Health improvement

New mums and maternity staff at The James Cook University Hospital have been urging smokers to rethink their habits. The group from the hospital’s family and birth (FAB) forum have been campaigning to highlight the impact that smoking at the women and children’s entrance has on staff and patients.

The Eat Well, Feel Better programme based at The James Cook University Hospital’s Trinity Holistic Centre is offering a free six week programme specially designed for those who have previously had a cancer or long term condition to feel better through eating well.

South Tees is backing a campaign launched by Balance, the North East Alcohol Office, to raise awareness of the link between alcohol and seven types of cancer.

The Trinity Holistic Centre is launching a new Eat Well Feel Good programme to coincide with National Dietitians’ Week (8-12 June 2015). The Eat Well Feel Good programme is designed to support those living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis or other long term condition in managing a healthy weight and making healthy food choices.

The Trinity Holistic Centre is urging everyone to pull on their walking shoes to boost their health and wellbeing this summer. The centre has launched its own walking group with weekly strolls from The James Cook University Hospital and Redcar Primary Care Hospital

The Trinity Holistic Centre is opening up its garden to staff, patients and visitors this summer. Whether you want to find a quiet place to sit and reflect or you want to get hands on and help with the planting and weeding, the garden is the perfect place to relax and unwind.

A photographic exhibition featuring some powerful and poignant images captured by men with prostate cancer will be launched on Wednesday 25 March. In January, the Trinity Holistic Centre launched a pilot photography project – funded by Prostate Cancer UK – for men diagnosed with the disease. Now their work will be showcased at the centre at The James Cook University Hospital.

Special offer on Trinity Holistic Centre gift vouchers – perfect for Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day.

South Tees has joined the fight against flu this winter by launching a campaign to encourage all staff to be vaccinated. While frontline health workers will be given priority, everyone at the trust – including volunteers and students – will be encouraged to have the flu vaccine to ensure they are protected before the winter season.

Care homes across Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland can now take advantage of a new training package to help them prevent undernutrition.