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Newport Mind are now offering a free 6 week supported self-help programme to allow individuals to understand and manage their feelings better.  Click here for further information.

The free ACTivate Your Life course is now available for all to access online, please click here for all course information and content.

Mind’s website now has a huge dedicated section of support, information and resources for anyone looking for a place to turn to during the pandemic. From managing anxiety, work, grief, and teenage mental health needs in these current times, Mind has got everything covered in this new information hub. Click here to find out more.

All courses are 7 weeks and last for 1.5 hours and include an introductory session to explain how the course works and the zoom features.

Each course comes with a comprehensive Resource pack, they are fully interactive and the Pain courses also include a DVD which is a Moving Easy Programme, this is a Tai Chi style gentle flexibility program of 26 moves.

• Living with Diabetes 21st October 10:30
• Fibromyalgia Specific course 4th November 1 pm
• Living with Chronic Pain Tuesday 3rd at 1pm

Please see below for an update from CRUSE Bereavement Centre and their services available to children and young people.

If you are interested in accessing this support, please use the Gwent telephone number on 01633 251982.

Links from above image are available here:

cruse.org.uk

Hope Again

cruse.org.uk/coronavirus/children-and-young-people

BAME Helpline – BAME.wales

A new helpline for patients from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds has recently been launched for people over 18 who live in Wales. This new helpline aims to offer a first port of call to individuals from BAME backgrounds. It is a multi-lingual helpline, and between them the team speak 11 languages and interpretation can be arranged into other languages as required.

This service is able to offer the following services:

• Info relating to: health, work, welfare, education, housing; and personal safety.
• Signposting to relevant organisations and services in your area.
• Provide specialist employment advice
• Signpost and refer to specialist organisations

The helpline is available Mon-Fri 10.30am-2.30 pm.

Helpline number – 0300 2225720 (Local Rate calls)
SMS text number – 07537 432416
Email bamehelpline@eyst.org.uk

The Grange University Hospital  is set to open on Tuesday 17th November 2020. Please note the following images to make sure you are aware of the changes taking place.

Emergency Hospital Services:

Children’s Services:

Maternity Services:

Minor Injuries:

For further information, please refer to the ABUHB Clinical Futures Booklet

November is Mouth Cancer Awareness Month.

Around 8,300 people are diagnosed with mouth cancer each year in the UK, which is about 1 in every 50 cancers diagnosed.

Symptoms of mouth cancer
The symptoms of mouth cancer include:

• mouth ulcers that are painful and do not heal within several weeks
• unexplained, persistent lumps in the mouth or the neck that do not go away
• unexplained loose teeth or sockets that do not heal after extractions
• unexplained, persistent numbness or an odd feeling on the lip or tongue
• sometimes, white or red patches on the lining of the mouth or tongue These can be early signs of cancer, so they should also be checked
• changes in speech, such as a lisp

See a GP or dentist if these symptoms do not get better within 3 weeks, particularly if you drink or smoke.

Preventing mouth cancer

The  most effective ways of preventing mouth cancer from happening, or stopping it from coming back after successful treatment, are:

• Don’t leave a mouth ulcer unattended for more than three weeks.
• Don’t ignore any unusual lumps or swellings or red and white patches in your mouth.
• Regularly check your own mouth, lips, cheeks, head and neck for anything out of the ordinary.
• Not smoking or using tobacco in other ways, such as not chewing tobacco
• Ensuring you do not drink more than the recommended weekly guideline for alcohol
• Eating a healthy, balanced diet that includes fresh vegetables (particularly tomatoes), citrus fruits, olive oil and fish

It’s also important that you have regular dental check-ups. A dentist can often spot the early stages of mouth cancer.

Find out more about how to find an NHS dentist.

New EPP Courses Feb-April 2021

New booking form

EPP provides a range of self-management health and well being courses and workshops for people living with a health conditions or for those who care for someone with a health condition.

You can book on a course by contacting Jules Godden, jules.godden@gavo.org.uk.  For more information, please visit gavo.org.uk/epp

Winter booklet 2021 Final

Contacting wards to enquire about relatives or
friends who have been admitted to hospital

GP surgeries in Gwent have now met their first COVID vaccination quota and will no longer be performing first vaccinations. If you received your first vaccination with us, please be assured you will be called for your second vaccination with us within due course.

For patients who have not yet received their first vaccination, please note this will be conducted by the health board and not Bellevue Group Practice. Patients will be sent a letter or a text from the health board with an appointment at one of the local Mass Vaccination Centres.

Please contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s vaccination line on 0300 303 1373 for any queries. Bellevue Group Practice is unable to provide any further information to those awaiting their first vaccinations.

If you have not yet received your invite for your first vaccination, please click here to fill out the form to be submitted to Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.