11 Junly 2008                                                            

Dear Friends,                                                                             

Please read, and forward our latest weekly E-Newsletter to all interested wider community members. At first anniversary of our e-newsletter initiative & on demand of majority of our valued readers, please note our next weekly e-newsletter will be issued on Tuesday, 22 July, and then every week on Tuesday, not Friday. Thank you.

Kind regards,

Syed

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News of the Week:

1- A consortium of like minded groups has been set up to empower and enable young people and adults from the BME community in a variety of settings through counselling, coaching, education and training to actively enhance their employment prospects and quality of life. Adam`s Coaching, Training North West, Coaching4winners Ltd, CHIEF, Rochdale Translation Services & M.E.H.A Group of Health Promoters are in agreement to work together..Further reading 

2- National Transplant Week ( 06 - 13 Jul 2008 ) is an annual campaign to educate and inform front line medical staff and increase public awareness of the positive benefits of Organ & Tissue Donation for transplantation. Now in its 18th year the campaign is highlighting that today more than 5,500 people in the UK are waiting for an organ transplant that could save or dramatically improve their life. Most are waiting for a kidney, others for a heart, lung or liver transplant. But less than 3,000 transplants are carried out each year. There is a desperate need for more donors. Last year nearly 400 people died while waiting for a transplant. One in ten people waiting for a heart transplant will die and many others will lose their lives before they even get on to the waiting list.

3- CHIEF`s project, multi-faith Health Forum, attracted eyes of the local media: Manchester Today is an online portal dedicated to bringing the people of Greater Manchester coverage of local news. They interviewed project co-ordinator and broadcasted it on last Tuesday, please click over the link to listen to: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1381640262/bclid1385609410/bctid1641902410

Health & Social Care News:  

1- Health Watchdog urges maternity action - Some NHS trusts in England need to do more to make maternity services safer and improve choices for mothers, the Healthcare Commission has said. A survey of 150 trusts by the watchdog found low staffing levels and poor facilities in some hospitals..Further reading

2- Muscle stem cell advance hailed - Transplanting adult stem cells into mice with an illness like muscular dystrophy (MD) helped rebuild muscle structure and strength, a study says. The work by Harvard University, published in the journal Cell, boosts the prospect of similar treatments for people with the condition one day..Further reading

3- MS guidelines 'are being missed' - The NHS is failing to meet national guidelines issued five years ago to improve the diagnosis and care of people with multiple sclerosis. An audit of services in England and Wales found long waits for diagnosis, poor care, and rehabilitation services available to only a third of patients..Further reading  

4- Blood pressure 'link to dementia' - Controlling blood pressure from middle-age onwards may dramatically reduce the chances of developing dementia, researchers have said. Two studies support a link between high blood pressure and dementia risk - with one by an Imperial College London team suggesting treatment could cut this..Further reading

5- 100 people a week lose a limb through diabetes - A hundred people a week in the UK have a lower limb amputated as a result of diabetes, warns Diabetes UK today.  The leading health charity says to reduce this figure there is an urgent need for greater awareness of the impact of the condition, which as well as lower limb amputation can lead to other devastating complications such as heart attacks, stroke, blindness and kidney failure..Further reading

6- Ethnic Minorities more likely to become Social Entrepreneurs - Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities have higher levels of social entrepreneurship than the white community, according to figures released today. The study also found that while women are only half as likely as men to be mainstream entrepreneurs, they are equally or more likely than men to be social entrepreneurs. The findings, the result of a five-year study of social enterprise in the UK, were released at a Social Enterprise Coalition event held in London on 9th July..Further reading  

Job Opportunity of the Week:

Job Title: Business Development Co-ordinator
Salary: Circa £20,000 with 25 days annual leave
Reporting to: Business Development Manager
Closing date: 23 July 2008 with interviews end of July

Disabled Living is Manchester's oldest and most established disability charity. They provide services for disabled people and their families, carers and healthcare professionals - working to enable and improve their independent living. For more information and a full job specification and application pack please email: [log in to unmask] or call 0161 214 5952 Mon-Fri (9:00 am- 4:30 pm). 

Websites of the Week:

1- The UK Public Health Association: UKPHA is an independent voluntary organisation, formed by the coming together of three organisations in 1999 to unite the public health movement in the UK. As a multidisciplinary membership organisation, the UKPHA brings together individuals and organisations from all sectors who share a common commitment to promoting the public’s health. We seek to promote the development of healthy public policy at all levels of government and across all sectors.  We act as an information platform and aim to support those working in public health both professionally and in a voluntary capacity.  

2- Manchester Stop Smoking Service: The aim of the Manchester Stop Smoking Service is to provide a service that incorporates specialist support from trained professionals, to help the people of Manchester to quit smoking or prevent them from starting. Choosing to stop smoking can be one of the most important and worthwhile decisions that a person makes, however it may also be one of the most difficult. With the correct information and support, stopping smoking can be made easier..Further reading

Worth participating campaigns:   

1- Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Week (7 – 13 July) is a new initiative from a collaboration of leading charities to raise awareness of cancer amongst ethnic minority groups. The Week was launched by Cancer Equality at their ‘Delivering Equality in Cancer Care-A Challenge for All’ conference in 2007. Following this a group of charities have come together to deliver a week of events to both raise cancer awareness and improve access to services amongst ethnic minorities. The work is funded by the Cancer Action Team. For more information see the website: http://emcaw.co.uk/