From your Patient Participation Group (PPG)
Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness about health and wellbeing.
February is National Heart Month. Go Red for National Heart month... wear red, bake red cakes! Know your cholesterol levels and be active and know about screenings that may be available in your area. The British Heart Foundation website includes lots of information about what to look out for and how to prevent it.
Children’s Mental Health Week is from 6-12 February 2023. This year's theme is Let's Connect. Visit www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk. The website includes free resources will help you take part in the week. All of the ideas can be adapted for use in school, for home-schooling, online lessons or independent learning. Also visit www.twinkl.org.uk for information and advice. Other sites include:
- Young Minds: This site has information for children and young people to access themselves for information and advice on mental health, as well as a parent section for advice from a parents perspective with concerns about a child or young person's mental health.
- Hillcrest Futures - Young People's service: Local support and information for young people between 12 - 25 around mental health, drugs and alcohol, sexual health, relationships and parenthood and more.
- Cool2Talk: A safe space for young people in Tayside to have their health questions answered in an online forum or read accurate health information and find out about services available throughout Angus.
About the PPG
The Academy Medical Centre PPG has worked with the practice since 2010 to enhance the delivery of primary care services in a number of areas.
You can make a difference to the Practice too! To get involved or find out more about the work and how the PPG assists the practice and you, the patient, see the Academy Medical Centre PPG page. Notes of our meetings are also available to give you a real flavour of what we're doing.
