Hearty Lives Cookstown
Cookstown currently has the third
highest rate of early deaths from heart disease in
Northern Ireland.
Hearty Lives Cookstown is a
£225,000 project, working in partnership
with Cookstown District Council and
Northern Health
& Social Care Trust.
Our aim
To help reduce deaths and hospital admissions from coronary heart disease in Cookstown by:
- working with all seven Health Care Practices in the
Cookstown district area, assessing their individual
needs and providing services to meet those
needs
- working in partnership with the Vion factory to address the
heart health needs of their employees, identifying
concerns in relation to coronary heart disease
- working in partnership with a number of marginalised groups, in
particular adults with learning
disabilities, tailoring services to meet the needs of
each group.
Bronagh McEldowney, BHF Northern Ireland Heart Health Educator
says: "Hearty Lives Cookstown will help more
people access cardiac
rehabilitation which will improve the quality of life for
patients with heart problems."
Success so far
Hearty Lives Cookstown recently held a successful
'health checks for farmers' event in St Mary's Primary
School, Pomeroy. Farmers from the Cookstown area took the
opportunity to have a check-up by qualified nurses, dietitians and
healthcare workers.
We all need to take more time to look after ourselves and pay better attention to our health
The Agriculture and Rural Development Minister, Michelle
Gildernew, MP, MLA paid a visit to the health checks. She said:
"The health checks provided farmers, who don't often have the time
to go to the doctors, with the opportunity to have their health
checked without disrupting their daily routine.
"This is a great initiative by Hearty Lives
Cookstown who have brought healthcare into the heart of the farming
community. I hope similar initiatives can be developed in rural
communities across the north."
More info
For more information about Hearty Lives
Cookstown please contact Stephanie Leckey at
leckeys@bhf.org.uk.
