Health check day at Racquets Club

Lisburn Racquets Club will hold a health check day next month.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Oct 2014, 09:00 BST
Commonwealth Games athlete Sinead Chambers from Lisburn will swap her training gear for a graduation gown this week as she graduates with a first class degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Ulster. Sinead has spent three years training for her dream job of physiotherapist whilst balancing her commitments as an International Badminton player, culminating in her selection as a member of Team Northern Ireland for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.Sinead and her 116 fellow teammates from Northern Ireland will travel to Glasgow for the 20th Commonwealth Games, which open on 23 July. Photo by Aaron McCracken/HarrisonsCommonwealth Games athlete Sinead Chambers from Lisburn will swap her training gear for a graduation gown this week as she graduates with a first class degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Ulster. Sinead has spent three years training for her dream job of physiotherapist whilst balancing her commitments as an International Badminton player, culminating in her selection as a member of Team Northern Ireland for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.Sinead and her 116 fellow teammates from Northern Ireland will travel to Glasgow for the 20th Commonwealth Games, which open on 23 July. Photo by Aaron McCracken/Harrisons
Commonwealth Games athlete Sinead Chambers from Lisburn will swap her training gear for a graduation gown this week as she graduates with a first class degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Ulster. Sinead has spent three years training for her dream job of physiotherapist whilst balancing her commitments as an International Badminton player, culminating in her selection as a member of Team Northern Ireland for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.Sinead and her 116 fellow teammates from Northern Ireland will travel to Glasgow for the 20th Commonwealth Games, which open on 23 July. Photo by Aaron McCracken/Harrisons

On Saturday November 29, from 1.30pm Christine Gallen – Pre-reg pharmacist at MediCare Fitzroy (126 Ormeau Road) and Jordan McKenzie – Pharmacist at MediCare Fitzroy will aim to raise awareness in the community and provide healthy lifestyle advice.

They will be doing blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, BMI checks and carrying out risk assessments for Diabetes will provide information on all the services available at the pharmacy so that community pharmacists are seen as highly accessible healthcare professionals and the first place for advice on minor ailments and health.

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Over 200 people are expected to attend Lisburn Racquets Club on this day as the club is hosting a Senior Table Tennis Tournament.

It is hoped that Sinead and Ciaran Chambers, who are Irish Badminton Champions will attend.

At the health check day the club will be promoting the role of community pharmacy and in particular the promotion of pharmacy services offered by MediCare such as the Smoking Cessation Scheme, the Minor Ailments Scheme, Medication Use Reviews (diabetes/asthma) and the Flu Vaccination.

By improving public understanding of pharmacy services and encouraging people to gain early advice for minor ailments, we hope to increase the number of people seeking advice from community pharmacies.

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We hope that health check days, like this one at the Lisburn Racquets Club, will help the NI community to better understand the services that pharmacies offer.

The club believe that combined with a national community pharmacy minor ailments service, smoking cessation service and MURs, health promotion days such as this will have a significant impact on the reductions of the burdens on NHS, GP and urgent care resources.

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