Hampshire and Isle of Wight Health and Wellbeing Events & Support

Written by AlisonFreemantle on Friday 14th October 2022

Available to all Community Pharmacy Staff

The following sessions are available from Health and Wellbeing:

  

New Housing Hub to help staff with housing challenges and underlying issues

Are you experiencing issues with housing or have questions relating to your housing situation? Perhaps you are in a difficult situation and don’t know where to get help and advice?

A number of Housing Hub Officers are now in place across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to offer advice and hands-on support. They are working closely with NHS and local authority colleagues, housing associations, estate agents, and many other partners to find suitable and affordable solutions to housing issues and support throughout the whole process of renting or buying a property.

The Housing Hub is run in collaboration with Citizens Advice Hampshire to ensure staff get the right information and support. Dedicated Citizens Advice advisors will also be able to support with underlying issues such as paying bills, benefits, or relationship issues.

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System has developed the Housing Hub to support international staff and new international recruits with getting settled into suitable and affordable accommodation. It is part of a system-wide programme looking at a range of measures and potential solutions to the cost-of-living crisis and is hoped to be available to all staff in the future.

You can email the Housing Hub at iownt.housing-hub@nhs.net or use the self-referral link: www.hampshiretogether.refernet.co.uk/self-referral

Join fitness classes online

Research shows that physical activity can also boost self-esteem, mood, sleep quality and energy, as well as reducing your risk of stress, clinical depression, dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Join Janice every weekday morning at 7-7.30am for a live fitness class on Zoom, with a focus on weighted workouts on Mon/Weds/Fri.

Join on Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86333850613?pwd=UVF6alVXcHJZYWYzaHg1MEhmMVNSUT09

Meeting ID: 863 3385 0613

Passcode: NHSHealth

If you can’t make it in the morning you can access the sessions later on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3JI43e8

More information here.

Cost of Living Helpline

Call the new Cost of Living Helpline on 0300 772 7099 (9am – 4.30 Mon-Fri).  The Health and Wellbeing Support Service (HWSS) has teamed up with Solent Volunteers and Citizens Advice to bring you confidential conversations to support your financial wellbeing.  From practical support in navigating government benefit schemes, local resources, NHS discounts or voucher schemes to debt management and budgeting advice, we’re here to support all NHS staff in Hampshire and IOW.

Leadership Circles

Running weekly until 13th December

Drop into any session that interests you

Leadership Circles provide a safe, reflective space to come together with other managers to share experience. They are a series of short, themed online sessions based on 14 principles for leading compassionately through challenging times.

Who can apply?

Staff who are ‘people managers’ and have direct line management responsibilities eg Staff Nurse, Admin Team Leader, Senior Managers. Whether you manage one person or a team of people.

Sign up on Eventbrite to access the sessions.

https://bit.ly/3zLBeKX

Thursday 13 October

South East Menopause Network

1-3pm

Register online

A virtual celebration event marking World Menopause Day and continued commitment to embed menopause friendly working environments in the NHS.

Tuesday 18th October

World Menopause Day

The theme for World Menopause Day 2022 is Cognition and Mood.

Join online for virtual webinars throughout the day.

Register on Eventbrite.

Thursday 20th October

Online session with Menohealth: Pelvic Floor and UTIs

10-10.30am with chat until 11am.

What everyone should know and how to talk about gynae matters without embarrassment.

Part of the twice monthly online menopause awareness sessions for NHS and Primary Care colleagues in Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Stay on afterwards to chat with our Health & Wellbeing Support Services team about topics raised in the Menohealth session.

Register on Eventbrite to attend and access handouts and presentation recordings: MenoHealth Online Webinars Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

 

Thursday 20th October

Primary Care Health and Wellbeing Engagement Event - Flexibility in Primary Care

5:00pm – 6:30pm

NHS England and NHS Improvement are continuing their series of health and wellbeing engagement events for colleagues across all sectors of primary care and will be hosting their next event on 20 October.

The theme of this event will be exploring flexible working practices in primary care and sharing examples of what can be possible.  We will consider the recently published Flexible Working Policy and how it can support colleagues in primary care and will hear more about the Looking After Your Career coaching programme.

This event is open to all colleagues working in primary care - from commissioning roles and ICS roles to the four sectors of general practice, dentistry, optometry and pharmacy.  

Find out more

 

Wednesday 26th October

Black History Month: Inclusive HWB Community of Practice

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Inclusive Health and Wellbeing, Community of Practice Event, themed around Black History Month, supporting the HWB of staff from an ethnic minority backgrounds.

We are delighted to have in attendance Mike Franklin, Director of Equality and Inclusion, NHS England, Felicia Kwaku, OBE, Associate Director of Nursing/Senior Head of Nursing Acute Speciality Medicine, Kings Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Sonali Kinra, General Practitioner and Clinical Associate.

The focus will be on how people from diverse ethnic backgrounds have succeeded to leadership roles. The barriers they may have faced, including and how they overcame those barriers.

Find out more