Bury Health Trainers

Alison Chapman

Health Trainer at The Elms Medical Centre

At the Elms each Friday afternoon

(Appointment times are - 1.30-4.30pm)

The Health Trainer Vision• ‘Client led’

• Responds to local need– Community– Individual

• Knowledge of new and updated initiatives/campaigns (local & national)

• Engage with local community leaders, members, groups & charities to promote health

• Respectful & receptive to the individual needs of the client (hold all clients in positive regard)

• Signpost other services (where appropriate)

What We Do

• Use motivational interviewing techniques to:– Build rapport with clients to support their own journey to

better health (focussing on their own strengths!)– Help the client to prioritise and assess their own health

needs– Identify and overcome their barriers to change

• Share information specific to the individual’s needs

• Agree small achievable goals using the S.M.A.R.T. model– Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely!

Topic Areas(Public Health Responding to Local

Need)• ‘One to One’ Support:

– Healthy Eating– Physical Activity– Stop Smoking– Alcohol reduction

(Provided by ADS)– Sleep– Breastfeeding– Osteoarthritis of the knee– Pre-Diabetes

• Groups:– Weight Management– Expert Patient

Programme– Helping Yourself to

Health

Referral Pathway

• Self-referral or via other agency such as:– Health Professional– Partner Agencies– 3rd Sector Group/Charity

• Access Criteria:– Clients must be registered with a Bury GP and/or– Live, work or study within the borough of Bury and– 16+ years for Stop Smoking, Weight Management

and Breastfeeding clients– 16+ years for all other topic areas

About The Elms Health Trainer Clinic

• The Health Trainer Service has been running each Friday since ……..

• Here are a list of topics discussed

• Success Story

Please note that we manage our own diary, any appointments or

cancellations should be forwarded to the Health Trainer Team on

0161 724 2153 or 0845 071 0699

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1 1Healthy Eating

Sleep

Osteoarthritisof the Knee

Smoking

Thank You

Any Questions?....