hat! Presentation of Ambulatory Couch to Arrythmia Team by Dave

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We meet on the first Saturday of every month in the
Education Centre, Glenfield Hospital - 10.00am til 12 noon
ISSUE 108
SUMMER 2014
WE ARE HERE
(20 Mins)
CONTACTS
VOLUNTEER SERVICES: Tel: (0116) 2587221
WEBSITE: www.takeheartleicester.co.uk
EMAIL: thl@takeheartleicester.co.uk
Affiliated to the British Heart Foundation
Presentation of Ambulatory Couch to Arrythmia Team
by Dave and Maureen Harding
THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF TAKE HEART LEICESTER, REGISTERED CHARITY No. 519484
FOR ADULT CARDIAC PATIENTS & CARERS, BASED AT GLENFIELD HOSPITAL, LEICESTER
Forthcoming Events
Chairman: Alan R Phillips
June 2014
Saturday
Wednesday
Wednesday
Saturday
7th
18th
18th
21st
Support Group Meeting (see back cover)
Publicity stall in main foyer Glenfield Hospital 9.00am – 4pm
Take Heart Leicester – Annual Dinner at Beedles
Walking Group Meeting 10.00am Thornton Reservoir
Summer is with us again and I am sure you will all
be looking forward to your holidays, whether abroad
or in the UK. You will see from our forthcoming
events that there is a lot going on for Take Heart
Leicester.
5th
16th
19th
Support Group Meeting (see back cover)
Publicity stall in main foyer Glenfield Hospital 9.00am – 4pm
Walking Group Meeting 10.00am Rutland Water – Day Trip
Firstly there is our Annual Dinner at Beedles, would
you believe our 28th? I hope to meet many of you there for what is always a good
night out.
2nd
16th
20th
Support Group Meeting (see back cover)
Walking Group Meeting 10.00am Watermead
Publicity stall in main foyer Glenfield Hospital 9.00am – 4pm
July 2014
Saturday
Wednesday
Saturday
August 2014
Saturday
Saturday
Wednesday
September 2014
Saturday
Saturday
Wednesday
6th
13th
17th
Support Group Meeting (see back cover)
Walking Group Meeting 10.00am Fosse Meadows
Publicity stall in main foyer Glenfield Hospital 9.00am – 4pm
Contacts
The walking group are getting braver and going further, for day trips to places
like Rutland Water.
We have a variety of articles for you, one of which is to recognise the 25 years of
ECMO in the UK. Please read it as it shows how important Glenfield is not just in
the UK and Europe, but is one of the world's most experienced hospitals in using
ECMO. There will be a further article on ECMO in the Autumn magazine.
There is an important article on page 8 regarding changes we are making to the
collection of membership fees, which we hope will simplify the work for the
membership secretary and treasurer as well as reducing costs.
Those of you who attend the support group meetings will have heard our regular
update on the research work at Glenfield from Becky Pritchard. To ensure you
all have the information, an article from Becky appears on pages 10 and 11.
VOLUNTEER SERVICES
Tel: (0116) 2587221
PRESIDENT
Dr NICK MOORE, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester, LE3 9QP
CHAIRMAN
Mr ALAN R PHILLIPS, ‘Rosala’ 8 Henry Dane Way, Newbold, Leics LE67 8PP
Tel: (01530) 224417. Email: raljoy@talktalk.net
HON TREASURER
Mrs L. SMITH, 11 Wellington Street, Syston, Leicester, LE7 2LG
Tel: (0116) 2609701
HON SECRETARY
Mrs M. MOIR, 8 Darwen Close, Leicester, LE3 9BL
Tel: (0116) 2873257
We also have an article about our community broadcaster – HERMITAGE FM,
who will be raising money for Take Heart Leicester in October.
We are very lucky that more people are raising money for Take Heart Leicester
to use in the Cardiac wards and Rehab departments of the three Leicester
Hospitals.
Finally, may I remind you of the SUMMER BALL on the 12th July which will be
raising monies for Leicester Children’s Holiday Centre and Take Heart Leicester.
Wishing all of you a BRILLIANT summer and very enjoyable holidays.
ALAN (Chairman THL)
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Gardening with George
Gardening with George (Cont.)
As soon as June arrives I’m remembering the words of a song, “June is bursting
out all over the meadows and the hay”, so in June all our gardens should also
be bursting out with greenery and flowers. All the young plants we’ve tended
will now be in their summer settings, while many may not yet be in full flower,
the promise is there. But this doesn’t mean we can sit outside in garden seats
admiring our garden, with its bright green leaves and early colours, well maybe,
but the more T.L.C we give the greater the final reward.
So what’s to be done, well just because the flowers are in situ the weeds do not
stop growing. They will grow whether the soil is wet or dry and while they are
growing they are taking the nutrients that our plants need, so get out there and get
rid of them. How you do this is your choice. Some very keen gardeners will get
down on their knees and pull them up but as we get older it’s easy to get down but
it’s the getting back up that’s the problem. At the garden centre you can buy a
kneeler, this has a padded base, but more importantly it has strong arms which
give you the support when getting back up. Most of us will have a long-handled
hoe in the shed or garage, with this tool you do not have to bend, but make sure
it’s sharp and take care when hoeing as it’s easy to cut off your plants.
Probably the biggest threat to successful vegetables,
plants and flowers are SLUGS. Suddenly you see holes
in your lettuces and many flower plants or even young
plants dying because slugs or snails have attacked
them. It’s easy to find snails as they carry their home with
them, they like to gather underneath buckets or boxes
and you will often find them climbing up strong flower
stems and even a wall. One of nature’s controllers of snails
is the Garden Thrush, these days sadly rarely seen. If you
find a collection of broken shells near a slab or stone this is
where your thrush takes it’s snails and bashes the snail’s
shell until it breaks. Another of nature’s way of controlling
the slugs, alas rarely seen, is the hedgehog who can
consume about 200 slugs in a night. So if you are
lucky enough to have one in your garden
feed it with cat food, not milk,
to encourage it to stay.
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If you have a small garden pond you will have a few resident frogs or even a toad
or two. You may not see them as they only come out at night, but they also will
devour lots of slugs. I, like the majority of gardeners, have to use the blue minipellets. If you decide on this method please follow the makers instructions. The
main advice is not to place them in heaps as this may lead to your pet dog or cat
eating them. Space each pellet some 4-6 ins. (10-15 cms.) apart.
Some slimy facts:• Slugs leave a slimy scent trail so that they can find their way home.
• A cubic metre of garden soil on average contains 200 slugs.
• An individual grey field slug has the potential to produce 90,000 grandchildren.
One final garden problem is black spot on roses. This is a fungal disease where
the leaves of your rose turn black and then drop off. Any diseased leaves that you
pull off must not be put in your compost heap, put them into the bin.
Easy Sudoko
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25 Years of Extra Corporeal Membrane
What is ECMO?
ECMO is used when a patient has a critical condition which prevents the lungs or
heart from working normally. The ECMO machine is very similar to heart and lung
machines used during open-heart surgery. It is a supportive measure that uses
an artificial lung (the membrane) to oxygenate the blood outside the body
(extracorporeal).
The History
This therapy was developed in the USA by Robert H. Bartlett M.D. who took his
inspiration for extracorporeal organ support from the heart and lung machine. The
first successful ECMO treatment of an adult was in California in 1971. The first
neonatal survivor of this new and pioneering treatment received ECMO in 1975.
Having been inspired and convinced of the merits of ECMO, in 1989 the therapy
was introduced to the UK by Richard Firmin and Andrzej Sosnowski, based at
Glenfield Hospital (then Groby Road Hospital). This treatment was generously
supported by Heart Link Children's Charity and to this day Heart Link are an integral
part of the service.
Oxygenation (ECMO) at Glenfield - Part One
Traditionally patients with lung injury are treated on a ventilator. A ventilator pushes
oxygen into the patient’s lungs. If the lungs are badly damaged, high pressures and
high levels of oxygen are required to maintain the oxygen levels in the blood. High
pressure and high oxygen levels in themselves cause lung damage, so the injured
lung becomes more damaged and the pressure needs to be increased further which
causes yet more damage. ECMO breaks this cycle and allows the lungs to be rested
while the body heals the damage. This is similar to the way that a plaster cast
supports a broken arm whilst the bone repairs. Remember: ECMO does little to heal
the underlying condition, it only provides support for healing to occur.
What Happens Next
Once Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) treatment has ended,
patients stay on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) until they are well enough to be
transferred. They will be transferred to one of the wards within the University
Hospitals of Leicester or back to their referring hospital.
Glenfield Hospital has since become one of the world’s busiest extra corporeal
membrane oxygenation (ECMO) centres and the only hospital in the UK to provide
ECMO therapy for both adults and children.
Glenfield Hospital is registered with the Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation
(ELSO) and is one of the world's most experienced hospitals in using ECMO.
Glenfield Hospital offers a specialist training course for national practitioners and
people from overseas; many attending from Europe and as far as the Middle East,
Asia and Australia.
Benefits of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
The main advantage of ECMO is that it can maintain the supply of oxygen to the
body while resting the lungs. As well as an oxygenator (or artificial lung) the ECMO
circuit relies on a motor to pump the blood around. This means that the pumping
ability of the ECMO machine can also provide support for reversible heart disorders
when required.
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THL Magazine Subscription and Membership Fee
Cardiac Rhythm Preadmission Service
Your committee has been looking at ways to simplify the work of the
Membership Secretary and the Treasurer when dealing with membership fees.
The Cardiac Rhythm Service encompasses a wide variety of services and
provides support and care to people with heart rhythm difficulties.
Currently the membership fee is £5.00 annually, and this fee includes your
subscription to the quarterly magazine.
One component of the service is to provide a preadmission clinic for those people
under going investigation, procedures and cardiac device implantation. During the
visit to the clinic a series of investigations e.g. ECGs, blood tests, blood pressure
recordings etc. are carried out which ensure that people are clinically ready for the
procedure which reduces unnecessary risks. To enable us to do this people are
asked to lie on a couch which can be
uncomfortable. The purchase of a
new Ambulatory Care Chair for the
service enables people to feel more
comfortable during these tests as
they are able to remain seated.
Unfortunately often people feel
unwell when they have their blood
tests taken and this chair has the
ability to be reclined and converted
into a trolley in the case of an
emergency. On occasion people
have become extremely unwell whilst
attending the clinic and required emergency care. The mattress is of pressure
relieving standard so that if required patients can remain on the trolley until they
are stable to be moved to a ward bed for further monitoring. The Chair has
electronic controls for ease of movement for staff and a table that can be used to
place the required equipment on e.g. blood bottles.
Membership fees are collected annually from the month that you joined, so there
is a monthly requirement for the Membership secretary and Treasurer to arrange
the paperwork, receive payments, bank payments and chase late payers.
To simplify the process in future the committee have agreed to the following
procedure, which will commence on 1st January 2015.
1. Annual membership fee:
a. Due 1st January each year.
b. A notice will appear in the Winter magazine – issued 1st December.
c. The annual membership fee will continue to include the quarterly
magazine.
d. Membership will be per household.
e. Voting rights are ONE vote per household, unless more than one
membership fee is paid.
f. A receipt will be sent with the Spring magazine confirming your
membership, following receipt of the membership Fee.
g. A receipt for Donations made together with the Fee will also be receipted
with your Spring magazine.
h. Current members paying by cheque should ensure their membership
number is written on the back of the cheque.
To ensure the process of changing to the new procedure is as fair as possible to
all the following will apply:Membership renewals up to 1st July 2014 will be paid as normal, and then paid
on 1st January 2015, and every 1st January thereafter.
Membership renewals due from 1st July 2014 to 1st December 2014 will not
be payable until 1st January 2015, and every 1st January thereafter.
There will be a reminder in the Spring magazine for those who have forgotten.
However if the payment is not then made the Summer magazine will not be sent.
New members will pay their fee from January unless they join before 1st July.
We hope you understand and are able to agree with this new process.
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Currently the Cardiac Rhythm Team is split between two areas on ward 33 and
outside ward 34. However the service has been relocated to a self contained area
outside ward 34 this will enable the service to become more efficient in its working
with all the team located in the same area. The chair is situated in our new clinical
room where it will be used.
We would like to thank Take heart for their generosity and particularly Dave Harding
and his wife Maureen for their fundraising to facilitate the purchase of the
Ambulatory Care Chair.
Sue Armstrong
Cardiac Rhythm Nurse Specialist
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Research continues apace at...
...Glenfield Research Unit
Information technology is an area of particular expertise in the research unit, and
notable progress over the last 6 months includes creation of a website allowing
patients with the rare condition Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection to connect
with each other, share their experiences, access information about their condition
and get involved in our new research project.
The team have also developed automated processes to transfer information from
the GP medical records, pathology and hospital admissions of GENVASC
participants to our secure research servers (with the participants consent to do so).
As the NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, now housed in the
new Cardiovascular Research Centre, enters its fourth year of intense activity
the unit facilities, personnel and, most importantly, research activity has grown
substantially and continues to lead ground-breaking evidence based practice
in healthcare. The scientists, medics, statisticians, engineers, information
technologists and physiologists of the unit continue to work together to
improve the prognosis, diagnosis and treatment of heart illnesses.
An Open Day was held off site, owing to levels of demand, and in partnership with
the other local research units (Respiratory and Lifestyle) in March and was attended
by over a hundred members of the public and nearly as many researchers. Talks
in the morning were well received and despite the interruption of a fire alarm the
opportunity to meet local researchers and find out about their projects in the
afternoon proved very popular.
If you would like to contact the research unit, perhaps to take part in research,
attend our research talks, join our mailing list or receive our newsletters, please
contact Rebecca Pritchard on rp237@le.ac.uk, or 0116 204 473
The unit is currently supporting around 90 research projects. In the last year we
have implanted a patient with a novel device (called ROX) to help patients with
resistant hypertension (high blood pressure that is not effectively treated by
medicines) by diverting some blood from the artery in the groin to the vein as part
of a national project to investigate the effectiveness of the new device. Several
genes associated with heart illness have been discovered and the effect of these
genes on the mechanisms in the body will help us to understand the multiple
complex mechanisms involved in heart illness.
The excellent work of the unit personnel has been recognised with the award of a
48 day nursing fellowship to Research Nurse Mary Harrison to further her work with
student nurses, an award to the GENVASC team for their success in recruiting 5000
people to take part in the GENVASC research project which accounts for over half
the total number of people taking part in research in the whole hospital, and
completion departmentally of the Athena Swan Bronze Award for moving towards
equal opportunities for women.
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Donations and Thanks
Caroline Hind – Sister AICU
gives her grateful thanks to THL
for the kind donation from which
some artificial flowers have
been purchased for use
following a patient death.
Joyce Rouse
presenting equipment
purchased from
her donation
Cardiac Rhythm Nurses
Opposite Ward 34
Glenfield Hospital
Groby Road
Leicester LE3 9QP
9th May 2014
▲ Lynne testing the couch
Dear Alan and Take Heart committee,
Alan the chairman of
THL receiving a
donation of £400.00
from Roy Ewans, raised
from a wool sale in
memory of his wife
We would like to thank you for the generous donation to our service enabling the
purchase of the Ambulatory Care Chair. We would personally like to thank Dave
Harding and his wife Maureen for raising a significant proportion of this money
through their personal endeavours.
The chair that can be converted into a couch in times of emergency will make
a significant difference to the care we are able to provide to our patients when
they attend for their preadmission blood tests, blood pressure testing and ECGs
allowing them more comfort and staff easier access when undertaking the tests.
Yours Sincerely,
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Sue Armstrong
Cardiac Rhythm Nurse Specialist
Hermitage FM
Hermitage FM (cont)
Hermitage FM is a community broadcaster committed to providing a first rate
service to the people of North West Leicestershire on 99.2 FM and also to the
people of Loughborough, Coalville, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Oakham & Melton Mowbray
on our sister station, Carillon Radio, which broadcasts on 1386 & 1431 AM.
With studios in Coalville & Loughborough, we aim to entertain, provide well-being and
community support both on and off-air. These are just some of the ways that we are doing
that: outside broadcasting, youth opportunities, educational training and much more.
Hermitage FM launched in November 2009 and is part of Carillon Broadcasting Ltd. As
broadcasters our history starts way back on Sunday 11th April 1976 when as a fledgling
hospital radio station we opened as Loughborough Hospital Broadcasting. Our
programming in those days was put out live over an internal speaker system to the
Loughborough General Hospital, Regent Street and Zachery Merton in Loughborough.
Our service continued pretty much unchanged until 1999 when our station took the bold
step to apply to broadcast on medium wave. For a small town based hospital broadcaster
the decision to take this route was both daring and innovative. Following a change of
name to Carillon Radio in November of that year, the licence was granted in 2000 and
we became the smallest hospital radio station in the country to be afforded this status.
With ageing broadcast equipment and still based above Loughborough General
Hospital's X-Ray department, the race was on to bring ourselves into the 21st Century
and commence our new broadcast service. By this time we were providing
programming to the Loughborough General Hospital and Loughborough Hospital on
Epinal Way, the other 2 locations having long since been closed. With the odds stacked
against us, on a limited budget, doing all of the work ourselves, digging ditches, laying
cables, building our own equipment and erecting aerial masts, we achieved the
impossible. We launched our new 24-hour broadcasting service on Saturday 9th
December 2000 on 1386 AM from our old but valiant studios.
New challenges and opportunities were to follow. The closure of Loughborough General
Hospital meant a relocation to Loughborough Hospital - no easy task as the whole
process was to start again. New ditches were dug, new cables laid and aerial masts
erected, all on the slimmest of budgets. Despite major setbacks we achieved the
impossible for a second time and we came back on air stronger than ever with renewed
vigour and a vastly improved range of programming.
Our efforts were not to go unnoticed and within months we had been invited to expand
our broadcasting to Coalville Hospital. Even more digging of ditches, laying of cables and
aerials being erected as our service was launched to a whole new audience in Coalville.
More was to follow with our further expansion into Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Oakham
hospitals - more ditches, cables and aerials and even a second medium wave frequency.
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So to the present, with our committed
expansion and growth and with a
wealth of experience behind us, we
have been granted an even greater
honour - to be the first hospital
broadcaster in the country to become
a community radio station. Still
undertaking all of the work ourselves
we now bring to you our newest
service, Hermitage FM.
The Community Coffee Lounge in Memorial Square Coalville is just a part of our service
to you, our community.
Hermitage FM and Anthony Paul have
announced they will be taking part in another
radio marathon this year and have kindly
decided that the event will raise money for Take
Heart Leicester. Please give them your support.
Anthony will take to the airwaves at 10pm on
Saturday 18th October and will be providing tunes,
chat and chances to be charitable until 10am on
Monday 20th October. (A total of 36 hours).
Anthony is a local radio presenter who has been at the
forefront of broadcasting in the East Midlands since 1973 in the
early days of commercial radio. He was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2000 and for
approximately ten years, with the help of very good members of the medical profession,
the condition was managed adequately. However, his condition worsened and three
years ago he was told that doctors could no longer prevent the kidney failure from
progressing and that the only option open to him was some form of dialysis in order to
keep him alive. Anthony was unable to continue his day job but refused to let his
condition get the better of him, turning back to his passion for radio in order to keep
active. Despite dialysing three times per week for five hour’s duration each visit, Anthony
explained how he wanted to give something back to the community and we at
Hermitage FM were delighted to secure the services of this talented local broadcaster
who now presents our daily Breakfast Show. Anthony has also suffered a heart attack
and had heart surgery at Glenfield!
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Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
Humour
Tracy Elton (a specialist nurse) from Cardiac Rehabilitation at Glenfield kindly
attended our April Support Group meeting to teach basic life support, so that we
would know what to do in the event of finding someone collapsed and unresponsive.
Why We Love Children
The current resuscitation guidelines if a person becomes unconscious are:-
A nursery school pupil told his teacher
he’d found a cat, but it was dead.
“How do you know that the cat was
dead?” she asked her pupil. “Because
I pissed in its ear and it didn’t move,”
answered the child innocently. “You
did WHAT?” the teacher exclaimed in
surprise. “You know,” explained the
boy, “I leaned over and went ‘Pssst’
and it didn’t move.”
1. Make sure the casualty, yourself and any bystanders are Safe.
2. Check the casualty for any response – gently shake their shoulders and ask loudly
“are you all right?” If they respond – leave them in the position in which you found
them, get help if needed and reassess them regularly.
3. If they do not respond – shout for help and open the airway by placing your hand on
their forehead and gently tilt their head backwards then put your fingertips under their
chin and lift it to open the airway (Head tilt, Chin lift).
Look, listen and feel for normal breathing. Look for
chest movement, listen at their mouth for breathing
sounds and feel for air on your cheek. Do this for 10
seconds whilst looking for signs of life.
4. If they are not breathing normally – ask someone to
call an ambulance and bring an Automated External
Defibrillator (AED) if available. If you are on your own
– use your mobile phone to call for assistance, if you
do not have a phone and need to go for assistance
do so only as a last resort.
5. Start chest compressions: Kneel by the side of the
casualty and place the heel of one hand in the centre
of the casualty’s chest. Place the heel of your other
hand on top of the first hand, interlocking the fingers
of both hands. Position yourself vertically above the
casualty’s chest and with your arms straight press down on the sternum so it moves
down 5-6 cms (approx: 2ins.). Repeat at the rate of 100-120 compressions per minute.
If you are trained and willing to do so you can introduce “rescue breaths” – this would
mean 30 chest compressions to 2 breaths.
6. Continue resuscitation until help arrives and they take over, or the casualty shows signs
of regaining consciousness, or you become exhausted as this is a very tiring procedure.
A small boy is sent to bed by his
father. Five minutes later..... “Da-ad....”
“What?” “I’m thirsty. Can you bring
a drink of water?” “No. You had your
chance. Lights out.” Five minutes later:
“Da-aaaad.....” “WHAT?” “I’m THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??”
“I told you NO! If you ask again, I’ll have to smack you!” Five minutes later......
“Daaaa-aaaad.....” “WHAT!” “When you come in to smack me, can you bring
a drink of water?”
An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally
asked him, “How do you expect to get into Heaven?” The boy thought it over
and said, “Well, I’ll run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door
until St. Peter says, “For Heaven’s sake, Dylan, come in or stay out!'”
Here is a guide to help you remember what to do. Remember DRS ABC.
D anger
A irway open
R esponse
B reathing is it normal
S hout for help
C ompressions (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation – CPR)
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A little girl asked her mother, “Can I go outside and play with the boys?”
Her mother replied, “No, you can’t play with the boys, they’re too rough.”
The little girl thought about it for a few moments and asked, “If I can find
a smooth one, can I play with him?”
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Vegetables Word Search
Treasurer’s Report
February, March, April 2014
Donations received with subscriptions
Mr R Bell, Mrs E Barnes, Mrs V J Skerrett, Mrs J Rouse, Mr B D Roulston, Mr R W Phillips,
Mr J W Small, Mr M Luff, Mr K S Rahal, Mr I Longson, Mrs J I Walsh, Mrs I Mugglestone,
Mrs J Smith, Mrs S Hall, Mr P Gibson, Mr A Bamford, Mr G P Davies, Mr A Southwood,
Mr C Wormleighton, Mr D W G Leeding, Mrs N Greenwood, Mr G Bamford, Mrs E M
Day, Mrs P Kettell, Mr L G Wrottesley, Mr K E Bland, Mr & Mrs W Martin, Mr P Dowell,
Mrs J Colledge, Mr L H Pole, Mr J A Bennett, Mr B V Hart, Dr D J Harries, Mr J Brett, Mr
J L Hough, Mr T Kokoska, Mrs M Randle, Mr P Bennett, Mr C Hogarth, Mrs J Milner,
Mrs P H Collier, Mrs V Morris, Mrs J Smith, Mrs S M Gamble, Mr B Goodwin, Mr B
Garner, Mr A T Warren, Mr R B Burton, Mr P Wells, Mrs P E Cooke, Mr T C Hopkins, Mr
E M Appleby, Mr R E Wyard, Mr G Thompson, Mrs M Spencer, Mr K Cooper, Mr P Spicer,
Mr J M Mee, Mrs J Y Childs, Mrs J FIshburn, Mr J M Checklin, Mr H Tucker, Mrs C S
Statham, Mrs H Mannix, Mr C F Griffiths, Mr P Rooney. An amazing £857 donated.
Donations in memory
James Dawe, Jacqueline Taylor, Edwin Rouse, Doreen Gunn. A further £880 donated.
Other donations received
Our staunch supporter Dave Harding has raised yet another £2,000, Mr & Mrs R & A
Joyce celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary and sent £415 they had collected,
Roy Ewans had a wool sale and raised £400, and a visitor to the Wednesday publicity
stall generously donated £60. The sales at the Support Group Meetings along with the
Wednesday Publicity Stalls have brought in over £400 in this quarter. Thank you all for
your continued support and generosity.
Words to find:
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ASPARAGUS
BEAN
BEETROOT
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CAULIFLOWER
CELERY
CHILI
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COURGETTE
CUCUMBER
GARLIC
GHERKIN
LEEK
LETTUCE
MUSHROOM
PARSNIP
PEAS
POTATO
PUMPKIN
RADISH
SHALLOT
SPROUTS
SWEDE
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This quarter spending has been for Nebulisers and Heart Rate Monitors. We have
several quite expensive items to finance in the next quarter. Once someone decides on
the things they would like THL to fund for them, there is a form to fill in explaining why
they need it and the difference it will make, this form then comes to our monthly
Committee meeting (sometimes the requestee will come along in person) the
Committee then learn of all the requests for that evening, a discussion takes place and
a vote is taken. After the meeting the successful people are advised the goods are going
to be ordered and everything starts to happen. Sometimes it’s very quick other times
when goods have to be made to order it can take a little longer, which is why some
quarter reports show a lot of purchases and other times only a few. It’s a timing issue.
The requests come in every month and are processed as soon as possible. The
expense appears only in the quarter the payment is made but THL Committee work
every month to make sure your donations make the difference you want them to make
to the people you care about. Thank you we really do appreciate you.
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BDA
www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts
Food Fact Sheet
BDA FOOD
FACT SHEET
THE BRITISH
DIETETIC
ASSOCIATION
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Food and Mood
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We all have good days and bad days; we
all have foods we like more, or like less.
But is there a connection between feeling
fine and the foods we have eaten? Do
some foods make us feel grumpy? Is it
possible to plan a diet for a good mood?
Carbohydrate = Glucose = Brain
Power
The ability to concentrate and focus comes from the
adequate supply of energy – from blood glucose – to the
brain. Glucose is also vital to fuel muscles. The glucose
in our blood comes primarily from the carbohydrates we
eat – foods including fruit, vegetables, cereals, bread,
sugars and lactose in milk. Eating breakfast and regular
meals containing some carbohydrate ensures you will
have enough glucose in your blood.
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The ability to concentrate and focus
comes from the adequate supply of
energy. – from blood glucose – to
the brain.
When you don’t eat enough, your body will lack vital vitamins and minerals, often affecting
your mood and brain function. This table shows how missing some vitamins/minerals can
affect your mood, and what you can eat to replenish your body.
Missing vitamin/
mineral
Iron
Comfort eating
There is a messenger chemical in the brain called
serotonin, which improves mood and how we feel. More
serotonin is made when more of an amino acid called
tryptophan enters the brain, and some researchers
claim that this happens from eating foods that are high
in carbohydrate and low in protein.
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This
theoretical
‘carbohydrate
Some of the
craving’ to improve
pleasure from
mood has been used
to explain the eating of sweet eating ‘comfort
comfort foods such as cakes foods’ may come
and chocolate. However, from strong cultural
in practice there is not associations with
enough evidence to support
a physiological basis for reward and special
this effect, and some of the occasion.
pleasure from eating these
foods may come from their
strong cultural associations
with reward and special occasion. Suggestions
that chocolate contains particular moodenhancing substances are often made, and there are
observations that people feeling a bit depressed are more
likely to eat chocolate, but measured pharmacological
effects do not seem to explain the popularity of this food
as a comforter.
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Caffeine and the ‘drug-effect’
Not having enough glucose in the blood (hypoglycaemia)
makes us feel weak, tired and ‘fuzzy minded’. This
may happen when we don’t eat enough carbohydratecontaining food, and is a particular risk for people with
diabetes and athletes. It can also happen with people
following very restrictive diets or with erratic eating
patterns. However, though glucose ensures good
concentration and focus, once your blood glucose is
within the normal range, you cannot further boost your
brain power by increasing your glucose levels!
Vitamins and minerals
Caffeine, found in coffee, cola and energy drinks, is often
called a ‘drug’ as it acts as a stimulant and can improve
the feelings of alertness, and counter the effects of
fatigue. However there is also a suggestion that some of
the effects of caffeine are more to ‘normalise’ the lower
levels of alertness felt by habitual users who have not
consumed enough caffeine that day. Too much caffeine,
particularly in people who
are not used it, may cause
the adverse effects of
irritability and headache.
Effect on mood
Feeling weak, tired and
lethargic all the time
This results in
low levels of
oxygen carrying
haemoglobin
in the blood,
resulting in
the condition
anaemia
Thiamine, niacin Tiredness and feeling
or cobalamin (all depressed or irritable
B vitamins)
Folate
Selenium
Increased chance of
feeling depressed,
particularly important in
older people
May increase the
incidence of feeling
depressed and other
negative mood states.
Foods which can
help
The risk of anaemia is
reduced with adequate
intakes of iron,
particularly from red
meat and also poultry
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treated with iron
supplements
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by avoiding drinking
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dairy
Folate is found in liver,
green vegetables,
oranges and other
citrus fruits, beans and
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‘marmite’ and breakfast
cereals
Supplements
of B vitamins in
combination or as
single forms are
available
Folic acid tablets are
a good supplement
when folate levels are
low.
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we choose. Some of the mood/food effects are due to nutrient content, but a lot of effects are due to existing
associations of foods with
pleasure and reward (chocolate)
As a rule, plenty of fruits and vegetables and wholegrain
or diet and deprivation (plain
cereal foods, with some protein foods, including fatty fish,
foods). Some foods also have
will support a good supply of nutrients for good
religious, economic and cultural
health and good mood.
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how we feel when eating them.
Feeling good comes from a diet that
provides adequate amounts of carbohydrate at regular times to keep blood glucose levels stable, and
that contains a wide variety of protein and vitamin and mineral containing foods to support the body’s
functions.
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Written by Ursula Arens, Dietitian.
The information sources used to develop this fact sheet are available at www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts
© BDA August 2010. Review date August 2013.
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Folic acid
supplements are
advised for all women
planning pregnancy
A supplement may
help improve mood
in some people
not getting enough
selenium from foods
*Supplements can be used to treat people with low levels of vitamins and minerals. However, in the long-term, it is better to look
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food components; for example, the fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K) are best absorbed when some fat is consumed at the same
time.
This Food Factsheet is a public service of The British Dietetic Association (BDA) intended for
information only. It is not a substitute for proper medical diagnosis or dietary advice given by a
dietitian. If you need to see a dietitian, visit your GP for a referral or: www.freelancedietitians.org for
a private dietitian. To check your dietitian is registered check www.hpc-uk.org
This Food Fact Sheet and others are available to download free of charge at www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts
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Supplements*
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