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Detect Cancer Early Campaign launchedHealth Secretary Nicola Sturgeonlaunched a new Detect Cancer EarlyProgramme when she visited Springburn Health Centre in February.The ‘Don’t get scared, get checked’programme aims to save more than300 lives a year by addressing fear,lack of knowledge about the prospectsof survival from cancer, andencouraging people to go and see theirGP early.The early detection drive is part of a 30 million Detect Cancer Early planwhich is set to improve cancersurvival rates by increasing the numberof Scots diagnosed in the earlieststages of the disease.7Pictured: Springburn GP Dr Richard Milburn; DrLinda de Caestecker, Director of Public Health,Dr Paul Ryan, Clinical Director, North EastSector; with Nicola Sturgeon, Health Secretary.Bowel Cancer - early detection, better outcomeApril was bowel cancer awareness month andhealth professionals are urging people to bemore aware of the signs of bowel cancer.Bowel cancer is the third most common cancerin the UK affecting men and women and thesecond most common cause of cancer death.Every year, around 16,000 people die from thedisease in Britain, but if caught early enough,bowel cancer is highly treatable.If you are aged between 50 and 74, and livingin the Greater Glasgow area, you may alreadyhave been offered a simple test that will detectbowel cancer. The test, which you can do in theprivacy of your own home, is part of a kit thatwill be sent out to you and all you have to do isfollow the simple instructions and send yoursample back in the prepaid envelope.The testwill then be offered to you again every twoyears.Dr Kenneth O’Neil, Clinical Director for theSouth Sector and a local GP, said: “It’s naturalto feel embarrassed about talking about yourtoilet habits and it is understandable why somepeople might be reluctant to seek help whenthese habits change or they experience thingslike unexplained bleeding.“The bowel screening programme is alreadyproving successful in detecting the early signsof the cancer and I would urge anyone who isoffered a test to take part as the benefits ofearly diagnosis can’t be over-emphasised. Curerates have already improved to more than 50%due to advances in diagnosis and treatment,but when bowel cancer is picked up at an earlystage, cure rates exceed 90%.“Bowel cancer is one of the three major cancersthe new Scottish Government campaign DetectCancer Early is focussing on. You’ll be seeingmore about this programme over the comingmonths.”So what are the common symptoms of bowelcancer? Any change to your usual bowel habit thatlasts four weeks or more Bleeding from your bottom/blood in stools Pain or lump in the abdomen Extreme tiredness without an obvious causeNote: most symptoms do not necessarilymean you have bowel cancer, but it’s alwaysbetter to have it checked out.Talk to your GP or call the Bowel Cancer UKAdvisory Centre on 0800 840 ow

CHP Projects are Community Champions8Congratulations to Gill O’ Donnell, Service/Volunteer Co-ordinator, and the team ofvolunteers from the EasterhouseMacmillan Cancer Information andSupport Service Drop in. They won theteam award for the East Area in theEvening Times Community Champions2012 Awards in February. They will nowgo forward with the winners from the otherareas to the final in August.Based at the Library at the Bridge,Easterhouse, the volunteers providesupport and information to cancersufferers and their families. Benefitsadvice and complementary therapies arealso available. The drop in is openMondays 4-7pm, Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-4pm and is run by the CHP inpartnership with Glasgow Life andPictured : Volunteers Nancy Burns, Mary Hird and Lorna BurnsMacmillan Cancer. More information: Gill with the Community Champion Award.O’Donnell 0141 531 8205.Also commended were FUSE Youth Cafe and employability skills. H4U Youth Health, the Northin Shettleston. The Cafe provides a safe East Sector’s Youth service have supported FUSEplace for young people in the Shettleston to improve the health of the young people attending(and surrounding) area to meet. Theythe Cafe. More information from Jennifer Johnstone,provide drop-in provision and encourage Health Improvement Senior on 0141-232 7213.young people to develop social, personalBreastfeeding welcome at WetherspoonsMake your organisation BreastfeedingFriendly by contacting the HealthImprovement Team in your sector forBreastfeeding Friendly Welcome AwardTraining. The training helpsestablishments to promote awelcoming environment for breastfeedingmothers and their families, whichencourages mothers to feel confident tobreastfeed in public.Recently, staff of JD Wetherspoon basedat Esquire House in Anniesland, Glasgowparticipated in the training programme andbecame the first Wetherspoonestablishment to have achieved theBreastfeeding Friendly Welcome AwardStatus in the UK.North West - Annette DouganFor training contact0141 211 0313.North East - Christine Harper,South - Lesley Ann Currie 0141 276 8845/886007766 504567www.chps.org.uk/glasgow

Give your wee one the best start in life9A new DVD aimed at giving parents the confidence, practical skillsand enthusiasm to prepare healthy weaning foods at home hasbeen produced.Created by North West Sector’s Health Improvement Team, theDVD contains three short films that show parents preparing andcooking three weaning recipes from the new edition of the Fun FirstFoods booklet.The DVD will be shown at weaning fayres and copies have beengiven to Health Visitors and nurseries to set up a lending schemewith local parents and carers.The DVD can viewed at www.chps.org.uk/glasgow Go to: LocalServices, Children and Families, Weaning Your Baby.For more information contact Emma Douglas, Health ImprovementPractitioner on 0141 211 0306Help withparentingvia Triple PDo you want some tips on dealing with yourchild’s behaviour?NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde andGlasgow City Council are working togetherto offer local families the world-acclaimedTriple P - Positive Parenting Program.The program gives parents/carersinformation on a range of techniques to helpbring up children.Come along to our free Positive ParentingGroups and you will see that small changesmake a big difference.Log on to the Triple P website for moreinformation and handy tips:www.triplep-staypositive.netor call0800 027 7246www.chps.org.uk/glasgow

10Focus on Food bus coming to YokerThe Focus on Food Cooking Bus will be visiting the Yoker Resource Centre as part ofthe Yoker Community Week celebrations beginning on June 11, 2012.The Cooking Bus is an articulated lorry specially designed to transform into a kitchenclassroom where practical cooking classes can be offered to local communities.Our health improvement staff will be working closely with colleagues in the YokerCommunity to ensure that as many local groups and organisations can takeadvantage of this exciting event.More information from Emma Douglas, Mary Wright or Nicola Mathieson(Health Improvement Team, North West Sector)Tel: 0141 211 0279 Email: nwyouth@ggc.scot.nhs.ukNew Drop In for Carers at Royston and Parkhead LibrariesDo you care for someone with a long term illness or do you have a long term illness yourself?Why not pop into the new drop-in service at Royston Library which has been specially set upto provide you with information and support?From April 11, the Carers’ drop-in will run in the library every Wednesdays from 2pm to 4pm.And from May 8, there will be a similar service at Parkhead Library on Tuesdays from 2pm to4pm.We also have a very successful drop-in centre for people with COPD (breathing problems)at the Library within the Bridge at Easterhouse, on Thursdays from 10am to 12pm and from2pm to 4pm.The drop-in centres are all run by trained volunteers and managed by Linda Harley, HealthImprovement Senior, North East Sector, GCCHP, 0141 232 0174 or 07826910715.www.chps.org.uk/glasgow

New unit for Learning Disabilitypatients with mental health illness11Anew unit that provides hospital-basedservices for people with learningdisabilities has opened at the GartnavelHospital site.Claythorn House is a 12-bed unit specificallydesigned to provide care to those patients whohave a mental health illness AND additionalsupport needs.Originally used to provide older people’sservices, the building recently underwent a 1.3million refurbishment programme to make it fitfor purpose and opened its doors to patients inMarch.NHSGGC Chairman Andrew Robertson wasgiven a tour of the impressive new unit andmet unit staff and colleagues from partnerorganisations involved in the design andimplementation of the refurbishment of the unit.He said: “Claythorn House represents a 1.3million pound investment which in today’schallenging financial climate is impressive andthis unit will offer patients the specialist supportthey sometimes need to be able to access in ahospital setting. The unit will offer a high qualityservice at the acute end of the wide range ofcare we provide.”Tom Kelly, Service Redesign Manager forLearning Disabilities Services, added: “Normallypatients with learning disabilities who alsohave mental health issues would be cared forthrough community based inpatient services.However, there are some patients who at timesmay require care in a hospital setting for a shortperiod of time and this new unit will provide aSector HQaddresschangessafe and therapeutic environment to meet theiradditional needs.“The unit has been specifically designed tomeet this patient groups needs and duringthe whole refurbishment project there wasextensive input from both patients and carers.“We are delighted at the high quality finishin the unit and hope carers and patients willappreciate the work that has gone into creatingan environment with the patientâ s bestinterests at the heart.”Anyone interested in seeing what the new unitlooks like can see a virtual walk through at thefollowing address: http://www.nhsggc.org.uk/CONTENT/default.asp?page s1879The address of the South Sector Headquarters has changedto: Claremont Business Centre, Units 10- 13, 39 DurhamStreet,Glasgow G41 1BS (Tel: 0141 276 6700, Fax: 0141 2766790).The address of the North West Sector Headquarters is now:Gartnavel Royal Hospital Campus, JB Russell House, 1055Great Western Road. Glasgow G12 0XH (Tel: 0141 211 0370Fax: 0141 211 3971).North East Sector HQ remains the same.www.chps.org.uk/glasgow

12Off-Sales Watch Helps Tackle Underage DrinkingPeople who buy alcohol for young peopleare being targeted in a new off-licencecampaign in the Ibrox and Cessnockareas of the city.The campaign, which has been backed byHeath Secretary Nicola Sturgeon, includesinformation and support for off-licence staff andposters warning the public of the consequencesfor anyone caught buying alcohol for underagepeople.Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon, said:“It’s vital that Scotland tackles its unhealthyrelationship with alcohol to prevent futuregenerations from the harm that can be causedby excessive drinking – and our AlcoholFramework is designed to do just that.“It is encouraging to see such good workbeing done towards diverting young peoplefrom alcohol consumption.”Glasgow City CHP Health ImprovementOfficer, Lee Craig, who is organising thecampaign, said: “Many people don’t realisethat they could be fined up to 5,000 and couldreceive a three month jail sentence for buyingalcoholic beverages for people under 18. The‘No Matter What Your Reason’ poster aims toraise awareness of this issue amongst the localcommunity.“We are also working closely withStrathclyde Police, Glasgow City CouncilLicensing Standards Officers, GlasgowCommunityServices and local off-licences to try anddiscourage people from this practice.”Apart from reducing underage drinking, thecampaign also aims to decrease the amount ofanti-social behaviour related to youths underthe influence of drink.As a way of discouraging young people fromdrinking, a series of activities including football,dance and art are being planned in partnershipwith Rangers and Ultimate Soccer for Fridayand Saturday nights in the area.Glasgow Council on Alcohol will also bedelivering a series of alcohol educationworkshops. The activities will be promotedlocally by street workers from Youth Point andwill continue for the duration of the campaign.As further support to this initiative, LicensingStandards Officers from Glasgow City Counciland Strathclyde Police have assisted in settingup an ‘Off-Sales Watch’ within the Ibrox Area.Previous campaigns have shown that bypreventing access to alcohol, as well providingalternative activities at key drinking times, thenumber of young people reported for anti-socialbehaviour drops.pictured: Nicola Sturgeon chats to youngfootballers taking part in one of the activities setup to discourage them from drinking.www.chps.org.uk/glasgow

13ADD-ART at Aye Write!ADD-ART drama participants recentlyperformed at the Glasgow book festival AyeWrite at the Mitchell Library and again at alocal event within the Community AddictionTeam Parkhead premises.This is the second year running that ADDART participants have performed sketchesderived from their own life experiences.The sketches were developed with aprofessional writer and a drama tutor,supported by funding from Live LiteratureScotland.The performances evolved from a mixtureof personal stories, all intensely real andvery personal. Both audiences were wowedby the freshness and honesty of the writing.Comments included:“ It was brilliant and natural. ”“ Liked the personal writing and thesharing of it.”ADD-ART promotes recovery fromaddiction in the North East of Glasgow.This year the collection of work camefrom service users from the North EastCommunity Addiction Team, GEAAP andthe Lodging House Mission.The project is managed by the North EastArts and Health Network which includesGlasgow City CHP North East Sector,Glasgow Life / Glasgow Arts and GlasgowEast Arts Company.More information: margaret.milne@hotmail.co.ukCommunity Update is produced by Glasgow City Community Health Partnership on aquarterly basis. The Update is distributed by email and we kindly ask that you send it onvia your networks. If you have any information you’d like to include please contactLaurina Hewson or Dawn Thom:laurina.hewson2@ggc.scot.nhs.uk - 0141 277 7455dawn.thom@ggc.scot.nhs.uk - 0141 277 7561www.chps.org.uk/glasgow

Practices, a General Dental Practitioner, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Community Dental, District Nursing, Health Visiting, and Children & Family Services. Nearly 80 local people and practitioners took part in a local Arts, Environment & Wellbeing visioning event in February, organised by the Possilpark Arts and Health Group, in conjunction with the