Health and Wellbeing

Weight Loss Drugs with Contraception or HRT

If you are taking any of the new weight loss drugs it is important to understand their impact on Contraception or HRT if you are taking them too. Please see the link below for more information.

Patient-information-GLP-1-agonists-and-contraception.pdf

Understanding your blood tests

Do you need help to understand your blood test results?

Have a look at Lab Tests Online for helpful information on tests, conditions and diseases and health checks.

High Blood Pressure- Keeping the pressure off

Your GP practice is starting a new program to help you manage your own Blood Pressure. The care co-ordinator team are contacting patients and asking them to measure their blood pressure using a home monitoring machine, twice a day for four days in a row. After you have completed the seven days of readings and sent the results back, the team will contact you with your feedback.

If you know you have high Blood pressure or have recently had a high reading and want to take part in home blood pressure readings, please see the BP Patient Pack and take part or for more information on home blood pressure please contact the care co-ordinators via email occg.schc_care_coordinators@nhs.net

Here are useful links to understanding blood pressure and a link to our most recommended at Home Blood Pressure machine: understanding-blood-pressure booklet BHF

Age UK Oxfordshire /Bereavement

Our groups offer the chance for you to get together at regular walks, pub lunches and other social activities. Our support line is available Monday to Friday, where you can talk to one of our team members.

Coping with bereavement can be shattering and will affect all of us at some point in our lives. We know that we all experience grief differently and that how we do so is determined by many different factors eg. our age and personality, cultural background and religious beliefs, previous experiences of bereavement, circumstances, relationship with that person and how we cope with loss etc.

Facing the loss of someone special is difficult and can be painful. After a person has died you may need time, space, practical and emotional support as the weeks and months progress.

What we offer

If you are aged 60+, have been bereaved and would value the opportunity to meet with others who understand, our groups offer the chance for you to get together at regular walks, pub lunches and other social activities. They are places where you can be yourself and feel supported as you explore what life without your loved one will mean for you. For information about our groups, please contact us using the details at the top of this page.

Our support line is available Monday to Friday (10am-4pm), where you can talk to one of our team members. They will be able to link you to all the information and support that is available and arrange for you to receive a regular call moving forward if that would help. Please contact us on the number below.

Find your nearest Bereavement group

How our support groups positively help older people

Watch this video to learn more.

Age UK’s Bereavement guide

The death of someone close to us can be one of the hardest things we ever have to go through.
Whether it’s expected or not, it can affect us in many different ways – and, unfortunately, we just
have to cope the best we can. Grief is very personal and there’s no right or wrong way to deal
with losing someone you love. But this guide explores how you might be feeling, why you might be feeling like that, and some of the things that could help – now and in the future.

View the Bereavement Guide.

Email: community@ageukoxfordshire.org.uk
Telephone: 01235 849 434

Bereavement support

The National Bereavement Partnership has a helpline for individuals who need to speak to someone when a family member or friend is ill or has sadly died. The website for the charity is www.nationalbereavementpartnership.org

Dementia information booklet

This booklet provides information for patients with dementia and their carers. Please click this link: Dementia Information Booklet DS4-1 June21

Tips for looking after your mental and physical health and loneliness help information 

Please click here: Mental and physical health and Loneliness Help Information August 2023

Mental health resources

Please click here for mental health resources information: Resources for Neurodiverse Patients Mental health resources for children  Mental Health Resources for adults

There is also information available at http://www.mind.org.uk  Phone: 01865 247788  Email: info@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk

Healthy Activities for all ages booklet

This booklet provides information on local groups and activities to inspire local residents to join a new group or to take up a new challenge. Thank you to Sue Litchfield for compiling this informative guide. Click here to view it: Healthy Activities around Sonning Common update 8

Keep fit at home, local walks and bike rides

Please click here for more information – Healthy links keep fit at home and other information

Local Health Initiatives

Please click here for more information – Sonning Common Health Centre Health Initiatives