Wellbeing Events Archive
Our previous events to do with Wellbeing
Menopause Cafe 2025
On Monday 3rd March the team at Bromsgrove PCN arranged an information evening for patients and residents in Bromsgrove about Menopause.
Sarah Edwards from Everyday Active discussed the benefits of exercise and movement to help navigate your way through the menopause and how important it is to undertake strength training to help with our bones as we get older.
Natalie, Sarah and Jane from the Bodi Barn discussed the benefits of Pilates and how it can help develop your core and pelvic floor muscles. Our final speaker was Karen Harker who discussed the hormone changes and the importance of a diet that looks like a rainbow!
Karen told us how the menopause in Japan is called ‘Konenki’ which translates as ‘Second Spring’.
We had a great turnout, all guests left with a goodie bag and some more knowledge on how to manage symptoms.
Please see below for some images from the event.
Smear Saturdays 2025
As a PCN we feel it is important to help patients who struggle to make time for a Smear Test during the week.
Certain careers such as teaching and public sector services can mean it is more difficult to leave work for health appointments.
We also recognise how challenging it can be for parents and carers who can only attend appointments at weekends.
We decided to hold 2 drop in clinics in January 2025 to help those patients who would like to receive their smear test at the weekend.
Our first was on Saturday 4th January, held at BHI Parkside in Bromsgrove. The clinic was ran from 8:30am - 12:30pm and we were based at Churchfields Surgery.
We saw 5 people at this clinic, feedback was really positive but we wanted more people to attend. We asked those who attended, how they heard about the clinic. The main response was Facebook, so we decided to increase our social media presence and promote our next clinic even more than previously.
The PCN Assistant Manager Laura, and PCN Finance Lead Liz, took to their phones and shared, shared, shared. They targeted community social media pages, the local newspaper and also contacted schools in the district asking them to share the information with their staff.
All of this marketing worked because on Saturday 18th January over 50 people turned up for our clinic at BHI Parkside, this time based at St Johns Surgery.
Sarah the PCN Manager created a feedback form for the 18th January and asked people to complete after their test. We received 28 responses.
It was fascinating to find out that 89% of attendees found out about the clinic by Facebook. This shows what a useful tool social media can be.
29% of people said they attended the clinic for the convenience, and 28% said it saved them having to call their practice to book in.
89% of people said they would recommend the drop in clinic to a family member or friend and we received some really positive comments in the feedback.
Our next clinic is on Saturday 1st March and will be based at Cornhill Surgery, Rubery.
This clinic will run slightly differently because of the capacity available within the surgery. Tickets can be reserved via Eventbrite for free and then a member of the team will call to book an appointment for a specific time slot. We are hoping this clinic will be just as successful as the last!
Social Prescribing Day
19th March 2025