Local projects have been submitted from around the United Kingdom from a range of different organisations. The aim of the local projects is to share what is being done to improve health in the community. This section has not been peer reviewed and the BMJ Group makes no guarantee about the accuracy of the information supplied. For more information contact the organiser of the local project directly. For our full website terms and conditions please click here.
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| Description |
Provide the local community with access to local and free physical activity programmes. |
| Setting |
Across Nottingham city |
| Population |
People living in the most deprived areas of Nottingham. |
| Intervention |
Set up weekly guided health walks in the local area. |
| Main Outcome |
Increase the number of people attending the walks. |
| Cost |
Start-up - £2000; Running costs - £1000-£5000; Total - |
| Contact Email |
rachel.marriott@nottinghamcity-pct.nhs.uk |
| Description |
Telephone based care to support and empower individuals to make behaviour changes that improve their health and well being,
whilst also encouraging self management of their long term condition.
|
| Setting |
Telephone Based Care Management Centre in Dudley. |
| Population |
People with diabetes, heart failure, coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
who live in areas of deprivation in Birmingham.
|
| Intervention |
Telephone based care linked to Primary Care Trust services, general practice and social support. |
| Main Outcome |
Improved health of patients and reduction in utilisation rates. |
| Cost |
Start-up - £120 000; Running costs - £850 000 per annum; Total - |
| Contact Email |
andrew.donald@benpct.nhs.uk |
| Description |
Cottoning On is a strategic healthy living partnership |
| Setting |
The most disadvantaged areas of Oldham |
| Population |
Young people and black and minority ethnic (BME) women |
| Intervention |
Within Cottoning On there are a range of projects. These include the Energise Project which helps young people move towards
health and fitness; the Himmat and Saharah Projects which supports BME women to develop and sustain healthier communities;
and the Pathways to Health project which provides training to empower BME women to take more control of their health.
|
| Main Outcome |
Successfully delivered a range of interventions and activities that have engaged some of the most hard to reach groups within
Oldham. Young people and BME women have been supported to actively participate in improving their own health and the health
of their communities.
|
| Cost |
Start-up - £91 428; Running costs - Approximately £2.5 million over six years; for 2006-7 the budget is approximately £500 000.; Total - |
| Contact Email |
martynprice@nhs.net |
| Description |
This project encourages young people to engage in physical activity. |
| Setting |
Parks and open spaces in the community; sports clubs. |
| Population |
Young people and people from deprived areas that are high in coronary heart disease. |
| Intervention |
Creation of parks and open spaces in the community, setting up activity based clubs. |
| Main Outcome |
Too early to say. |
| Cost |
Start-up - See below.; Running costs - Currently in the second stage which amounts to about £80 000. The project has a budget of £200 000 overall.; Total - |
| Contact Email |
damianaston@yahoo.co.uk |
| Description |
A stroke service covering acute and community care across health and social care organisations |
| Setting |
Acute stroke unit, primary care stroke unit and community services. |
| Population |
All patients with a diagnosis of stroke. |
| Intervention |
Design of care pathway advising primary care services to send patients with suspected diagnosis of stroke to Torbay Hospital
for diagnosis and assessment. Once medically stabilised, patients are transferred to the community stroke unit at Newton Abbot.
|
| Main Outcome |
Over 90% of patients with stroke now admitted to the stroke units; patients seen quickly; reduced length of hospital stay |
| Cost |
Start-up - Nil. The remodelling of the community services were part of Primary Care Trust community hospital changes and skill mix.; Running costs - Absorbed into pre-existing services – the community stroke unit took over one of the wards of a community hospital.; Total - |
| Contact Email |
fc.jenkins@nhs.net |
| Description |
Aims to improve the health of employees by creating a support service to raise awareness of health issues, encourage self
development, provide practical programmes, develop health policies, and promote wellbeing.
|
| Setting |
Workplaces in Limavady, Strabane and Derry/Londonderry. These areas are rated highly in the Multiple Deprivation Measure Index. |
| Population |
Over 2000 people at work |
| Intervention |
Interventions include cardiac risk assessment, health needs assessments, cancer awareness workshops, walk leader training,
smoking cessation and policy training, physical activity challenges, healthy eating programmes, stress management training,
health and safety advice and back care programmes.
|
| Main Outcome |
Increased staff morale, better networking, better informed staff, and more participation in physical activity. |
| Cost |
Start-up - ; Running costs - Total over three years: £140 000. Approximately £10 000 programme budget, and approximately £35 000 salary budget.; Total - |
| Contact Email |
fionat@derryhc.com |
| Description |
An education and activity programme to help primary schoolchildren in low income areas eat more fruit and vegetables. |
| Setting |
Schools |
| Population |
Primary school children (aged 7-11 years old) in Lambeth, Leeds and Plymouth |
| Intervention |
Activities undertaken by schools included setting up fruit tuck shops, growing clubs and cooking classes |
| Main Outcome |
Increase in consumption of fruit and vegetables, decrease in consumption of high fat snacks and a significant increase in
knowledge about fruit and vegetables. Schools reported a large increase in activities promoting fruit and vegetables.
|
| Cost |
Start-up - The budget for the first year was approximately £155 000. Start up costs for individual schools varied between £70 and £420
(not including staff time).; Running costs - Total cost: £650 000 over three years The project can be run in a variety of ways so running costs vary widely. Some suggestions
are given in the Grab 5! Publication, Right to the Core, available at www.grab5.com.; Total -
|
| Contact Email |
jeanette@sustainweb.org |
| Description |
To identify inequalities in prescribing key drugs for people with diabetes or coronary heart disease (CHD). |
| Setting |
Primary care |
| Population |
People with CHD or diabetes living in South Wiltshire |
| Intervention |
Analysing the prescribing rates of beta-blockers and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for CHD patients, and
ACE inhibitors for people with diabetes.
|
| Main Outcome |
There were variations in the prescribing rates of beta-blockers and ACE inhibitors for CHD patients and in ACE inhibitors
for people with diabetes.
|
| Cost |
Start-up - £2500; Running costs - £500; Total - |
| Contact Email |
pcmilner@doctors.org.uk |
| Description |
The Centre will open in October 2007. It will bring about step changes in local health inequalities by tackling particular
health issues like smoking, obesity, poor housing, mental health and community regeneration by changing how services are delivered
locally, reducing barriers and improving health choices.
|
| Setting |
Easington Colliery and its surrounding areas. Easington Colliery is the most deprived area in England as defined by the English
Indices of Deprivation (2004).
|
| Population |
All residents living in Easington Colliery and its surrounding areas. |
| Intervention |
A number of core services will be delivered through the centre such as podiatry service, cardiovascular suite and a children’s
gym. Sessional activities will include smoking cessation, weight management, healthy eating and community safety.
|
| Main Outcome |
None yet. A number of outcomes will be measured such as life expectancy, smoking cessation rates and obesity levels. |
| Cost |
Start-up - £750 000; Running costs - To be determined.; Total - |
| Contact Email |
fiona.gillespie@cdpct.nhs.uk |
| Description |
Organised walks and cycle |
| Setting |
Parks and green spaces in the local neighbourhood |
| Population |
Sedentary people and people who would benefit from more exercise |
| Intervention |
Various organised walks and activities |
| Main Outcome |
Increased physical activity |
| Cost |
Start-up - Not known; Running costs - Not known; Total - |
| Contact Email |
asharp@wakefield.gov.uk |
| Description |
England's largest and most comprehensive cardiovascular disease (CVD) primary prevention programme. |
| Setting |
Various settings throughout the six Local Authorities (LAs) of Greater Merseyside: Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St.
Helens and Wirral.
|
| Population |
The whole population of Greater Merseyside, especially children and adults living in the most deprived areas of Greater Merseyside. |
| Intervention |
Various healthy food and tobacco control interventions make up the programme. Examples include: Food and Health Strategy,
Merseyside Food Charter, Smokefree NHS and LAs, Health Survey for Greater Merseyside and Healthy Stadia.
|
| Main Outcome |
Reduction in dietary fat intake and population level of serum total cholesterol; increase in fruit and vegetable consumption;
reduced salt and sugar intake; and more people stopping smoking.
|
| Cost |
Start-up - £500 000; Running costs - Approximately £500 000 per annum; Total - |
| Contact Email |
angela.cockburn@heartofmersey.org.uk |
| Description |
To improve the health, housing and living conditions of people with the eligible chronic illnesses. |
| Setting |
Within the Local Authority of Bradford District |
| Population |
Adults and children with chronic illnesses living in Bradford |
| Intervention |
Health advice and signposting to other health agencies and schemes such as Warmfront. Funding works to make homes safer, warmer,
free from damp and disrepair.
|
| Main Outcome |
Increase in clients’ physical activity and healthier eating |
| Cost |
Start-up - Not known; Running costs - The annual running costs are approximately £175 000 for salaries, administration and management costs. £250 000 is also available
for housing works.; Total -
|
| Contact Email |
Alison.garlick@bradford.gov.uk |
| Description |
An initiative to better understand where people access sexual health services and where improvements can be made |
| Setting |
Sexual health services in acute, community, general practice and community pharmacy |
| Population |
Full range of sexual health service users in an area of high need |
| Intervention |
Mapping demand and capacity in all services to understand the whole system of sexual health service provision in order to
inform service improvement and redesign
|
| Main Outcome |
Short term improvements within services (such as reduced waiting and transit times) and the development of a new service model
currently being implemented in Lambeth and Southwark.
|
| Cost |
Start-up - The costs depend on how extensive the mapping will be. It is possible to do it from existing resources and to bring in the
specialist skills needed (e.g. around data analysis) from local organisations with an interest in the project. Our costs included
the following: Staff time to manage the project from design to implementation and to provide admin back up; Incentive payments
to general practices and community pharmacies; Temporary staff to help with data collection and entry; and Expert staff time
to analyse and present the data.; Running costs - Unknown; Total -
|
| Contact Email |
Vikki Pearce, programme manager – sexual health: vikki.pearce@gstt.nhs.uk Gary Alessio, network development manager: gary.alessio@gstt.nhs.uk |
| Description |
Nurse-led clinics for heart attack and invasive investigations including surgery. |
| Setting |
Secondary care |
| Population |
Patients who have had a heart attack, angiogram, angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). |
| Intervention |
The clinics ensure patients are seen by a specialist nurse with the knowledge and skills to assist the patient in making empowered
decisions about their recovery and future.
|
| Main Outcome |
Not available |
| Cost |
Start-up - Unknown; Running costs - One Specialist Nurse salary of £33 000 per annum. Also the salaries of the administration staff (unknown).; Total - |
| Contact Email |
cas.shotter@wmuh.nhs.uk |
| Description |
Clients are referred to the scheme and given six months’ support to increase levels of physical activity. |
| Setting |
A range of settings including leisure centres, community associations and parks. |
| Population |
Adults who do not do enough physical activity. |
| Intervention |
One to one consultations involving activity plans |
| Main Outcome |
Increased levels of physical activity |
| Cost |
Start-up - £5000; Running costs - £25 000 per annum; Total - |
| Contact Email |
holdingjoe@walsall.gov.uk |
| Description |
Encourage staff to adopt healthier lifestyles and gather the evidence to demonstrate that workplace health promotion works. |
| Setting |
Workplace |
| Population |
Staff working on the Newham health village site |
| Intervention |
A wide range of interventions including onsite activity clubs, team pedometer challenges and health MOTs. |
| Main Outcome |
An evaluation report will be available in late 2007 from the British Heart Foundation |
| Cost |
Start-up - £105 000; Running costs - ; Total - |
| Contact Email |
scott.lloyd@newhamhealth.nhs.uk |
| Description |
A two year workplace health promotion project |
| Setting |
Workplace |
| Population |
Adults aged 16-64 years employed at Masterfoods UK in Slough |
| Intervention |
Various interventions are being delivered including a smoking cessation service, an in-house weight management scheme, onsite
exercise classes and wellbeing workshops.
|
| Main Outcome |
The project is being evaluated by Loughborough University and will report in late 2007/early 2008. |
| Cost |
Start-up - Approximately £100 000 Each regional project was given a grant of £100 000 for a period of two years. Masterfoods undertook
considerable development work before receiving the funding.; Running costs - £100 000 plus; Total -
|
| Contact Email |
arthi.santa@eu.effem.com arthi.santa@berkshire.nhs.uk |
