On 29August, Byron Primary Care Network (PCN) held their first ‘Healthy Hearts for Hucknall’ event at St. John’s Community Centre, Hucknall.
The event for patients registered with GP practices in Hucknall offered people a range of health checks including blood tests, blood pressure, artrial fibrillation (which is a heart condition that causes an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate), and BMI.
The event was also supported by a wide range of other services offering health and lifestyle support including Talking Therapies, Your Health Notts, Active Notts, Social Prescribing, Ashfield District Council Health and Wellbeing and local diet and exercise groups.
There were also demonstrations from the resuscitation officer from Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on effective resuscitation and how to use defibrillators.
The digital inclusion officer from the PCN also offered support in signing up for the NHS app and demonstrating how to use the app effectively.
The event proved to be incredibly popular, with over 250 patients turning up on the day.
Jon Stevens, Transformation Manager at South Notts PBP said; ‘Healthy Hearts for Hucknall showed a real commitment from the PCN to offering CVD prevention services and advice out in the community. We hoped that there would be a need for these kinds of events but were amazed at the appetite for this from patients and the local community. It was great example of Health and Community Services coming together to support patients in community locations.’
There are five more Healthy Hearts for Hucknall sessions over the coming months, with the next one planned for 17 October.