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Health and Wellbeing | The Healthy Schools Scheme | Substance Misuse Services – Carmarthenshire | Information on Swine Flu | National Public Health Service | Sure Start Maternity Grants and Health in Pregnancy Grant For comprehensive information on a range of issues relating to health and well being for Children and Families in Carmarthenshire please visit:  www.healthchallengecarmarthenshire.org.uk
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The Healthy Schools Scheme What is a health promoting school? A health promoting school has been defined by the WNHSS as one which... ".. actively promotes and protects the physical, mental and social well-being of its community through positive action by such means as policy, strategic planning and staff development with regard to its curriculum, ethos, physical environment and community relations." Further information on this initiative can be found within Carmarthenshire’s nutrition strategy www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/English/education/Documents
Substance Misuse Services – Carmarthenshire Contacts A free and bilingual telephone drugs helpline providing a single point of contact for anyone in Wales wanting further information or help relating to drugs or alcohol. The helpline will assist individuals, their families, carers, and support workers within the drug and alcohol field to access appropriate local and regional services. 0800 6 33 55 88 Dan 24/7 is a free and confidential helpline. Calls from public telephone boxes are free of charge: calls from a mobile phone may incur a charge from your network. Dan 24/7 telephone number will NOT appear on your home itemised bill. You can also look on line for services available near you @ www.dan247.org.uk
 Information on Swine Flu All agencies in Carmarthenshire are working together to ensure a co-ordinated approach is taken to make sure we are prepared for an outbreak of pandemic flu. Healthy people with flu-like symptoms are being advised to stay at home, check their symptoms on the NHS Direct Wales website and, if they are still concerned, phone their GP. They should not go to their local surgery or A&E in case they spread the virus to others, especially at-risk groups. Evidence so far suggests that the majority of patients have had relatively mild symptoms and with rest recover within five to seven days.We are monitoring the situation and working closely with the Welsh Assembly Government which, in turn, is working together with the National Public Health Service for Wales; the Health Protection Agency and the UK Government. Carmarthenshire County Council has plans in place and is dealing with the situation as it develops. If you are concerned about swine flu, please visit NHS Direct Wales website: www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk
If you have flu-like symptoms stay at home. You can check your symptoms by calling the Swine Flu Information Line on 0800 1 513 513. If you are still concerned contact NHS Direct Wales on 0845 4647. Do not go into your GP surgery or Accident and Emergency department unless you are advised to do so or are seriously ill, as you may spread the illness to others. Travel advice is available on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website: www.fco.gov.uk
Background and further information on the disease can be found on the National Public Health Service for Wales website and the Health Protection Agency website: www.hpa.org.uk
We can all take basic hygiene precautions to minimise the spread of any germs:
National Public Health Service The National Public Health Service for Wales (NPHS) delivers a full range of public health services seeking to:
Sure Start Maternity Grants and Health in Pregnancy Grant Families on certain benefits can get free milk, fruit and vegetables. Healthy Start is open to pregnant women and families with children under the age of four who are on:
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