Gloucestershire NHS Community Diabetes Service

05/09/2025

🥕 Struggling to keep up with the post-school hunger? There are some handy tips and suggestions for healthy snacking (including some easy recipes for healthier and nutritious snacks) this from the British Nutrition Foundation

05/09/2025

04/09/2025

Ready to kickstart your heart-healthy journey? Say hello to Cholesterol Smart®.

HEART UK’s brand-new diet and lifestyle plan has been developed by our expert nutrition scientists to help you lower your cholesterol and improve heart health. Cholesterol Smart is packed with lots of practical tips, advice, and tasty recipes designed to make managing your cholesterol easier than ever: https://www.heartuk.org.uk/cholesterol-smart/cholesterol-smart-home

04/09/2025

If you want to brush up your cooking skills or just get some inspiration here are 3 great new cookery courses starting soon Adult Education in Gloucestershire

04/09/2025

Our Community Outreach team, together with One Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Partnership, are supporting the Blood Pressure UK campaign ‘Know Your Numbers’, in a bid to reduce heart attacks and stroke.

The team are out and about offering simple health checks at community venues across Gloucestershire, providing people with the opportunity to have a chat about how they might make positive improvements to their health and wellbeing, discuss any concerns they may have about their health and get a free blood pressure check.

Tomorrow they will be on the information bus at Parsonage Street, Dursley, outside Bank Café (10am-2pm). Come and say hi to our friendly team and get your free health check!

Further dates and locations can be found on our website 👉 www.ghc.nhs.uk/news/community-blood-pressure-and-health-checks

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals

04/09/2025

Are you living with a mental health condition and receiving ongoing support from a secondary mental health team (e.g. Recovery, GRiP, Later Life, Perinatal, Eating Disorders, Assertive Outreach)?

This friendly and relaxed mindfulness workshop has been designed to help you develop a range of helpful mindfulness techniques, to support you in managing your symptoms and your recovery journey.

The course takes an educational approach to mindfulness, helping you to identify what works best for you through group learning and sharing with fellow participants, peers and the facilitators.

Date: Thursday 18 September 2025
Time: 10.30am-12.30pm
Venue: The Main Place, Old Station Way, Coleford GL16 8RH

For further details of this, and other courses offered by the Health and Wellbeing College, and to check out the inclusion criteria, visit our website (link in the comments below) 👇

Or email: ghwc@ghc.nhs.uk / telephone: 0300 421 4414

04/09/2025

We are delighted with our latest patient comments. 100% of people felt more confident to manage their diabetes after attending our information session! 98% people rated us very good or good! Amazing

01/09/2025

Suitable for any fitness level

01/09/2025

Ready in leas than an hour, this dish not only uses one of our in season veggie (broccoli) but also includes over 25g protein per person! Keep left overs for lunch the next day!

Raid your store cupboard to make a healthy tuna pasta bake in a hurry. Finishing this tuna bake under the grill saves time, too.

31/08/2025

September is harvest time, lets see what we have to look forward to eating in September

Some simple top tips on how to use up our lovely fresh summer vegetables and fruit that's in season in September

30/08/2025

Prize your protein. Protein is a really important nutrient, essential for repair, keeps us feeling fuller for longer, aids muscle growth and repair, slows down digestion and does not particularly impact blood glucose so its important we get enough. Vegetarians sometimes worry that they aren't getting enough, but there are plenty of really good meat free options to choose from. Here are some really great options from Food

Discover the best sources of protein for vegetarians plus some delicious recipe ideas

29/08/2025

This week we are focusing on protein, including protein at every meal is a good idea, and snacking on more protein rich foods can also be a good idea, but rather than go for the heavily processed high protein snack options (often low in nutrients, high in saturated fat) on the supermarket shelves, look out for some higher quality naturally protein rich options such as small pot Greek yoghurt (15g protein), 25g bag of nuts (5g protein) 2 x babybel (9g protein) with a couple of seeded crackers, small pot hummus (4g protein) with some carrot sticks. More ideas here from Good Food

Small bites packed with protein to help you stay satisfied throughout the day. Everything from yoghurt bark to egg muffins.