Health

Oral Health

Nearly a quarter of 5-year-olds in England have tooth decay – but this is largely preventable. 

New oral health guidance from the Department for Education is now available on the Help for Early Years Providers website.  

The guidance: 

• explains the importance of good oral health for early years children
• helps practitioners to meet the oral health requirement in the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework
• includes practical tips and activities to use in early years settings
• links to further reading and resources

For more guidance on supporting children in the early years, visit the Help for Early Years Providers website. 

Rise Website Launch

Rise | Northumberland and Tyne & Wear (wearerise.co.uk)

We work across Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland. We work with a wide range of local, regional and national partners. These include local authority leisure teams, public health, planners, transport teams, the education, housing and criminal justice sectors. We want to make it easier and a more attractive proposition for people to be physically active.

We are particularly passionate about helping under-represented groups and those who are currently moving for less than 30 minutes per week. We are a charity, funded and supported by Sport England, and a number of other national and local organisations. We are part of a network of 42 Active Partnerships across the country. To find out more about the network: https://www.activepartnerships.org/

Our vision is to create a higher quality of life for communities that need it the most. We cover Northumberland and Tyne & Wear, using the power of physical activity.

Healthier Together

Healthier Together is a new community initiative. We provide consistent, accurate advice for parents, carers, and young people. We also provide clinical resources for health professionals. This is all in one place on a regional website. The initiative has information for families on common childhood illnesses. We include advice on what 'red-flag' signs to look out for and where and how to seek help. Healthier Together is part of a national programme. Each region is developing specific websites making content relevant to the local area. This is to meet the needs of their population.

The Healthier Together initiative include a website and mobile application. Healthier Together website provides useful resources for parents, carers and young people. This includes information leaflets, self-care advice, and guidance on when and how to access appropriate local healthcare services. Healthier Together mobile app educates and empowers parents and carers. It allows them to make informed decisions of when and where to access healthcare. This will reduce anxiety amongst parents of young children, and avoid unnecessary A&E and GP presentations.

Covid Translated Information Posters

Public Health have provided translated posters to raise awareness on vaccinations. Posters have been translated into Kurdish-Sorani, Romanian, Czech and Farsi.