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http://www.twfire.org/yourarea/gateshead/gateshead-east/hra/
Archive for November, 2010
Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue FREE Home Safety Checks
Monday, November 22nd, 2010Bridge Card and Nexus Companion Card
Monday, November 22nd, 2010Find out about the Nexus Companion Card which lets you take someone with you free of charge when you travel on buses in Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland. It’s available to residents of Tyne and Wear who receive certain allowances and are not able to travel without a companion. Follow the link and find out more
http://www.nexus.org.uk/tickets/combined/companion-card
Likewise find out about the Bridge Card system which lets bus drivers know that you need extra help during a journey whether because of age, disability, illness or simply lack of confidence. Find out more at
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust Updated Mental Health Self Help Booklets
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010Check out this resource from Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust providing informative self help booklets, created by psychologists and service users, on a wide range of issues including Alcohol and You, Anxiety, Bereavement, Controlling Anger, Depression, Depression and Low Mood, Health Anxiety, Obsessions and Compulsions, Panic, Postnatal Depression, Sleeping Problems, Stress and Anxiety and Stress. Free to download visit http://www.ntw.nhs.uk/pic/selfhelp
Bust the Jargon
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010Contribute to Gateshead LINk’s jargon busting Jargon Dictionary today. Heard some health and social care jargon/acronyms/abbreviations you think needs explaining? Let Gateshead LINk know for its Jargon Dictionary. Visit the dictionary on the home page of Gateshead LINk’s webiste www.gatesheadlink.org.uk and and see if you think there are any additions needed or simply use the dictionary to find out what’s being talked about???
E-mail any additions to ruthdodds@gvoc.org.uk
Hospital Discharge WG Update
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010The Gateshead LINk Hospital Discharge Working Group met this morning to discuss a range of issues. They included the ongoing progress of the Gateshead LINk Hospital Discharge Questionnaire which we are having a great response to after its distribution via the Gateshead Health NHS Trust Foundation membership magazine. Keep an eye out for updates on the findings on the Gateshead LINk wesbite and progress on how overiding issues identified during this process are being taken forward by Gateshead LINk. The group is also looking into how patients’ discharge is being handled from a local authority perspective and how patients are supported after discharge by Local Authority services. Minutes of this meeting will be available to view online after ratification at next meeting. Next meeting date for this group Tuesday 11th Feb 2011, 10.30am-12.30pm, GVOC, 8/9 Gladstone Tce, Gateshead, NE8 4DY (refreshments provided).
Gateshead LINk Annual Event 2010
Monday, November 8th, 2010Gateshead LINk Annual Event 2010
Thanks to all who attended last week’s Annual Event at the Gibside Hotel in Whickham. Over 80 people attended, receiving feedback on the work of Gateshead LINk over the past year and discussing the future of the LINk. A full report on the event will be published in due course and will be available to download from the Gateshead LINk website (www.gatesheadlink.org.uk). If you weren’t able to attend the event in person, you can access the presentations given at the event by visiting the Gateshead LINk website (events and meetings page) where they can be downloaded.