Living Better: North Lanarkshire Community Health Partnership (CHP) In Focus

North Lanarkshire CHP - Background

North Lanarkshire Community Health Partnership: was set up to improve the long-term health and well-being of communities and enhance the quality of health and social care services and comprises of 5 Localities.

Bellshill Locality: serves a population of approximately 28,500 of whom about 7,300 are living with a long term condition.

Research Report

Living Better Project: Bellshill Locality Focus Group Report: PDF (click here to download)

Local Information/ Support

Elament (eLanarkshire Mental Health Recourses): contains information on a number of local organisations which offer a variety of services and support to local people http://www.lanarkshirementalhealth.org.uk/

Health Information & Support Groups:

To find out more about living with a long term condition and to find out about UK & local Support Groups please see below:

NHS Lanarkshire -www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk/Services/Diabetes/Pages/Introduction.aspx

NHS Lanarkshire - http://www.lanarkshirementalhealth.org.uk/

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland - Advice Line: 0845 0776000 Website: http://www.chss.org.uk/

British Heart Foundation Scotland -. Heart Helpline: 0300 330 3311 Website: http://www.bhf.org.uk/

Depression Alliance Scotland - www.lookokfeelcrap.org/ Website: http://www.dascot.org/

Diabetes UK -Careline: 0845 120 2960 Email:carelinescotland@diabetes.org.uk Website: http://www.diabetes.org.uk/

Diabetes Scotland - www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/

Samaritans -Helpline: 08457 909090 24 hours Website: http://www.samaritans.org.uk/

Breathing Space -Helpline: 0800 83 85 87 Website: http://www.breathingspace.co.uk/

Stresswatch Scotland -Helpline: 01563 574 144 Website: http://www.stresswatchscotland.org/

Living Life to the Full - Website: http://www.livinglifetothefull.com/

Training Events

We held two Mental Health Awareness Workshops in North Lanarkshire recently, aimed at practice nurses, specialist diabetes and MI nurses, GPs, district nurses and other primary care practitioners.

Participants in the training described it as “excellent” with personal outcomes including “increased confidence in clinical settings” and the ability to “raise patients and colleagues awareness of self help materials”

If you would like to see the outline of the content of the training click here.