Today’s Community Lounges. Community Lounges provide a place for anyone in the community to gain advice & support on a range of topics. Chat with a Locality Connector whose role is to assist you. Connectors will help take steps to try & prevent problems getting worse.

We’re wishing the best of luck to all finalists in the Care and Health Integration category for Friday's The MJ Awards 🏆 #MJAwards! We were blown away by the quality of this year’s entrants, so congratulations to all those who were nominated. We are looking forward to attending the event!

Fingers crossed the judges will see the incredibly journey we have been on, the fabulous outcomes achieved for local people and partners alongside the sustainability due to a culture shift. 😍❤️ #excitingtimes #workingtogether #personcentredoutcomes

#CommunityLounges #CommunitiesTogether #CommunityLedSupport Demonstrating imagination & innovation in bringing together at scale, care & health services under one roof #MJAwards Stoke-on-Trent CC CombinedNHS CLS VAST Services (1920) Midlands Partnership University NHS FT Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS PPL

#CommunityLounges #CommunitiesTogether #CommunityLedSupport Demonstrating imagination & innovation in bringing together at scale, care & health services under one roof #MJAwards Stoke-on-Trent CC CombinedNHS CLS VAST Services (1920) Midlands Partnership University NHS FT Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS PPL

#CommunityLounges #CommunitiesTogether #CommunityLedSupport Demonstrating imagination & innovation in bringing together at scale, care & health services under one roof #MJAwards Stoke-on-Trent CC CombinedNHS CLS VAST Services (1920) Midlands Partnership University NHS FT Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS PPL

#CommunityLounges #CommunitiesTogether #CommunityLedSupport Demonstrating imagination & innovation in bringing together at scale, care & health services under one roof #MJAwards Stoke-on-Trent CC CombinedNHS CLS VAST Services (1920) Midlands Partnership University NHS FT Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS PPL

New paper ‼️⬇️ "This is nae a life, it's an existence" housebound person living w/ obesity, +hidden functional struggles of living w/ larger body, sense of being stuck & implicit weight bias in care services. So under researched, so much to improve. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/20…

Huge thanks to participants, NMAHPs & research team involved David Blane Mike Lean Please share: @ECPO kenclare @ObesityUK Juliet MacArthur NHSL Dietetics Local Government Association (LGA) BDA Obesity Group Cathy Breen PhD RD UofG School of Health & Wellbeing RCN District and Community Nursing Forum Dr. Mary Forhan Caz Hales RN QNIS Fiona Stratton

#MJAwards Stoke-on-Trent CC CombinedNHS Midlands Partnership University NHS FT Port Vale Foundation Gill O'Hare 🌈 CLS PPL #integratedneighbourhoodteams on tour

#MJAwards The MJ Awards 🏆 #MJAwards 🤞Health and Care Integration Stoke-on-Trent CC CombinedNHS Midlands Partnership University NHS FT Port Vale Foundation Gill O'Hare 🌈 NDTi CLS PPL #integratedneighbourhoodteams #communitiestogether

The MJ Awards 🏆 #MJAwards #MJAwards Stoke-on-Trent CC they’ve only gone and done it! The Highways team are the best council services team! Woohoo!

#MJAwards The MJ Awards 🏆 #MJAwards Health and Care Integration. Congratulations to Wolves Council 💫 Hugely proud to be with this team today Stoke-on-Trent CC CombinedNHS Midlands Partnership University NHS FT Port Vale Foundation Gill O'Hare 🌈 NDTi CLS PPL #integratedneighbourhoodteams #communitiestogether

PROGROUP PAPER ALERT! Which components of behavioural weight management programmes are essential for weight loss in people living with obesity? A rapid review of systematic reviews led by our brilliant researcher Dr Lily Hawkins Access our paper below: doi.org/10.1111/obr.13…

BDA dietitians British Dietetic Association please consider completing this survey “An evaluation of current psychological interventions available for adults experiencing emotional eating (EE) who are overweight or have obesity, from a clinicians perspective”

Abstract submissions open till 7th August 10am BDA Research Symposium. Some bursaries to support Obesity Specialist Group members presenting in the obesity stream. bda.uk.com/events/upcomin…

🎉 Great news for Sustain & Peterborough City Council on restricting unhealthy food & drinks adverts in their local area. One more step to producing a healthier food system for all. Read about the BDA's key campaign for a comprehensive #UKFoodStrategy here:  bda.uk.com/news-campaigns…

Our superpower partnerships.. excited to be part of this with you all 🥰... watch this space Sustainable Food Places Food Systems Equality Dr Clare Pettinger Food Active Food Research Collaboration FIO-FOOD Grant National Food Strategy Sustain End Hunger UK Food Power Anna Isaacs Paul Edmondson-Jones MBE

We are delighted to see the revised National Planning Policy Framework has new wording in it stating that a purpose of the planning system will be to support healthy communities, with reducing obesity rates and tackling hot food takeaways near schools an explicit priority!