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BBC News
10-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
New nursing team to support end-of-life patients in Jersey
A new team of nurses is set to support islanders with life-limiting illnesses and their government said from June the Living Well team would help coordinate physical, mental and spiritual care for patients who are in the last 12 months of their team has been appointed by the End-of-Life Partnership, a group of organisations that includes Health and Care Jersey (HCJ) and Jersey Hospice Care (JHC) which are both funding team will be based at Jersey Hospice but will work across the community and in Jersey General Hospital, the partnership has said. 'Experienced support' JCH director of palliative care services Rose Naylor said: "The Living Well team of experienced nurses will support islanders and their families from the point of diagnosis with whatever matters most to them – whether that is managing symptoms, talking through worries or helping with practical concerns."The End-of-Life Partnership said it had also appointed a doctor and two nurse educators to provide healthcare workers and family carers for islanders who are dying. The group said the healthcare workers would be taught about advance care planning and symptom control to help give patients the best quality of details of the new team were announced during Dying Matters Week which ends on Sunday and is aimed at breaking down taboos around death. The End-Of-Life Partnership is due to hold a pop-up event in St Helier on 15 May to discuss the services it offers.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Jersey residents urged to get heart health checked
Cardiologists from Jersey hospital are encouraging islanders to get their heart health comes after Health and Care Jersey offered free and accessible heart screenings to people on Tuesday and were about 160 visitors to two screening sites located in St Helier and the hospital entrance, said the conditions affect about one in three people in Jersey, with heart attacks the most common single cause of death in the island, said the Government of Jersey. The team's tests were non-invasive and checked for high blood pressure and heart rate. Unhealthy heart The team's tests were non-invasive and checked for high blood pressure and heart Brian Wang, cardiology clinical fellow, said anyone concerned about their heart health should speak to their said blood pressure could change throughout the day but continually high numbers should be reported."If your blood pressure is high or if you have a high heart rate, these are some of the things that can potentially point towards an unhealthy heart," he said."Individuals can very easily buy a blood pressure monitor from any good pharmacy or chemist on the high street and get it checked at home themselves." The key signs of heart failure include fighting for breath, feeling fatigued and fluid retention (swollen legs).Risk factors for heart failure include a sedentary lifestyle, obesity, smoking, excess alcohol consumption, poorly controlled blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Dementia Jersey welcomes contract extension
A project offering support and activities for people with new cases or mild dementia is set to continue in Jersey. Dementia Jersey's Meeting Place Project has been granted a renewed three-year contract with Health and Care Jersey. Launched in 2021 with government funding, the project offers weekly sessions in St Clement and St Helier, providing support, brain-stimulating activities, and light exercise for those diagnosed with the condition. Ann-Marie Self, diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2023, said the scheme was "great because I don't feel like I'm alone with my diagnosis - everyone is different but we all have this in common". The project, which also runs in St Martin, St Brelade, and St Ouen, has been praised by participants and their families. Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Tom Binet, said Meeting Place "provides invaluable support for islanders as they navigate their diagnosis". Claudine Snape, Dementia Jersey chief executive, said: "We're incredibly grateful to Health and Care Jersey and the Government of Jersey for their continued support. "This renewed funding ensures that people living with dementia can access the help they need in a supportive and stimulating environment." Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to Dementia campaign launched on brain health Jersey's first dementia strategy published More than 120 people sign up to dementia challenge Government of Jersey Dementia Jersey
BBC News
09-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
New water therapy launched at Jersey hospital
A new water-based therapy has been launched at Jersey Hospital to help patients manage persistent pain and mobility Chi, a functional rehabilitation which was developed in Japan, involves connecting movement and breathing while standing in warm Richardson, lead aquatic physiotherapist for Health and Care Jersey, said she hoped that Ai Chi would be made available across the patients must be referred to the aquatic physiotherapy service to access Ai Chi sessions. Marie Jenkins, who has been doing Ai Chi for five weeks, said she had noticed a difference in her health since said: "If you have pain, in a normal circumstance you feel it and you're aware of it."Once you're in the water and doing these movements, you're not [aware of the pain]. It's totally absorbing."The weight is just gone, the pain is just gone. It's just a different world."
BBC News
23-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
'I learn something new every day', says Jersey hospital porter
"It is very rewarding when people who are desperately ill walk out. There's always someone who needs us."That is how Jersey General Hospital porter Robin Boleat summed up the satisfaction he gets from his job after being named International Porter of the Year in the MyPorter joined the team at the hospital 17 years ago after a career in how varied the job is, Mr Boleat said: "Sometimes it's quite high-paced, you're trying to move somebody from intensive care to have a CT scan, and they're on a ventilator and there are pipes and wires and drips and goodness knows what else." 'Kind and hard-working' Mr Boleat added: "There's always patients who need moving from A to B, pieces of medical equipment, wheelchairs, trolleys, beds, whatever needs moving."I'm learning something new every day."I still get lost when I wander round the hospital sometimes."Health and Care Jersey said on X they were proud of Mr Boleat and described him as "kind and hard-working", adding he had a "genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others".Mr Boleat said: "You'd think that working in a hospital you'd be affected by some of the sad stories that you see and things that you see happen."The opposite seems to happen - when you start helping more people that seems to help you get along."
