Healthy Heart Group Sessions
We are launching a new service to offer group clinics to patients who will benefit from this approach.
This is a well-established way of working, support by a strong evidence base.
Group clinics are especially helpful for those who live with a long-term condition e.g. diabetes, high blood pressure.
We are initially starting a Healthy Heart session on a Monday evening for those at increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
We want you to attend so you can experience first-hand the benefits of group clinics. Each session will be aimed at a group of no more than 6 people. If you meet the criteria you will be invited by a booking link.
Group clinics have many benefits for you and your family:
- They are scheduled well in advance so you get your routine appointment with plenty of notice and can plan around it with no need to ring the surgery.
- You get to spend longer with our team, and time to reflect and get answers to your questions.
- You get ideas to help you keep well and better manage your health condition or symptoms.
- You feel supported and validated because you meet others in the same situation. You feel less alone and better able to cope with your health issues.
- You learn more and gain confidence to manage your health issues back at home.
- If you are a carer, you can come along with your loved one to their group clinic.
Group Clinic Agreement
- I am happy to share relevant information about my health condition. This will include my blood pressure, cholesterol levels, cardiovascular risk. These results appear on a “results board” which supports group discussion and my learning.
- I am happy to have a one-to-one discussion with the clinic team about my concerns. I understand other members of the group listen, and in turn I listen to their one-to-one discussions so that we can all benefit from hearing and understanding our common problems and finding solutions.
- I am under no obligation to share any other personal information with the group unless I choose to do so and that if I have health concerns, I don’t want to discuss in the group setting, I may ask to discuss them privately in a 1:1 consultation.
- At any time, I can withdraw my consent to participate in the group clinic and book a 1:1 consultation.
- All information I learn about group members is confidential. I agree that I will not record nor share any information about other members of the group in conversations outside the group verbally or on social media such as Facebook, Twitter etc or in any other public forum.
- If I am more than 5 minutes late, I will not be able to join the session and will need to book on to another session.