the way. So don’t miss out.<br />

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Community Clean up - McDonalds<br />

This was a community event to raise<br />

awareness about the damage litter does<br />

to our local area, environment, our<br />

children, wildlife and pets. It’s also great<br />

exercise for all ages and abilities and a<br />

chance to do something good in your<br />

community.<br />

As part of the community clean- up<br />

projects in Kingstanding, organised by<br />

McDonalds.<br />

Volunteers lead by team leader Donna<br />

Richards have been carrying out a<br />

community clean up in and around<br />

Kingstanding. They did a wonderful job at<br />

Aylesbury Surgery cleaning up the<br />

grounds and sprucing the trees and also<br />

helped give the gates a new coat of paint.<br />

So thank you team and keep up the good<br />

work.<br />

Donna Richards<br />

Advice from me for readers<br />

Follow these steps to stop a nosebleed:<br />

Sit up straight and tip your head slightly forward. ...<br />

Use your thumb and forefinger to firmly pinch<br />

the soft part of your nose shut. ...<br />

Apply an ice pack to your nose and cheeks. ...<br />

Keep pinching for a full 10 minutes. ...<br />

Check to see if your nose is still bleeding<br />

after 10 minutes.<br />

Mr Rajash<br />

Mehta<br />

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John Taylor Hospice Plans The Way Ahead<br />

Birmingham’s John Taylor Hospice is aiming to reach more<br />

local families as it launches The Way Ahead, its new Three<br />

Year Strategic Plan.<br />

The hospice, which has been at the heart of the city for more<br />

than 100 years, will achieve its aim by extending the hours of<br />

its Hospice at Home service which cares for people at end of<br />

life in their own homes, updating its day service and<br />

introducing new clinics.<br />

An expert in providing care to people with a range of<br />

conditions including motor neurone disease and multiple<br />

sclerosis, John Taylor will also expand its non-cancer<br />

provision, ensuring more people with terminal illnesses can<br />

receive help when, how and where they need it.<br />

Hospice CEO Penny Venables said: “We are really proud of<br />

our three year strategy which will help us achieve our mission<br />

of a compassionate and dignified death for all.<br />

“We know that John Taylor Hospice can make all the<br />

difference as people approach end of life and we are<br />

determined to ensure that care is available for more and<br />

more people in the future.”<br />

The strategy document, which is available to view or<br />

download on the hospice website,<br />

https://www.johntaylorhospice.org.uk/assets/000/001/899/The_Wa<br />

y_Ahead__Our_Three_Year_Strategic_Plan_original.pdf<br />

also sets out the hospice’s plans to increase income by<br />

opening shops and supporting fundraisers in organising<br />

events.<br />

“Like most hospices, we receive funding from the NHS but we<br />

also need the financial support of people and businesses to<br />

ensure we can provide the care we know local families need,”<br />

said Penny.<br />

And John Taylor, which was a pathfinder for the national<br />

Hospice UK Open Up Hospice Care campaign last year, is<br />

also committed to changing society’s perceptions around<br />

death and dying.<br />

“The more society talks about death and dying, the more<br />

people will demand specialist care which meets their needs,”<br />

added Penny. “As a hospice, we have an essential part to<br />

play locally and nationally in ensuring end of life care<br />

remains a critical part of healthcare funding. We’re also<br />

building partnerships with other health providers including<br />

hospices to meet local need.”<br />

John Taylor Hospice was founded in 1910 and became part<br />

of the NHS in 1948, becoming independent in 2011. It<br />

provides care for local families at its hospice in Erdington and<br />

in the local community Services include its In-Patient Unit,<br />

Living Well Centre which provides day services, Well-Being<br />

Service and Community Teams including Physiotherapists,<br />

Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists and Patient and Family<br />

Support Worker.<br />

Penny added: “Our mission is to provide specialist care for<br />

people living with a terminal illness and their families and we<br />

need to respond to an every changing health environment.<br />

The Way Ahead - Our Three Year Strategic Plan provides us<br />

with the tools to do that. It is an exciting time for us and we<br />

look forward to the changes we will be making to bring our<br />

specialist care to more local families.”<br />

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Permission to Smile<br />

Working on the outer estates (as we do, through<br />

Street Associations), it is clear that one of the major<br />

barriers to local people working together for the<br />

common good is that it has come to seem<br />

'inappropriate' to greet and even smile at people you<br />

don't know. Even people who live on the same street<br />

tend to 'keep themselves to themselves', looking down<br />

as they pass each other. On the other hand, as public<br />

services recede, there is more need than ever for<br />

people to come together to do things with and for<br />

each other - such as forming a young mums' group, a<br />

youth club, street association, neighbourhood watch,<br />

seniors' fellowship, English conversation group and so<br />

on. You don't need the council to make these things<br />

happen! Meanwhile, social isolation gets ever more<br />

entrenched without simple opportunities for social<br />

contact - and a sense of 'permission' to engage with<br />

others. The campaign, 'Permission to Smile', to be<br />

launched across Birmingham on 14 th April 2018, will<br />

seek to address this fundamental reticence,<br />

encouraging people to smile, engage and then act<br />

together, building on the success of the Birmingham<br />

‘Love your Neighbour’ campaign. With the help of<br />

Birmingham 'multipliers' already backing the campaign,<br />

including Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, BVSC,<br />

Birmingham Civic Society, BCU School of Media,<br />

Birmingham Mail, faith groups and others, and with<br />

strong support from the City Council, we want the<br />

Permission to Smile concept to be everywhere! Might<br />

you help with this? Opportunities to engage will<br />

include:<br />

• putting up a banner (ideal for churches, council sites<br />

etc)<br />

• backing our social networking (to be managed by<br />

BCU's School of Media)<br />

• helping distribute window/car stickers<br />

• telling everyone about P2S• Helping us fundraise<br />

(and backing our crowd-funding when it happens).<br />

Our social networking 'warm-up' campaign will start in<br />

January, with willing 'ambassadors' encouraged to sign<br />

up to support the launch. 14th April event will involve<br />

a big block of ice in the city centre (2m x 2m!) with<br />

the logo frozen inside:<br />

Social warming @#permissiontosmile - all on a yellow<br />

background. 45 School of Media students, with yellow<br />

T-shirts bearing the same logo, will encourage<br />

passersby to take selfies with the ice block, instantly<br />

spreading the message around their social networks.<br />

There’ll also be a ‘flash-mob’ in the shape of a<br />

massive smile! We're equally looking to partner<br />

organisations to put the message out to their contacts<br />

on the same weekend, with businesses, faith groups<br />

and others asked to send it on to their contacts.<br />

There will be a schools programme, with speciallydevised<br />

assemblies and citizenship lessons. The<br />

website, www.permissiontosmile.org, will have a<br />

countdown from January, with a brief explanation of<br />

the concept. On launch-day, the full website will go<br />

live, with 'how to' downloads on starting local groups<br />

of all kinds. A new App, based on Google Maps, will<br />

enable interested people to register their name and<br />

address, putting (anonymously) a pin on the map. They<br />

can then see which other pins have appeared on the<br />

map in the same neighbourhood, click on each one<br />

and start a group chat – thus enabling 'needles in the<br />

haystack' to find each other! This has great potential,<br />

but needs similarly great commitment and support from<br />

key Birmingham organisations and individuals, however<br />

big or small their own networks.<br />

People-power will drive this. We hope you will agree<br />

that this is needed and want to help make it happen.<br />

It would<br />

be great to hear from you! Martin Graham c/o Street<br />

Associations, PO Box 16995, Birmingham B2 2FE<br />

office@permissiontosmile.org<br />

0121 440 8600 / 07931 282716.<br />

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Alzheimer’s Society<br />

There are over 850,000 people living with dementia in<br />

the UK. However, many people are worried about<br />

visiting their GP but it is important to seek help if you<br />

are concerned about your memory or someone else’s<br />

memory. There a number of treatment options<br />

available for Alzheimer’s disease which can prove<br />

effective in slowing down the progress of the disease.<br />

Carers would be supported to put mechanisms in place<br />

for both themselves and their loved ones in coping<br />

with the day-to-day challenges and preparing for the<br />

future.<br />

Dementia Support Service<br />

The Society’s Dementia Support Service is for people<br />

living with dementia, carers and families. Once referred<br />

to our one-to-one service we can offer information and<br />

practical guidance face to face, over the telephone or<br />

in writing to suit the needs of individuals. Advice and<br />

support can range from:-<br />

• Supporting people in understanding their<br />

diagnosis<br />

• Caring and coping strategies<br />

• Keeping safe at home<br />

• Social inclusion / peer support<br />

• Referrals to other specialist services i.e. Social<br />

Worker / Occupational Therapy<br />

• Eating and drinking<br />

• Respite care<br />

• Legal and financial – i.e. Lasting Power of<br />

Attorney / claiming benefits<br />

• Keeping active<br />

• Emotional support – allowing people to talk<br />

about how they feel about their condition / their<br />

situation / understanding dementia Side by Side<br />

From joining a local club, going to the football, or just<br />

going for a stroll in the park - Side by Side is a new<br />

Alzheimer's Society service which helps people with<br />

dementia to keep doing the things they love and get<br />

out and about with the support of a volunteer.<br />

This support can make it easier for people with<br />

dementia, who might sometimes feel isolated or find it<br />

difficult to leave their homes and to feel part of their<br />

local community. The service is highly flexible and built<br />

around the individual and their needs. The Side by<br />

Side service aims to:<br />

• Enable people with dementia to lead fulfilling<br />

lives.<br />

• Reduce isolation and loneliness in people with<br />

dementia.<br />

• Ensure people with dementia are not excluded<br />

from services and activity, and are able to remain<br />

active and involved in their communities.<br />

• Empower people with dementia to develop their<br />

own solutions and responses to meet their identified<br />

needs and wishes.<br />

• Support people with dementia to identify their<br />

own personal talents, strengths and capabilities.<br />

• Develop and encourage community-based<br />

informal support networks for people with dementia.<br />

We also have group services such as Dementia Cafes,<br />

Singing for the Brain Groups, Activity Groups and a<br />

Carers Group. These groups aim to provide<br />

opportunities for peer support, discussion and<br />

expression in stimulating social environments.<br />

If you are going through a diagnosis process or have<br />

been diagnosed with dementia and would like support<br />

please contact the Birmingham and Solihull office at<br />

0121 706 4052 or email<br />

birminghamandsolihull@alzheimers.org.uk<br />

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Kingstanding Neighbourhood<br />

Police team newsletter spring 2018.<br />

FACT: sheds attract<br />

burglars!<br />

You can keep up to date<br />

with what’s going on<br />

where you live & work<br />

visit www.wmnow.co.uk<br />

click join, its free & easy<br />

to use<br />

Yes, it’s spring! Time to get out into the garden, open the up the<br />

shed and fetch out those trusty garden tools that you use to keep<br />

your garden looking great.<br />

Wait, the sheds already open, where’s my mower?<br />

Yes your shed has been burgled Sheds now days are full of all sorts<br />

of valuable items , so protect it, fit a good lock, shed alarms are<br />

available , consider good security property marking of items E.G<br />

Smart water . Make sure it’s hard for thieves to get into your back<br />

garden, lock the gate, fix the fence, use anti climb paint, fit Pricka<br />

strip consider CCTV the list goes on. Of course once thieves are into<br />

your back garden not only is your shed vulnerable, but so is your<br />

house. For more advice visit: www.saferhomes.co.uk<br />

West Midlands Police are working to increase the number of<br />

Neighbourhood Watch schemes across the force area. Here in<br />

Kingstanding we are very keen to set up some schemes. We are looking for residents who<br />

are keen to set up a watch scheme as either a coordinator or a member. Such a group is<br />

very effective when working together to protect each other’s properties at all times by<br />

reporting anything suspicious that may happen in your neighbourhood. We are committed to<br />

working in partnership with local watch schemes by sharing info and holding local meetings,<br />

and the distribution of crime prevention advice. If you are interested please<br />

Email:Kingstanding@west-midlands.police.uk<br />

To contact us in an emergency call: 999. For non-emergency call: 101.<br />

Or visit: www.westmidlandspolice.co.uk<br />

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Overcome Fear of visiting the Doctors<br />

A Surgery Visit by Children from Christ<br />

the King School in Kingstanding<br />

The weather was cold and it was snowing heavy<br />

but this did not deter the children and the<br />

teachers of Christ the King School from making<br />

their way to visit to the Aylesbury Surgery.<br />

On the 28 th February 2018 the Children from<br />

Christ the King School, reception class 1 and class<br />

2 visited Aylesbury surgery in Kingstanding.<br />

The Children were given a short talk by the<br />

Practice Manager Mr Raj Mehta on not to be<br />

afraid of going to the Doctors and how doctor<br />

and nurses can help people.<br />

Mr Mehta, with the help of one the teachers also<br />

gave the children a small demonstration on how<br />

the doctor checks for blood pressure and shown<br />

other equipment used at the surgery and their<br />

uses.<br />

The children were then given a chance to ask<br />

questions. All the children eagerly raised hands and<br />

joined in. It was interesting to see the surgery<br />

through the eyes of the children. The children were<br />

very well behaved and a credit to their teachers and<br />

school.<br />

No child loves going to the doctor, but some children<br />

are petrified. It's no surprise, considering that most<br />

kids don't like, the fact that there's a chance they<br />

might get an injection. We hope that this visit will let<br />

these children know what to expect before going to<br />

the doctors and know that their next visit to the GP<br />

surgery does not need to be such a massive ordeal.<br />

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The Children of Christ the King School have kindly sent<br />

us articles of their experience of their visit to Aylesbury<br />

Surgery<br />

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Easter Bonnet Competition<br />

Winner of the Easter Bonnet<br />

competition Julia from Reception at<br />

Christ the King School in Kingstanding<br />

Each year, Christ the King School hold a Easter Bonnet<br />

parade at the school and Dr Bhomra and Mr Mehta are<br />

both invited to choose a winner for the most creative<br />

Easter Bonnet made by the children.<br />

This year the winner of the Easter Bonnet competition<br />

was Julia in Reception. Creativity flowed through out<br />

the School. It was difficult to choose a winner as the<br />

competition was fierce. The winning bonnet on the left<br />

was chosen a winner.<br />

Well done to all the children who took part.<br />

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Aylesbury Surgery Health and Engagement Forum , 28 th March 2018<br />

The forum meeting took place on<br />

Wednesday 28 th March at 2.00pm.<br />

We are happy to say that we had a great<br />

turnout.. It was our privilege to meet with<br />

the members of the KFC, Princes Trust,<br />

Alzheimer's Society, and Street Association.<br />

It is always great to hear from members of<br />

organisation new and old.<br />

The Forum has become a gateway for<br />

everyone to meet and exchange<br />

information, get involved and raise<br />

awareness of issues that affect us all.<br />

It is the aim of the forum to introduce<br />

organisations and services by doing so get<br />

people better connected into the<br />

community and ensuring services meet the<br />

specific needs of the people in the<br />

community<br />

Members of local organisations<br />

and community members<br />

Above is Mr Raj Mehta<br />

(chairman of the Forum<br />

Team Leader Michael Wall and Ingrid<br />

Ludolph (Programme Executive) with their<br />

team that is training under the Princes Trust<br />

in Birmingham<br />

Kerry McGrath (right) – John<br />

Taylor Hospice<br />

Above Victoria<br />

Bixby of New<br />

Heights<br />

On the left is Lynne<br />

Oakley<br />

representing Elim<br />

Life Church Food<br />

Bank ,Kingstanding<br />

Below Martin<br />

Graham from<br />

Street Association<br />

Sergeant Simon Hensley<br />

representing 'kingstanding westmidland<br />

police.<br />

Carol Bowsher (Right) with<br />

Colleague from the Alzheimer’s<br />

Society<br />

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Did you know ?<br />

An Upside Down World<br />

Your brain sees the world upside down. When the rods and cones of<br />

your retina send an image to the brain—say you’re looking at a tree—<br />

the image that gets transmitted to the brain is upside down. The brain<br />

automatically rotates the image in its visual cortex. Babies learn to do<br />

this early on. It’s so automatic, you do not know you’re doing it.<br />

You Cannot Tickle Yourself<br />

Aylesbury Surgery<br />

Health and Engagement Forum<br />

Aylesbury Surgery<br />

Warren Farm Road<br />

Kingstanding<br />

Birmingham<br />

B44 0DX<br />

Tel: 0747479195<br />

E-Mail: ashiforum@outlook.com<br />

Facebook: Aylesbury Surgery<br />

Health and Engagement Forum<br />

Twitter: @rajashmehta<br />

E-Mail:<br />

someone@example.com<br />

Web Site:<br />

Kirrpal Danjaul<br />

PA to Mr Raj Mehta<br />

Aylesbury Surgery<br />

Health & Engagement<br />

Forum’s next meeting<br />

will be on the 27 th of<br />

June 2018<br />

www.widgets.msn.com<br />

You cannot tickle yourself. There have been some lame explanations<br />

for this, stating that since your brain knows you’re tickling yourself, it<br />

does not respond the same way. Since it is possible to pinch yourself,<br />

that argument does not hold up. The medical mystery is that even the<br />

most ticklish person cannot tickle themselves.<br />

Hair<br />

Human hair is tough. It’s the reason it clogs drains. While human hair<br />

can be burnt, it is not much affected by water, cold, heat, climate<br />

changes, wear and tear, or natural decay. It even resists many kinds<br />

of acids and chemicals.<br />

To cool down, drink something hot<br />

It might sound counterproductive, but if you want to cool down, then<br />

drink something hot., as the drink is hotter than your body<br />

temperature, it triggers a sweat response in the body that more than<br />

compensates for the increase. So although it might initially make you<br />

feel hotter, a hot drink will cause you to sweat more and therefore the<br />

body effectively cools itself quicker.<br />

If anyone has any ideas or projects they would like for us to consider that<br />

would help the community. Please get in touch with us, we would love to<br />

meet you. Come join us at our next meeting or send us an article for our<br />

newsletter, join us and help make a<br />

difference.<br />

In the meantime we would like to wish<br />

everyone a Happy Easter It is a time of love,<br />

peace, reflection, regeneration and Hope.<br />

Let us unite and build a better future.<br />

Days and Events to remember 2018<br />

Easter bonnet competition April - 2018<br />

Health Walk – 24 th June 2018<br />

Diwali - day to be confirmed - November 2018<br />

Christmas toy appeal December 2018<br />

Christmas tree Decoration Competition –<br />

December 2018<br />

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