Pontefract event helps boost health and wellbeing

As part of Health Information Week, which ran from 2-8 July, a special event was held in Pontefract to offer free health checks and let local people know about available support to boost their health and wellbeing.

Health Information Week was an opportunity to promote the health resources that are available to the public at the same time as encouraging partnership working across sectors and raising awareness among the public of resources available to them.

As part of the week health trainers from the Trust invited local people to visit St. Marys Community Centre, in Pontefract. The event included information stalls, free NHS health checks carried out by the health trainers, advice from the stop smoking service, community food and health workers, Arthritis Care and much more.

Speaking about the event Rita Gooding, senior health trainer, said: “This was a great opportunity for healthcare teams to get together to find out more about what help is available to them and where they can find it. There was a great turn out and we hope everyone was able to go away a little bit more aware of support that can improve their health and wellbeing.”

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Health trainers offer support, motivation and encouragement to anyone in the local area that would like to make healthy changes to their lifestyle. Each health trainer is a qualified specialist that works with people on a one-to-one basis and can help with a variety of issues including weight management, healthy eating, stress, stopping smoking, physical activity and alcohol. They help individuals to set realistic personal goals and find other services that may benefit and help them to maintain the lifelong changes they‘ve made so far.

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