healthy times issue 6

Leading Leicestershire and Rutland to become the healthiest place in the UK

Leicestershire County and Rutland

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and Rutland membership

Healthy TimesAutumn 10 Issue 6 Members’ newsletter

Inside this issue:

More than9000 members

Back to school kids’ health special

Be our next cover star

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Dear Members,

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Leading Leicestershire and Rutland to become the healthiest place in the UK

Welcome to the autumn edition ofHealthy Times. You may remember inthe last newsletter that we celebratedthe one year anniversary of the ‘behealthy, be heard’ membershipscheme. In this issue we want to findout what being a member means toyou and we’ve included a shortquestionnaire on pages 12 and 13 togather your views. By taking just afew minutes to complete thequestionnaire, you’ll be entered into aprize draw and the lucky winner willreceive a £40 gift voucher to spend atReims champagne bar and restaurantin Quorn.

You may have read recent items in thepress about possible changes in the NHSfollowing the publication of thegovernment’s White Paper. Take a look atthe news in brief section on page six tofind out about the White Paper and giveus your comments.

September is also older persons’ month.Turn to page four for information on awide range of events and activities takingplace across Leicestershire county andRutland.

As it’s back to school time again, checkout our kids’ health special on pages eight

and nine to make sure that your childrenhave a healthy start to the new term.

The next issue of Healthy Times will be aspecial edition as the front cover willfeature one (or maybe more) of ourmembers. See opposite, to find out howyou (or your family or friends) could beour next cover star.

It was a pleasure to meet so many of you atour health fair and annual general meetingon Tuesday 31 August. Read all about it onpage seven. If you were unable to attendyou can listen to the podcast of the eventat on our website at www.lcr.nhs.uk

Our next edition of Healthy Times willreach you in December, so until then,remember to keep up to date with news,events and key health messages, byvisiting our website at www.lcr.nhs.uk

Wishing you a very healthy andhappy autumn.

Andrea ClarkHead of engagementand involvement

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Produced by NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland’s communication and engagement team, [email protected] telephone 0116 295 5866

Contents

Welcome to theautumn issue

Be our next cover star

Older persons’ month– life begins at 50!

Inspiring Leicestershire

Dates for your diary

News in brief

Back to school kidshealth special

And the winners are…

Be heard – yourfeedback

Access for all

Membershipquestionnaire

Our contact details

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Are you a fitness fanatic, a fan of healthy eating,or just starting out on your quest to lead ahealthier lifestyle?

If so then you could find yourself as the cover star for thenext issue of Healthy Times, and help to inspire othermembers of our ‘be healthy, be heard’ membershipscheme, with your story.

We want you to tell us what you do to keep fit, whetherit’s taking regular walks, a dip in the local pool or enjoyinga sport that’s a little bit different. We want to hear frompeople who exercise on their own, with the family or aspart of a group – whether you are just a beginner, orsomeone who has been keeping fit for years.

It doesn’t matter if you are aged 16 or 60 plus, we want to know what has motivated you to change yourlifestyle and make it healthier, and more importantlyhow you are doing.

“We really want to hear your stories,” said Andrea Clark,NHS LCR’s head of engagement and involvement.

“If you have managed to change your eating habits to ahealthier diet and lose some weight, or if you haveachieved your sporting goal, then we want to hear whatyou have done, what inspired you and how you wouldencourage others to follow in your footsteps.

“We want to lead Leicestershire and Rutland to becomethe healthiest place in the UK and we know that ourmembers will have some truly inspiring stories to tellreaders of Healthy Times.”

Simply write and tell us what you have done and youcould end up being on the cover of this winter’s HealthyTimes magazine. Write to: NHS Leicestershire County andRutland Membership, Freepost Admail ADM4149,Loughborough, LE11 1YW or [email protected]

Don’t forget to include a contact telephone number sothat we can get in touch with you easily.

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September is Older Persons’ Month and

we are encouraging everyone approaching

or past retirement to keep their lifestyles

as active and healthy as possible.

Older Persons’ Month is an annual event which issupported by local partners including CVS CommunityPartnership, NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland,Age Concern Leicester Shire and Rutland andLeicestershire County Council. The theme this year is‘Opportunities, Achievements, Active Lifestyles’.

A booklet has been produced which is packed full ofinformation on services, events and activities for olderpeople across Leicestershire and Rutland. It is availableto download from our website at www.lcr.nhs.uk orcopies are available at local libraries, GP surgeries,councils, Age Concern and Voluntary Action officesand local hospitals.

The activities and events include information and fundays, as well as health checks in local libraries, speakerson neurological services, long term care, Parkinson’sand Alzheimer’s, and the chance to help prevent fallsby swapping your usual slippers for non-slip ones.

There will also be organised walks and sports activitiestaking place throughout the month.

And there is information on the services provided byAge Concern Leicester Shire and Rutland, as well asbenefits and concessionary travel, plus the chance totake advantage of a will writing promotionthroughout September and October.

Julian Mallinson, consultant in public health at NHSLeicestershire County and Rutland, said: “As we getolder, it is important that we keep active – bothmentally and physically – and eat healthily.

“The best way to keep active is to include exerciseinto our daily routine and this is particularly importantfor maintaining mobility in later life.

“Activities that help to boost strength, co-ordination,balance and endurance are particularly beneficial andthese include walking, swimming, gardening, Tai Chiand chair-based exercise.”

For more information on September’s Older Persons’Month contact CVS Community Partnershipengagement officer for older people Liz McGregor, on0116 233 4243 or email [email protected]

Life begins at 50!



InspiringLeicestershire


Sophie Smith, the swimmer who featured in thelast edition of Healthy Times, is fast becoming alocal celebrity. Sophie has been chosen as one ofthe faces in a countywide poster campaign which isdesigned to raise awareness of the London 2012Games and the long-term impact that the gameswill have across the county.

Inspire LeicesterShire has launched the ‘My Games, MyLegacy’ campaign exactly two years prior to the start ofthe London 2012 Games to highlight the opportunitiesavailable to the people and businesses of Leicestershire.Sophie, already a double European junior champion, ishoping to inspire others to take up a sport and get fit.Leicestershire GP Dr Saurabh Johri, who also features inthe campaign, wants people to lead more healthy andactive lifestyles.

Sophie said: “I was flattered to be asked to take part in thecampaign; my main focus is not to become well-knownbut to be the best that I can be in my chosen sport. I hope

that I can motivate other people to take up a sport andmaybe even aim to become world-class competitors.”

Both Sophie and Dr Johri’s images will sit alongside otherposters of high profile celebrities such as Rosemary ConleyCBE as the campaign is rolled out across the county.

Sophie is still training hard for the London 2012 Gamesand has recently achieved success in the European JuniorChampionships in Helsinki. She won two gold medals,both in British record time for her age group, for the400m and 200m individual medleys, and helped the girls’4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relay teams to win silver.She is now hoping to make the England team for thisyear’s Commonwealth Games in October.

We wish Sophie all the very best and hope to see herback on the medals’ podium in the very near future.

Dates for your diaryDementia information event – Leicestershire LINkFind out more about dementia and hear speakers fromthe Alzheimer's Society, Leicestershire County Counciland Leicestershire Partnership Trust (LPT).

Older people’s health fair Come along to our health fair, designed for olderpeople, patients and carers. Our experts will beproviding information on dementia, Alzheimer’s,arthritis, and Parkinson’s disease. If you’re over 50, thenthere’s also the opportunity for you to exchange yourold slippers for some new non-slip ones.

East Midlands Food and Drink FestivalCome and see us at the largest regional celebration ofBritish produce in the UK, bringing together some of thefinest producers. Find out more at:www.eastmidlandsfoodfestival.co.uk

20 September10am to 12pm

23 September 1.30pm to 4.30pm

2 to 3 October10am to 5pm

John Storer House,Wards End,Loughborough, LE11 3HA

Parklands Leisure Centre,Wigston Road, Oadby, LE2 5JJ

Brooksby Hall, Melton Mowbray, LE14 2LJ

For more information about any of our events contact Sabina Esat, membership officer on 0116 295 5866 oremail [email protected]



On 12 July the new coalition governmentpublished their proposals for the future of theNHS in a White Paper, called ‘Equity andexcellence: Liberating the NHS’.

Their plans have three themes: Patients will be at theheart of everything the NHS does, healthcare outcomeswill be the best in the world, and clinicians will be giventhe power to achieve results.

The White Paper talks about how patients will beinvolved in their care, and how current LocalInvolvement Networks (LINks) will become the localHealthWatch, and will have the power to recommendthat poor services are investigated.

With regard to healthcare outcomes, local authoritieswill take on responsibility for health improvement, and aPublic Health Service will be created.

One of the biggest changes proposed is to put GPs incharge of commissioning health services. They will formgroups to decide how money on healthcare is spent inthe future. Primary care trusts, which currentlycommission services, will cease to exist from 2013.Because GPs are being put in charge of decisions in thefuture, we have put on hold some of our plans such asour plans for urgent care until GPs are ready to decide

how they would like it to develop (see article below).

The White Paper does not affect plans that are in placeto move the responsibility for our community healthservices to other organisations (see page seven).

There will be a central commissioning body for servicessuch as dentists, pharmacists and optometrists, togetherwith a number of specialist services.

The full plans are available on the Department ofHealth’s website at www.dh.gov.uk, including someconsultations to give people the opportunity tocomment on the plans.

It is still too early to say exactly how all of these changeswill unfold in the coming months. However, already GPsare discussing how they will form groups to carry outcommissioning, and PCTs such as NHS LCR aresupporting them to do this. Local authorities have alsobegun to look at how they will take responsibility forpublic health services.

We are now considering how the ‘be healthy, be heard’membership scheme could be developed so that it cancontinue after 2013. We will keep members updatedwith any proposed changes, but in the meantime youwill continue to receive your regular Healthy Times, andall the benefits of membership.

Changes to urgent care put on hold

News in briefGovernment White Paper – Liberating the NHS

Proposals to change the minor injury and minor illnessunits in community hospitals have been put on hold. InFebruary, NHS LCR’s board agreed that a series ofproposals for urgent care should go out to publicconsultation after the general election, and following areview by the Office of Government Commerce.

The proposals included a preferred option whichconcentrated urgent care where possible with GPs,building on extended opening hours and withSaturday morning opening in surgeries aroundLeicestershire and Rutland.

At the same time, it suggested reducing the number ofcentres delivering a varying range of services to asmaller number delivering a wider and more consistentrange of care.

However, as mentioned in the White Paper articleabove, in future the new government wants GPs tohave a stronger role as commissioners of care. Untilnow primary care trusts have commissioned care,with GPs only able to commission a restricted rangeof services. The changes mean that from April 2011GPs will have responsibility for commissioning out ofhours services.

Work will still continue on increasing opening hours ofGP surgeries, with NHS LCR working with GPs. Workon the out of hours service will be taken forward bythe trust as part of the national programme to movethe management of community services to otherprovider organisations.



Thanks to those of you who came to our annualgeneral meeting (AGM), which we once againshared with the University of Hospitals of LeicesterNHS Trust.

The AGM took place at Loughborough Town Hall onTuesday 31 August, and this year people who weren’table to attend, were able to text in their questions.

Members of the public asked a number of questions ontopics which included: information on the trust’s policyon retirement age and recent letters sent to someLeicestershire County and Rutland Community HealthServices staff; the decision to transfer back officeadministrative support for Family Health Services (FHS) toNHS Shared Business Services (SBS); changes to GP coverat the Loughborough Walk-In Centre; and how voluntarysector organisations can continue to work in partnershipwith the trust during the changing times ahead.

The health and wellbeing market which was held in theafternoon before the AGM, was also a success, withLeicester Nutrition Dietetics team (LND) promotinghealthy eating with smoothies and fruit kebabs. ActiveTogether gave exercise tutorials and advice on how tokeep fit, while an older persons team exchanged old or‘sloppy slippers’ for a new non-slip ones to help preventfalls. Health professionals were also on hand to giveadvice on keeping hearts healthy and diabetes.

You can listen to a podcast of the AGM on our websiteat www.lcr.nhs.uk.

Annual general meeting and health fair

Work by local primary care trusts (PCTs) totransform community services is going tocontinue under the coalition government’s plansfor the future of the NHS.

Community health services are currently managed byPCTs, with plans to transfer these services to otherproviders by April 2011.

The recently published revised NHS Operating Frameworkhas now confirmed that the new government’s plansinclude Transforming Community Services (TCS).

Community health services include the walk-in centre atLoughborough and the urgent care centre in theLeicester Royal Infirmary, community-based nursingservices, health visiting and school nursing, dentalservices, GP out of hours services, therapies, podiatry, andnutrition and dietetic services as well as a range ofservices within community hospitals.

The aim of moving community health services to otherproviders is to ensure a more sustainable service, toimprove clinical quality and patient experience, as well asincreasing productivity and cost-effectiveness.

The idea of transforming community services was firstput to PCTs across the country by the Department ofHealth last year. Since then both NHS LeicestershireCounty and Rutland and NHS Leicester City have beenworking together to integrate the majority of communityservices with NHS organisations which already providecare, with a small number of services likely to be put outto tender.

We’d like to hear your views. Have your say about our plans at:http://survey.kenthouse.com/transforming-community-services. The closing date is 30 September 2010.

Transforming Community Services to continue


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With the kids going back to school, some for thefirst time, this is the perfect time to make surethey get a healthy start to the new term. Takinga look at your child’s diet and exercise levels is agood place to start, helping them stay fit andhealthy in the future.

Every parent wants their child to be fit and healthy, butover the last 30 years, children have been getting steadilyheavier. In England, more than 30 percent of 2 to 15 yearolds are overweight or obese. Studies show that half of allschool children who are overweight will remain so inadulthood.

How healthy is your child?

You can do a simple check on how healthy your child isusing the handy child self assessment quiz on the NHSChoices website at: www.nhs.uk/toolsYou will find the healthy child self-assessment quiz inthe child development category.

If you’re concerned about your child’s health, it’s worthmaking an appointment with your GP or practice nursewho will be able to plot your child’s weight and height anddiscuss their activity levels and eating habits.

If your child is overweight, don’t panic – there are lots of

things you can do to help them lead a healthier lifestyle.Establishing healthy eating and fitness habits early on canhelp to improve your child’s quality of life in the future.

Healthy lifestyle tips for the whole family

By getting everyone in your household involved in eatinghealthily and taking exercise together, your child won't feelsingled out. Here are some useful tips you can adopt forthe whole family:

� eat more fruit and veg – everyone should aim for atleast five portions a day

� provide low fat dairy foods such as semi-skimmedmilk, low fat yogurt and fromage frais for over fiveyear olds

� offer water instead of fizzy drinks or squash� limit sweets and crisps to occasional treats and

provide healthier snacks, such as fruit instead� don't rely on ready meals which can be high in salt,

fat and sugar and try to involve your child inpreparing home cooked food with you

� encourage your child to find an exercise they enjoy ega team sport, dancing, or swimming – they should bedoing 60 minutes of physical activity a day (this canbe in 15-20 minutes sessions)

� try walking or cycling to school

Back to school

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Why not walk to school?Walk to School month is a national awarenesscampaign held in October every year where schoolsacross the world join forces to promote walking toschool.

With four out of ten boys and six out of ten girls notdoing the recommended minimum of physical activity(National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2000), walking toschool is the ideal way to get some exercise into yourchild’s routine.

The Walk to School campaign is now more vital than everas the number of children who walk to school regularlyhas reached an all time low, with an enormous 43 percent of children being driven to school.

One reason for this is a fear that something untowardmay happen to your child. A survey carried out bynational charities Parentline Plus and Living Streets foundthat parents disproportionately fear their children beingabducted or killed in a road accident over the more likelythreat to their health from childhood obesity.

Locally, in an innovative move to support walking toschool, Leicestershire County Council has highlightedsafe walking routes with yellow footprints painted on thepaths, for children to follow.

For more information on walking to school, visit thewebsite at: www.walktoschool.org.uk

Healthier sandwiches� try to use granary, wholemeal or

multi-grain bread, bagels or pittas� always try to add some salad to a

sandwich� try to use less butter or use

lower-fat versions� stick to low-fat sandwich fillings,

such as ham or turkey or cottagecheese

Something a bit different� salads including rice or pasta� slices of home-made pizza,

spanish omelette or quiche� add some vegetables such as

cherry tomatoes, carrot sticks,cucumber and peppers

Healthier alternatives to sweets� stewed fruit (without added

sugar) with some natural yogurt� scones, currant buns (without

icing) and fruit bread� low fat rice pudding

For more information and practicaladvice on healthy eating for children visit:www.eatwell.gov.uk/agesandstages

Pack them a

healthy lunch

If your child takes a lunchbox to school here are some useful tips to makesure their packed lunch is a healthy one. You can also find lots of healthylunchbox menu suggestions atwww.eatwell.gov.uk/agesandstages/children/lunchboxsect/



And the winners are…

In the summer edition of Healthy Times, weannounced Mrs Helen Barratt from Ashby as thewinner of our ‘Creating a healthy garden space’competition. We’ve been back to see how Helen hastransformed her garden with the help of the prizemoney donated by Jewson’s at Loughborough.

Following some unfortunate circumstances with Helen’spartner Lee’s job, the Barratt’s much loved family homewas repossessed, leading to them eventually be re-homed in a much smaller council property. Although theproperty had a large garden, it had previously been useda ‘dumping ground’ and lacked the fences needed tomake it a secure place to play for Helen’s two year old.

Looking to lift her family’s spirits, Helen entered ourcompetition hoping to give her family a safe and healthygarden to spend time together in and bring some muchneeded happiness into their lives.

Helen and Lee had already worked hard to make the bestof the outdoor space – building a raised bed for Helen’svegetables, a hobby she’d enjoyed prior to losing theirhome – but lacked the funds to purchase the fencingneeded to make the garden a safe haven.

In Helen’s competition entry, she told us about her visionof creating a garden in which she and her family couldspend time together, grow their own fruit and vegetablesand also keep chickens. The difficult challenges faced byHelen’s family, and the positive influence that a newgarden could have on their future, touched the judgingpanel, who were pleased to reward Helen with the prizeof £250 to spend at Jewson’s in Loughborough.

Helen and the membership team went to meet withSimon Hall, branch manager at Jewson’s, to choose thematerials needed to help improve her garden. Simon notonly donated the necessary fence panels, but also achicken coop (see picture below).

Helen commented, “I would appreciate it very much ifyou could tell all of the people involved in judging thecompetition how grateful myself and my family are forwhat you have done for us. It really is going to changeour lives being able to make use of the garden. I alreadyfeel much happier about our circumstances.”

Helen has already started growing her own fruit andvegetables and is waiting to complete the chicken run beforeoffering a welcome new home to some ex-battery chickens.

Another member gets activeCongratulations to Mrs S Chambers, from Coalville, the winner of our ‘Get active’ word

search competition, featured in the last issue of Healthy Times. Mrs Chambers has

received her prize of a pedometer and is looking forward to putting it to the test.

Helen’s healthy garden space

The Barratt children: Zak, Reuben, Mia and Oscar



Your feedback is vital in helping us to planservices and we really welcome your views. Thistime, we’d like your help with our patientexperience survey and we’d also like yourfeedback on what our ‘be healthy, be heard’membership scheme means to you. Turn to page13 to complete the questionnaire and be enteredinto our prize draw.

Patient experiencesurvey – your views countAs a primary care trust, it is our job to understandthe needs, expectations and preferences of ourpatients, to ensure we provide a high qualityexperience for them. We are currently developingour three year Patient Experience Strategy which willset out what we will do across Leicestershire andRutland to ensure the views of local people have realinfluence on our decision making at all stages ofplanning services. Patient feedback will help to: � decide priorities� design services in the community and in our

hospitals� test the quality of our services� ensure everyone in the community has fair and

equal access to our services.

We would like to invite you to tell us more aboutyour experiences either as a patient or careraccessing these services. We would also like to hearabout your recent experience and what you believewould enhance your future experiences. Yourcontribution will help shape further development ofour Patient Experience Strategy 2010/13

The closing date for the questionnaire is 30September 2010 and it can be found on our websiteat: www.lcr.nhs.uk/patientexperience

Be healthy, be

heard – what does

membership

mean to you?

By taking just a fewminutes to give us yourfeedback, you could win a £40 voucher tospend at the fantastic Reims champagne bar andrestaurant in Quorn.

Our ‘be healthy, be heard’ membership scheme has beenin place for 18 months and now has more than 9,000members. During this time you’ve given us your viewson many important subjects, including urgent care, longterm care plans, dental services, major trauma services,heart attack and stroke services and maternity andneonatal services. Our members have also attended awide range of community medicine for members events,health fairs, and annual general meetings. We’ve alsohad a great response to our competitions such as the‘create a healthy garden space competition’ which hashad such a positive impact on winner Mrs Helen Barratt’slife, featured on page ten.

NHS LCR’s vision is to lead Leicestershire county andRutland to become the healthiest place to live in the UK.The ‘be healthy’ part of the membership scheme is ourcommitment to our members to keep you up to datewith key health messages and information, so thatmembers and their families can be as healthy as possible.The ‘be heard’ part of the membership scheme is toprovide a mechanism for you to feed back into theorganisation to inform the decision makers of your viewson healthcare services.

On pages 13 and 14 you’ll find a short questionnairewhich aims to find out what being a member means toyou and your family. Please post your completedquestionnaires to the freepost address below. You canalso complete the questionnaire online at:www.nhslcrmembership.org

All returned questionnaires will automatically be enteredinto a prize draw to win a £40 voucher to Reimschampagne bar and restaurant in Quorn. The closingdate is 31 October 2010.

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Section 1: About being a member

1. Being a member has helped me to be more healthy and to feel better.

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Comments

2. As a member I have felt more informed about ways to stay healthy.


Comments

3. As a member I have had the opportunity to feedback on health services, for example, theopportunity to feedback my concerns about any proposed changes, and how I would likeservices to look in the future.


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4. I find the information I receive as a member easy to understand.


5. I find the information I receive as a member interesting.


6. I would like to see more information on:

7. One suggestion I would make on how to improve Healthy Times, the membership newsletter, is:

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Section 2: About you

Please complete as much of the information about yourself as you feel comfortable with, as this will help usunderstand who is taking part in the consultation. The information you provide will be kept in accordancewith the terms of the Data Protection Acts 1998 and 2000 and will be used for monitoring purposes.

If you would like to be entered into the prize draw, please enter your membership number and telephonenumber here so that we can get in touch with you.

Membership number:

Telephone number:

1. Gender

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2. Age group

Under 16 16 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 59

60 to 74 75+ Prefer not to say

3. Ethnic group

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White Other ethnic group Gypsy/Irish Traveller

4. Do you consider yourself to have a disability Yes No

5. Sexual orientation

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6. Religion and belief

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7. Please enter the first four letters/numbers of your postcode (we will not be able to identify youraddress from this but it helps us understand approximately where replies are from)

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. Please send your completed questionnaire byfreepost to: NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland Membership, Freepost Admail ADM4149, Loughborough,LE11 1YW. You can also complete it online at: www.nhslcrmembership.org

The closing date is 31 October 2010.

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Address:

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Telephone no.:

Email:

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MembershipformIf you are reading this publication and are not amember, but would like to join, please fill in yourdetails below and return to:NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland Membership, Freepost Admail ADM4149,Loughborough, LE11 1YWYou can also join online or by telephone:www.nhslcrmembership.org Tel: 0300 555 5345

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Contact us:

Email: [email protected]

Website: We have a dedicated interactive website whereyou can access information about the membershipscheme, find out about the benefits of becoming amember and check for discounts.

Send your questions or comments to us via the enquiryform online by visiting: www.nhslcrmembership.org

Post: Please send all correspondence to:NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland MembershipFreepost Admail ADM4149Loughborough LE11 1YW

Telephone: The membership helpline is open between9.00am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday. Please call us on 0300 555 5345.Published by: NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland, LakesideHouse, 4 Smith Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1SS

NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland is the operating name forLeicestershire County and Rutland PCT

The next edition of Healthy Times will bepublished in December 2010 and will be packedwith more health advice, members’ news andviews, and forthcoming events.

If you have any suggestions or ideas for futureissues of the magazine, please get in touchusing the contact details below.

Be creative and think healthy.

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