Agenda item

Sharon Rose: Locality Lead Manager, East Leicestershire & Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

Addressing Diabetes: Healthier You: The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme

• National Programme, started in 2016
• Those referred will receive personalised help to reduce their risk of Type 2 diabetes
• Over a minimum of nine months patients will be offered at least 13 education and exercise sessions of one to two hours, at least 16 hours face to face or 1-to1 in total

Ruth Mann: School Sport Development Manager, Learning South Leicestershire School Sports Partnership

Weight management:

• Energy Club - for young people at risk of being over/under weight.
• Participants identified by the National Child Measurement Programme and by Primary Schools, as those students that don’t enjoy PE
• A Healthy Lifestyle coach goes into schools and delivers a cook and eat programme that links to the FLiC, which is an 8 week weight management programme.
• Community Energy Club at South Wigston High School, in addition to Holiday Club.
• Also deliver Girls less active fitness based sessions and LADS programme, for those not interested in traditional sports.

Ruth works closely with the local Head Teacher’s Development group to encourage schools to improve their PE in Schools.

Expected outcomes – increased levels of physical activity, improved awareness of healthy lifestyles increased confidence and self esteem

David Cliffe: Community Development Officer VAL

Link to addressing Diabetes.

• Incredible Edible: Food growing in South Wigston and Wigston, with the aim to go across the whole of the borough
• Activity day held at Wigston Library to teach people to grow food / nutrition and cooking
• Aiming to constitute the group in near future
• Fairfield Estate – gentle exercise, Tai chi and Nordic walking
• Step out for children and young people in South Wigston, at St Thomas’ Church. Now a fully constituted group.

Expected outcomes – greater community cohesion, community food growing, community cooking

MalcolmBrown: Master Gardeners

Link to addressing Diabetes & Weight Management.

• Incredible Edible – healthy eating as part of the programme
• Oversee adult learning programmes
• Food groups in schools – Woodland Grange, Wigston Magna and Glenmere. Practical food and cook prog.
• Support the nutrition element

Expected outcomes include improved health & wellbeing, improved knowledge of healthy eating and community cohesion

Lynn Pallett & Jo Wyld: Weight Watchers

Link to addressing Diabetes & Weight Management

• Free 12 week Weight Watcher’s programme
• Can be self referred or via GP
• Aim to lead to people changing long term lifestyles
• Smart points – to reduce sugar intake
• Age restriction for children (from 13 upwards)
• Five meetings held across Oadby and Wigston

Expected outcomes include weight loss, improved health & wellbeing and confidence

James Naylor: Everyone Active

Link to addressing Diabetes & Weight Management

• Diabetes programme (a key priority, currently red rating for O&W) includes nutrition element as well as physical activity. Participant’s results are positive – reduction in weight and reduced use of medication for some.
• Links to Exercise Referral, which is increasing
• Girls Clubs (42 now attending)

Expected outcomes – improved health and wellbeing, weight reduction, reduction of medication

Aideen McKenna: Leicestershire Nutrition & Dietetics Service

Link to addressing Diabetes & Weight Management

• Joint weight management services including adult and family weight management programmes
• Universal healthy eating advice and basis cookery skills programme in partnership with local council’s and adult learning services.

Expected outcomes include weight loss, increase in physical activity, improved health & wellbeing and confidence