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. The British Heart Foundation and NHS Inform websites include lots of information about heart health.
Children’s Mental Health Week took place from 5-11 February 2024. This year the theme was "My Voice Matters". Visit www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk to find out more, and also visit www.twinkl.org.uk for information and advice. Other sites include:
- Action for Children: Good Mental Health
- Young Minds: 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
- 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
- NSPCC in Scotland and their work to prevent child abuse
- Tie: Time for Inclusive Education, addressing homophobic, biphobic and transphobic prejudice and bullying through education
- LGBT Youth Scotland, Scotland’s national charity for LGBTQ+ young people, aged 13-25
- LGBT Health and Wellbeing, Scotland’s health and wellbeing charity for LGBTQ+ people aged 16+
For more general information about mental health services, including for adults, visit NHS Inform.
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.
