Hearty Lives Dundee
Heart disease is the biggest cause of
premature death in Scotland. People in Dundee are far more likely
to die from heart disease than those in many other parts of the
country.
Hearty Lives Dundee is a £1.3 million programme
to reduce heart disease and improve the
heart health of people living in Dundee.
Working with NHS Tayside, we aim to
provide services closer to the homes and
communities of heart patients living in Dundee, ensuring
that they receive the optimum health care, which could improve
their quality of life.
Claire Fraser, BHF Scotland community development manager, says:
" Hearty Lives Dundee will reach thousands of
people who would not normally have access to health checks
which could identify unknown risk factors."
Our aim
Our focus is to provide health checks giving
information, advice and support to those who would
like help in leading healthier lives and
maintaining lifestyle changes. We will:
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These booklets can be very helpful for people to refer back to if they suffer any symptoms
the Government's
Keep Well health checks to people aged 40-44, so local people can
take action to prevent themselves getting heart disease
earlier. An additional 4,500 people will have access
to the check.
- provide heart health checks in community
settings, workplaces and job centres
- work with Dundee services to address childhood
obesity
- extend cardiac services to heart patients in the
community, so they do not have to travel to local hospitals.
The programme will make it easier for the city's people to make and maintain healthy changes to their lives
Alison Hume, lead specialist nurse for Hearty Lives Dundee says:
"The opportunistic clinics are a great chance for
people to come along and have some basic checks done. We take as
much time as we need with people and send them out more information
if necessary."
These health checks could also pick up on any
risk factors such as high
blood preassure and cholesterol.
This will ensure local people recieve treatment earlier than they
otherwise might.
More info
For more information about Hearty Lives Dundee
please contact Area Development Manager Gillian
Phillips phillipsg@bhf.org.uk