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Health Checks at Work for Council Staff

STAFF at Colchester Council were among the first employees to benefit form free work-place Health checks.

The ground-breaking initiative has been set up by NHS North East Essex and is part of the national NHS Health Check screening programme to detect individuals in the 40 to 74-year-old group who are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

The check is a standard assessment made up of various questions and measurements looking at age, gender, height, weight, body mass index, smoking, levels of physical activity, ethnic background, family history, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels.

Colchester Council staff took advantage of the checks when nurses visited Rowan House to carry out checks for blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels.

Martin Hunt, deputy leader of the Colchester Borough Council, said: “The council is committed to ensuring the wellbeing of all its employees. We are grateful to the NHS and Surelines for providing these health checks to council staff, and helping to promote the importance of wellbeing in the workplace.”

If you are interested in organising Health Checks, please call us on 01604 859000.

Surelines' Health Checks

SureHealthChecks are all about supporting PCTs in the effective delivery of the NHS’ Health Check initiative.

*We can assist with :*	*By :*
Reducing mortality and morbidity	Encouraging changes in lifestyle choices by assessment, education and empowerment
Reducing long term health costs	Changing behaviour = changed outcomes and reduction in major health events = reduced costs to the NHS
Reducing short term health costs	Assistance in managing the potential impact of an increase in medicines budget Attention to clinical governance
Partnership working with PCTs and the community	Surelines’ experienced project management and service delivery teams have a track record in bringing together stakeholders to ensure full and successful engagement to enrich patient experience and health outcomes
Reducing health inequalities	Focusing on difficult to access and “disengaged” members of the community Changing lifestyle behaviours by life enhancing health checks
Enhancing world class commissioning	Teamwork with community partners to ensure value for money in the delivery of tangible health improvements and reduction in health inequalities
Innovation and experience	Flexible teamwork, new ideas and enthusiasm to deliver a first class service, with experienced and dedicated staff

Existing PCT Health Check Provision

We appreciate that many PCTs will be delivering their health checks via GP practices and/or community pharmacies. However, this may not be the only (or best) way to identify and reach those individuals at most risk.

Alternative Health Check Provision

Attempting to reach people who do not routinely visit their GP or pharmacy requires alternative methods of engagement.

“Outreach” is one of those methods - delivering health services in the locations where health inequalities exist, outside of a surgery or pharmacy setting, outside of surgery times.

SureHealthChecks are part of the value proposition offered by Surelines in working with NHS and business partners. Our focus is in outreach projects – reaching those individuals who do not readily access NHS services - and motivating life enhancing changes in behaviour.

Out Reach
Health Checks			Medicines Management

NHS Health Check	Health Screening	Chronic Disease Management	*Vaccinations*
			*Immunisations*
*Support* *Intervention* *Referral*			*Health Literacy*
			*Concordance*
*Outcomes*			*Audit*

*Follow Up*

Our Focus

At Surelines our focus is on bridging the gap and reducing health inequalities - providing a great service to those groups that are not readily accessing current service provision. We believe that this requires an innovative and fresh approach to these at risk individuals.

Getting individuals to attend a health check is only the start of the process, we believe in having culturally sensitive life enhancing contact with the person. Individuals feel relaxed and comfortable to have meaningful, relevant conversations with sufficient consultation time to discuss and ensure understanding – and to agree relevant lifestyle changes. These are key elements in delivering a successful service that will have desired health outcomes.

SureHealthChecks offer a real opportunity to make significant inroads into reducing health inequalities, including socio-economic, ethnic and gender inequalities.

Partnerships

With SureHealthChecks, enhanced patient experience, improved health outcomes and a reduction in health inequalities are all achieved through flexible teams working in true partnership.

Surelines actively engages with stakeholders to deliver an effective service that is of value and benefit to the community. This includes working with NHS colleagues, councils, local businesses, community groups, the third sector and support groups. We welcome the support and involvement of all in the local community who want to see an improvement in health and life.

Our Projects & Experience

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SureHealthChecks build on our extensive experience in providing local primary prevention screening services to businesses, as well as delivering primary care based chronic disease management programmes (eg CHD and asthma).

Our success has been based on broad clinical experience and a motivational approach to health education and lifestyle changes.

Also, working in a true partnership with businesses and/or GP practices we are supporting their needs, but ensuring the needs of the patient are paramount.

Our Objective

Within this service, Surelines’ sole objective is to develop and deliver Health Checks that fit your local need. The size and scope of the project will vary depending on the nature of your requirements. Our teams have the flexibility to deliver Health Checks in all manner of locations - at any time day or night.

Quality is the foundation of all our projects. As a absolute minimum we comply with the NHS' Health Check national requirements, with careful consideration of:

Clinical Governance	Health & Safety
Equal Opportunities	Staff Competencies
Confidentiality	Data Transfer
Quality Control	Patient Management & Service
Point of Care Testing	Hygiene Control
Sign-Posting	Referrals
Project Management

Ultimately we are about delivering a world class service and improved health outcomes and quality of life to the individuals who attend the SureHealthChecks.

To find out how SureHealthChecks can supplement your own activities please contact us.

To view other services to the NHS visit the Surelines website.