2021

Kingston University & St Georges University of London

The aim of this workbook is to allow the student to develop an understanding of the
Community & Public Health Provision within the Trust areas which work in collaboration with
Kingston University & St Georges’ University of London.

WORK BOOK FOR INTRODUCTION

TO PRACTICE

FdSc Nursing Associate 2021

Student Name: Chelsey Topliss

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 Ku Number : k2124451

Important Notes

All group members are expected to be active participants

You are required to develop a community profile over the next

three weeks, using this book as a guide to prepare you for
completing your group poster.

The guide book consists of suggested research and group

activities and gives space for reflections.

This book needs to be submitted to CANVAS by 19th November

at 4.30 as evidence of the work undertaken and hours
completed.

Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge Michelle McBride, Theresa Nash,

Carmel Blackie, John Docherty, Jo Powell, Maha White and Edwin
Chamanga in the development of this workbook.

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 Adapted by Lucie Llewellyn and Mary Collins for the FdSc Nursing
Associate.

Aims and Outcomes for the Community Study

COMMUNITY STUDY AIMS

● To empower students to engage with the concept and reality of

‘community’ health issues.

● To give students an understanding of ways in which health of

communities/neighbourhoods is influenced by social and environmental
determinants.

● To enable students to consider health inequalities between community

groups and the influence of local and national policy to address these.

● To encourage students to identify health and social care provision e.g. the
voluntary / independent services and non-governmental services that exist
within local neighbourhoods to support communities.

● To give students an opportunity to explore their nursing associate role as a

‘community connector’.

● To enable students to improve on their leadership, team working and

communication skills (both interpersonal and people skills).

COMMUNITY STUDY OUTCOMES

Students will be able to;

● Undertake a community profile detailing the social, economic and physical

conditions of an electoral ward, plus critically analyse the health of its
population.

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● Identify and analyse a subgroup of the population and consider a priority
health or environmental issue and current responses/services.
● Identify and appraise the roles and responsibilities of public/private/third
sector services and health and social care professionals responding to the
given group.
● Present their findings as a poster presentation and record their learning
journey in a workbook.
● Work effectively as a team to undertake activities to support the community
and public health activities within this study.

WEEK ONE

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HOW DO YOU UNDERTAKE A COMMUNITY STUDY?

1. A group of about 5 people will be identified for you with whom you can work.
2. Establish yourselves as a group using the knowledge and skills you have
recently developed. Identify a plan and the roles of the group members in
terms of what needs to be done. It might be necessary to elect a leader of the
group who could be responsible for ensuring that the work is shared out
equally.
3. You need to be aware of why you are doing the study. You need to focus
down on the key health issues, plus the provision of health and social services
in this part of the community and then how this affects the service user/client
or client group, be it through access, support or long term care.
4. Once you have decided what type of community study and who you are going
to base the study around, you need as a group to plan what information you
require and how you are going to get it. Remember that a community study
draws together key information in one place in a format that is useful to those
who are reading/hearing/seeing it.
5. There is a wide range of resources and sources of information available to
you to use. These are sources that provide statistics and measurements of
activity; for example; the census, the Department of Health (DH), local NHS
Trusts, CCGs, and their websites , local government agencies, local councils,
local newspaper, charities, voluntary organisations and the local library.
6. The other source of information is the data collected by visiting and talking to
different people, organisations, services, companies, institutions, small
businesses, churches, charities, going into shops and cafes.
7. Remember that people who might be able to help you might be very busy and
have limited time to spend with you. They do not have to spend any time with
you at all! They can say NO! However if you do obtain a positive response,
be courteous, acknowledge any help that you receive and try to make it worth
their while to co-operate with you.

THE BENEFITS OF THE COMMUNITY STUDY: Helps you to understand any

community in which you are working in.

● Introduces you to the local community and its local services.

● Helps you to identify issues, problems and needs of the community.

● Enhances the skills that you require to work within the community.

● Can help you identify key individuals or influential groups within the
community that might be useful allies in the future.

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 ● Can help you to make decisions about how you can target your efforts to meet
the health care needs of individuals and groups of people in a meaningful
way.

GROUP ACTIVITY
The aim of this task is to familiarise yourselves with the area that you will be
working in. It is an opportunity for you to learn about the area in relation to the
health of the people who live here as well as helping you in your future
assignments.

COMMUNITY SURVEY – As a group walk around your allocated area and use your
skills of observation in collecting information (do not look at websites at this stage).
Wandering around the area will give you a general impression or overview. Keep
asking yourselves what is the impact of your findings on the health of the locals.

OBSERVE THE COMMUNITY.

● Do you think it is a nice place to live? Give your reasons.

● What do you think are the key environmental issues/influences in the area?

● How do these impact on the health of the local population?

● Look through the local papers within your locality. What do these suggest about

your locality with regard to health? Crime? Education? Housing?

● Would you feel safe living here? If not why not?

● Consider transport services – how accessible are buses? Trains? Tubes?

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW.................................................................................

● Kingston is extremely diverse. Lots of people from different countries,

cultures and religions. It also has some very posh parts, but also some
not so nice parts. Kingston has everything you need to live a happy and

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 successful life, whatever walk of life you are from. It has lots of green
areas like parks, a library in the centre of Kingston. Doctors surgery’s
and dentists are at walking distances.

● There are so many environmental influences in this area. These include

many conservation areas in Kingston. A few examples of these will
include, Coombe Hill, Kingston Hill, Kingston Old Town, Knights Park
and Kingston Vale. Parks include, Bushy Park, Richmond Park and
canbury Park Gardens. One issue that faces Kingston is the closure of
The Kingfisher swimming baths and leisure centre. This is an issue as
the nearest leisure facility available to residents of Kingston is The New
Malden Centre which is a few miles out the way.

● The local parks and conservation areas are positive influences on the
residents and will impact their health in a positive way. Closures of
library’s and leisure centres will have a negative impact on local
residents health as they will not be able to access these places which in
turn effects their health and wellbeing.

● Newspapers such as the Surrey Comet portray Kingston in a good light

in regards to crime, education and even housing. Schools in the area
have great ofstead reports and reviews. As in all places crime is there,
but the borough of Kingston actually has less crime than the majority of
other London Boroughs. Lots of police presence too which makes you
feel safe. Places in Kingston with higher crime rate include cambridge
estate, kingsnempton estate and the alpha estate.

● Kingston is a place that I do feel safe in. The police are always patrolling
the area helping to make us safe. There's also support in place for youth
and young people who get into trouble like youth groups and support
groups for the families.

● Transport in Kingston is extremely good. Buses towards London are on

average every ten minutes. They also run through the night. Trains run
regularly and takes 25minutes to London Waterloo. Tubes run from
Wimbledon, so only 8minutes away by train.

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WHO DO YOU THINK LIVES HERE?

● Who are you seeing as you walk around? What is the predominant gender?

● Age range? Racial/ ethnic background? Disability?

● Do these findings change according to the time of day? Do the people in your

locality look ‘healthy’?

● How have you determined this?

● Why do you think this may be?

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW.................................................................................

● Kingston is a very adverse place to live. Lots of different genders,
religions, ethnicities and also ages. In recent times though, Kingston is
turning into a very student, young person town.

● As previously said, Kingston is turning into a student town with the

university etc, so the majority of people we see walking around now are
students. We also find that a lot of these young people are from different
ethnicities and race. Different disabilities are also predominant in this
area too.

● Mornings, you see lots of parents and children on the way to school and
lots of students on the way to school, college and university as well as
adults on the way to work. This repeats mid afternoon when schools
finish. Early evening will be when you see all sorts of different adults on
the way home from work. These people look healthy in the area. This is
because there are lots of doctors surgeries and dentists, libraries and
leisure centres to keep people healthy, happy and a big hospital if
needed.

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 ● I determined this through all the support and services there are in
kingston but also there activities. For example we see lots of people
running and jogging or using the gym equipments in the park. This is all
made possible for residents of Kingston to be healthy and happy, with
all the services available to the residents.

WHAT HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES ARE PRESENT IN THE AREA?

● Do the premises seem accessible to all who may wish to use them? (consider

hearing, vision, physical loss)

● Consider the diversity of the population including mothers with young children;

non-English speakers; people with special needs or learning disabilities, people

with complex disabilities.

● Are the opening hours convenient? Are any groups disadvantaged by the

opening hours?

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW.................................................................................

● There are a number of health and social care settings in the Kingston
area for a wide range of diversities of the Kingston area. These are all
user friendly with ramps and lifts for wheelchairs and the elderly.
Specialised help for the deaf, blind and those with learning and mental
disabilities. Also those of alcohol and drug addiction and help to those
who are homeless too. There are children services available for young
and single mums and families who need help or support. Lastly,
language help and schools for people who need to learn English. All

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 these premises are generally easily accessible for people and their
respective needs.

● The opening hours of all these premises in the Kingston borough

generally have normal opening hours for a majority of businesses which
means they are open during the day. This is an advantage to some. I
would say the people it would disadvantage would be those who have a
job and would maybe need some help and support after their work day
has finished.

WHAT SOCIAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE

● Look at the Department of Social Services and other statutory services in the

area.

● Who appears to be using these services?

● Why are the services you have listed important for the health of individuals and

families?

● Are there any adult education facilities in your area? What impact can they

have on the health of the population?

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW..........................................................................

● Different groups of people use these services in kingston. Adults,
children, people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities/illnesses
and mental illnesses.

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 ● There are adult education facilities around kingston. For example there
is an adult education centre just next to Kingston, in Surbiton, Holyfield
Road. Also there's another one down Richmond Road. It seems
Kingston has quite a few dotted about. These can help keep anybody in
Kingston maintain their health, whether this physical or mental and in
adults or children.

● Kingston has a wide range of cultures. These are all used to maintain a
healthy lifestyle. Churches and religious places of worship, education
centres and services, sports clubs, rules to follow and values.

● What non-governmental / voluntary organisations (Age UK, Mencap, Scope

etc) are in your area? What are the cultural aspects to maintaining a healthy
diet/lifestyle within your locality?

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW...............................................................................

● There are a number of non governmental/charity organisations in

Kingston. These include, Kingston association for the blind, Partnership
for children, Samaritans, Mind and Kingston voluntary Action.

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● What leisure facilities are there in your area? Are they accessible and

affordable for your local population? (e.g. swimming baths, green gyms )

● What is the impact of leisure facilities on the health of the population?

● Are there green (parks) or blue (rivers/sea) spaces in your area? Or how near are

the local green/blue spaces? How easy are they to get to?
Undertake as a team a city or rural nature walk – consider are these accessible?
Well kept?

Who is using them? Who is not using them? How does green/blue space effect
people’s health?

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW...........................................................................

● The only leisure centre in the centre of Kingston was The Kingfisher,
which was located on The Fairfields in Kingston next to Kingston
library. Unfortunately this has now closed down due to not being able to
afford a new roof. The closest leisure centre to here, is The Malden
Centre, which is a few miles out in New Malden. There are also a few
gyms around, which range in price, but The Gym located down Adams
Walk, off Eden Street, is the best value for money at roughly £20 a
month. Lastly there are lots of green spaces around Kingston.

● The impact leisure centres have on the health of the population is huge.
Leisure centres help residents mental health and happiness, their health
and wellbeing. Not having a leisure centre in the vicinity has a bad
impact as people won’t be able to attend as easily, therefore impacting
people's mental health and happiness.

● There are lots of green spaces in Kingston. These include Richmond

Park, Bushy Park, Canbury Park Gardens and The Fairfields. They are all
easily accessible by walking, cycling or public transport. There is also
The River Thames, which is also accessible through Kingston High
street. Places like this have a huge effect on people's mental health and
happiness as it has a number of bars, cafes and restaurants along it.

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● What kind of food shops do local residents have access to? Consider number of

local stores, large supermarkets, ‘take-aways’, ‘health food’ shops, and ethnic
grocery shops. Are these all healthy options? How easy or difficult is it for people
here to buy healthy foods?

● What information do these food shops have in relation to a ‘healthy lifestyle’?

● Do these shops/ stores have food labelling to define the nutritional content of the

food they are selling?

● Is it possible to identify the food sources?

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● Do these shops/restaurants stock free range/organic/fair trade products?

● Is there a farmers market in the area?

● Have you noticed any allotments in the area? Would you know how to apply for

one?

● Are residents encouraged to ‘grow their own’ fruit and vegetables?

● What provisions for recycling waste does your borough provide?

● Does the borough have a local sustainability policy?

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW..........................................................................

● There are hundreds of take-aways around, health food shops including
Food For Thought, Panacea Health and Beauty and Holland And Barrett.
There are also quite a few ethnic food shops including Kingston Food
Centre, Longdan Express Kingston and The Savanna. Kingston has
Sainsburys, Tescos, Asda, Waitrose, Marks And Spencers and Aldi.

● These supermarkets produce indoor tasting events to promote healthy

eating and a balanced diet. They may also include healthy recipes, low
budget tips while eating healthily and nutritional information in sections
of the stores. Lastly some offer free community nutritional classes to
help with a healthy lifestyle.

● All foods at supermarkets have nutritional information at the back of the

packets to let you know what you are actually eating so we can make the
healthy choices. It is easy enough on most products to identify the
sources of the food also.

● The majority of shops, restaurants, bars and cafes sell free range,
organic or fair trade products. I did come across a few that did not
provide this (A few cafes in central kingston and one or two pubs too)

● There are one or two farmers markets in Kingston. There's one in the old
Market Town and one in Ham (just outside of Kingston) but these are
questionable as to whether they are any good or not. You will probably
come across better ones elsewhere.

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● The nearest allotments are in surbiton, tolworth and epsom, there aren't
any in the centre of Kingston. You can apply for a plot on the Kingston
Council website, but the waiting list is often full.

● Residents are encouraged to grow their own fruit and vegetables in this
area. Garden centres are available with tips on how to grow your own.
Closest is in Chessington, which is a 20min bus journey from Kingston.

● Paper and card recycling is collected every fortnight. Mixed plastics,

glass and metals are also collected every fortnight. Food waste is
collected on a weekly basis. Bulky items such as sofas and beds can be
booked in on the council website and arranged to be collected for a fee.

● Kingston council has an environmental sustainability policy statement

dated 2016, Kingston Heritage service.

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WEEK ONE - REFLECTION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY STUDY
Date:
Describe what happened within week one

In week one, we went out as a group and explored the local area. We walked around
the town centre as well as visiting the local park. eg richmond park and also around
kingston bridge

What did you do.... ....and why?

This was to get a deeper

understanding of the local area
visited the parks, went to the river and make us more aware of the
and shops, new malden leisure facilities.
centre and collected local papers.

What went well.... ....and what could have been

better

Positive interaction with the local

people and a nice friendly If we had more time to explore the
atmosphere area in more depth

What (if anything) would you now do differently, faced with a similar
situation?

Describe what you have learned from this experience (learning

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outcome(s))?

Interacted with individuals of a wider age range

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Week Two

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Now you and your group have a feel for the neighbourhood you are profiling
from week one activities, in week two you will be investigating factual
information about the community. Particularly, the health inequalities between
groups. By the end of week two , you should have identified a subgroup , their
priority issue , current services and gaps in service provision.

Activity 1.
Gather factual information in relation to the health of your neighbourhood and health
inequalities between groups. You will need to investigate Public health reports and
data produced by the local council, public health service, local commissioning groups
plans, and national resources. You may also wish to visit the local library can assist
you. You may wish to look at specific health issues, e.g., sexual health, obesity,
substance use, mental health, vaccine uptake, social isolation. However, also
consider specific diseases or environmental issues, e.g. pollution, cancer. There are
some short films you can watch together and consider the issue of sustainability,
particularly how the local issues are impacted by global issues.
The aim is you begin to build a picture of how various health, social, structural and
environmental issues coalesce and often have a higher impact on specific groups.

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW:

WHAT RESOURCES HAVE YOU USED?

In Kingston, there is one deprived area which actually falls within 20% of the
most disadvantaged areas in the whole of the United Kingdom. It also falls into
the 20% of most deprived for income deprivation affecting Kingstons children.
Also around 8% of Kingston’s residents have extremely bad health. The
Cambridge estate was built in 1969, with 832 households, housing 1800
people.

Kingston council developed a pathway which aims to enable better access to

housing support for the homeless and those at risk of sleeping rough. Also to
provide better healthcare. Currently there are around 240 rough sleepers in
Kingston, 116 of these are actually registered homeless with a charity called
Kingston Churches, Action for the Homeless. Out of these 116 individuals,
46% have alcohol problems and 41% have drug problems. Even after hearing
this Kingston Upon Thames is in the top three locations in the United Kingdom
for good health.

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.8% in Kingston have bad health
68.5% of males at birth in Kingston have a healthy life expectancy
67.9% of females at birth in Kingston have a healthy life expectancy.

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Activity 2.
Identify specific groups within your population that are at high risk of health or social
issues.
e.g. refugees ( children or adults), homeless, young people, carers, elderly,
travellers, parents of children with disabilities, looked after children, children or adults
living with complex disabilities ( vision loss, hearing loss, physical loss)
Try to choose a group you know little about so you expand your knowledge.

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW:

The group I have chosen to focus on that is at high risk of health and social
issues is homelessness. There are a lot of homeless people in Kingston and
these people are at high risk of poor health and wellbeing. This is because
they lack necessities that are crucial to live a healthy life. These necessities
include somewhere warm to live, food to eat, somewhere to wash and water to
wash with and access to healthcare. Lastly, situations like this also help with
causing mental health problems and drug or alcohol abuse.

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Activity 3
Choose one specific group that you are focusing on and investigate their main health
issues, again you may look at online resources but also will find it useful to visit a
local service that responds to this groups needs e.g. faith spaces, community
groups, charities . You may need to book this visit for week three.
Please be specific in relation to factual information e.g. increased risk of XX
compared to general population.

Then choose one priority issue and state why this has been chosen.

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW

Investigating the main healthcare issues for drug and alcohol abuse

People with drug and alcohol addiction problems have common issues which
can include homelessness and mental health problems. They are in the
category that are at higher risk of death than the general population. The main
issue with drug and alcohol abuse is homelessness. 41.1% of homeless
people in Kingston are drug addicts and 46% abuse alcohol. Drug and alcohol
abuse can also be connected to depression, rejection and anxiety.

Kingston council works with Kingston Wellbeing Service to provide tailored

support to individuals experiencing problems with drug and alcohol abuse.
They will work with anybody in any stage of their recovery and any resident of
the Kingston borough experiencing these problems.

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Activity 4
What have you read/watched that links health and environment?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRvnEUV6QNk
• https://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-change/
The NHS is one of the biggest carbon polluters in the UK, being responsible for 21
million tonnes of CO2 each year - representing 25% of all public sector carbon
emissions in England. How might the NHS and we as individuals support
sustainability? Visit https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/
Read this policy;
http://www.sduhealth.org.uk/policy-strategy/what-is-sustainable-health.aspx
Watch these short films;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCAskWHuye8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM&vl=en
What do you think? Feel? How can we act together? And personally ? to improve
health but also sustainable healthcare.

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW

After watching the videos as instructed for activity 4, I believe we all

need to work together as a team to improve health and social care and
the service in general. Especially after the last few years of covid we
have all had to go through. Down to the covid 19 pandemic, working
together has increased rapidly, showing that when we work together
acquiring new technology and focussing on the new rules and the needs
of the service user. The coronavirus pandemic we have all had to go
through is a good example of this.

The NHS has also adopted a greener NHS programme, which worked
with their staff, hospitals and partners. They agreed to build on the great
work being done by the trusts across the uk, sharing ideas on how to
reduce the impact on the environment and public

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BONUS ACTIVITY WEEK TWO Plan a trip to any of the locations in appendix 1, but
travel there imagining you are in a wheelchair – only travel and enter stations
through wheelchair accessible routes and consider the many issues people face.

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WEEK TWO - REFLECTION ABOUT HEALTH INEQUALITIES
Date:
Describe what happened in week two.

We visited the different supermarkets, fast food places and all varieties of
different foods that they provide to see how they promote healthy living.

What did you do.. ....and why?

We also researched and

compared the different To gather the information that we
supermarkets and the reasoning needed to provide reliable
behind the food labelling evidence.

What went well.... ....and what could have been

better

Easy to find the shops and

supermarkets We could have spoken to the
workers to give us more
information on how their
workplace promotes healthy living

What (if anything) would you now do differently, faced with a similar
situation?

We would have visited a local food bank and explore how they help
individuals in the community

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Describe what you have learned from this experience (learning
outcome(s))?
Developed a feel of the different atmosphere in different areas eg the different
parks and also have deepened knowledge of the different areas in Kingston

WEEK
THREE

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During week three, you are pulling together the information you have to date to
consider how we could better provide services to your chosen group. You will
investigate the current provision in your neighbourhood and how successful services
are at promoting the health and well-being of your chosen group.

Use this time to also visit services so you can discuss with service providers and
users some of their issues. If services are limited in your area, consider why and
take the opportunity to visit a service in another area which may better accommodate
this group.

Activity 1
Investigate all services and professionals that are available to this group that might
respond to the specific issue you have chosen.
What do these services provide? How are they seeking to promote the health and
well-being of this specific group?
Are these services accessible?
Are there gaps in service provision?
Do all professionals have sufficient knowledge of this group?
Please compare these services to other areas in the UK that may have better
provision.

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW

Kingston Upon Thames has a brilliant selection of drug programmes and
centres, but the majority of these are not free. The NHS service is free, but this
will only be after a resident has been referred to the service by their gp.
Rehabs can be residential and non residential, this will be down to the
applicants needs. The free service for drug addiction in Kingston is Kingston
Wellbeing Service.

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Activity 2
How would you improve service provision for this group? What evidence can you find
that would support improved provision or more integrated support?

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW

The research we have put together over the last few weeks, shows that
residents of Kingston have good access to drug and alcohol help and support,
with great rehabilitation and even private clinics, which are staffed by excellent
professionals. Kingston does great work in this department, so it is quite
difficult to see where improvements can be made.

Problems though, arise as people with drug and alcohol problems have no
finances, so services needed for drug and alcohol abuse need to be free. The
NHS lacks sufficient enough government funding in this area of expertise and
is severely underfunded.

There are a very few charities who try to help drug and alcohol abuse like
rehabs and support, but the demand for this help massively outweighs the
support the NHS are capable of giving.

This appears that the only logical way of free drug and alcohol abuse support
would be for the government to realise how severe this problem is, not just in
Kingston, but the whole of the uk and to give the NHS more funding for them.

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You can see quite clearly the problems the NHS have with drug and alcohol
abuse. This is more transparent when you see the things nurses and doctors
have to deal with in relation to drugs and alcohol.

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Activity 3
Nurses must constantly be aware of opportunities to improve programmes and
services to better serve communities and population groups at increased risk of
illness, injury, premature death and disability.

As you put together your poster think about the knowledge you have gained over the
past three weeks about local communities. How might this impact your role as a
nurse? For example, when you are working with individuals and families what role do
you have, to connect them to local support services? Also, what role might you have
in the future to work with communities to develop new services that respond to
people’s health and social issues?
NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW

The main role of a community nurse is to check blood pressure, temperature

and breathing. Administering injections, assisting doctors with medical
procedures and examinations, cleaning and dressing wounds and setting up
intravenous drips and to monitor ongoing care. Nurses who work in the
community allows patients to feel comfortable in their own home, helps build a
closer relationship between the patient and nurse and also helps build trust
between them. Nurses who work in the community work in a variety of
environments within the community from health clinics to doctors and even
residential accommodations helping residents to general wellbeing and a
healthy lifestyle. They seize a social health model to give a voice and support
the community obtaining care. A nurse's role in the future would be to carry on
bringing new ideas into the community, responding to people's health and
social care raised issues and to continue being involved in the communities
partnership with it’s patients. This will be impactful as a community nurse.

Activity 4

As you put your poster together, consider how you will present the information, so
your colleagues are clear as to the focus, area, group and issue. Encourage all

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team members to be part of the presentation and develop the confidence to speak in
public. Reflect on how you worked as a team.

NOTE YOUR FINDINGS BELOW

As a group, we all took a different question to answer for the presentation and
gathered the information needed. We worked well as a team, each of us spoke
and spoke clearly. I think we managed to get the drug issues in Kingston as a
whole across to the rest of the class and managed to answer relevant
questions afterwards clearly and confidently. The statistics gathered were
correct and specific to drug issues in Kingston. We managed to do a great
poster and put the relevant issues on it clearly. We worked well together as a
team and put together a whats app chat to pass relevant information on and
for supporting each other if needed.

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WEEK THREE - REFLECTION ABOUT GROUP IDENTIFIED
Date:
Describe what happened

In week 3 we visited the local services, specifically the substance misuse

centre in surbiton.

What did you do.... ....and why?

Spoke to professionals and the To gather information on the type

service users of care, advice and treatment they
recieve

What went well.... ....and what could have been

better

We were very welcomed at the We could have split into different

services we visited and they were areas and all feedback to each other
very friendly and provided us with would have given us more time to
the information needed complete the study

What (if anything) would you now do differently, faced with a similar
situation?

We could have taken pictures in real life of the services instead of obtaining
pictures online

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 Describe what you have learned from this experience (learning
outcome(s))?

From this experience we learnt how different services provide different

information/advice to different groups of people. We also found out every
issue has different ways of being provided with the support they need

APPENDIX 1

DETAILS OF DAYS WORKED UNDERTAKING THE COMMUNITY

PRACTICE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY

You may use this as a guide for recording your own hours. We will
require negative reporting only to be submitted via the standard
timesheet.

Day Total
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Hours
worked

WEEK ONE

Hours 7.5 7.5

worked 37.5
7.5
7 8

WEEK TWO

Hours 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 37.5

worked 7.5

WEEK THREE

Hours 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 37.5

worked

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Student signature________________C.Topliss___________
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APPENDIX TWO
Please see below some suggestions for team visits to explore how our healthcare
history has influenced our present and future technology.

Plus some ideas for considering how nature can support wellbeing in the city. Do
use your community profile activity as an opportunity to discover your own area.

Wellcome Collection: Free

Medicine Man

Here, you can find out how people have viewed the basics of life over the centuries –
birth, health, sex and death.

Explore a wide range of objects that includes a set of Japanese sex aids from the
1930s, a unique collection of votive offerings and some diagnostic dolls used by
women in 18th century China to show male doctors where they were feeling pain.

https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/Weoe4SQAAKJwjcDC

Heart and souls wall of change

Visit the Wall of Change to see a mural of objects and spaces reimagined by
participants and artists from Heart n Soul at The Hub, a research project led by
autistic people and people with learning disabilities.

Heart n Soul are thinking inclusively about alternative futures as part of their project’s
research into the value of difference. Their designs, created in collaboration with The
Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, include can openers that work at a push of a
button and hospitals that you would actually enjoy visiting.

Feel inspired to choose something in your own life to change or redesign – sit down,
grab a pencil and paper and sketch or describe your idea. Then you can add it to the
wall or tweet it to #wallofchange for it to become part of Heart n Soul’s research.

https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/XOVfTREAAOJmx-Uw

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Science Museum:Free

Tomorrow’s World brings you science news from every angle—from headline-
grabbing gadgets to full-on feature exhibitions on hot topics.

Come engage with cutting-edge science, explore the implications of new

technology, and share your thoughts on controversial issues.

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/Plan_your_visit.aspx

The Langdon Down Museum

http://langdondownmuseum.org.uk/

The Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability at NormansfieldTeddington, was

the home and institution developed by the Victorian physician Dr John Langdon
Down and his family where a revolutionary and enlightened approach was developed
for the care of people withlearning disabilities.

Foundling Museum

http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk/

Discover the story of how the first home for abandoned children was established
and went on to care for 1000s of babies and children.

The Florence Nightingale Museum

http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/

Discover Nature in our City:

City Farms : http://vauxhallcityfarm.org/ and http://ktcityfarm.org.uk/

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park : Stratford.http://queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/

Nature and Rural walks near Kingston/London

http://www.wegoplaces.me/walks-near-london/

Richmond to Kingston Town Centre River walk

Richmond Park and the Isabella Plantation

https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond-park

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