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16 The Link Magazine • October 2003
Living with diabetes Reps wanted to seek the best in health provision
The October meeting of the Swin-
The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health has launched a campaign to recruit
don Group of Diabetes UK takes
volunteers from Swindon to serve as the first members of a national network of local health forums.
place at the Broadgreen Centre on
The region's representatives will be amongst over ber are being invited to call 0845 120 7115 for an
7 October, 7.30pm where diabetes
specialist nurses Cilia Kirkman and 4,500 members of the public from across England to application pack.
Sue Gaskill, from the Great West- join nearly 600 Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Details can also be found at
Forums which will come into being on 1 December, www.maketimeforhealth.org .
ern Hospital, will discuss Practical
with the phasing out of the Community Health Coun- The Commission has contracted not-for-profit or-
Aspects of Living with Diabetes.
The group meets on the first cils. ganisations to support the new members of the PPI
Tuesday of the month to listen to The PPI Forums will have unprecedented powers Forums, including health focussed and community
speakers, provide support and to make checks on the standard of health services groups such as carer support bodies, charities for
and give the public real influence in all decision older people and disability-related organisations.
practical information.
making about health in the NHS and elsewhere. Bath Health Advocacy will be the support organi-
Membership of the group is open
Forum members will also find out what people in sation for the PPI Forum covering Swindon area. For
to anybody and is free. For details
their community think about health locally. details mail Nick Westbrook: icas@bathchc
call the secretary Matthew Spen-
People interested in becoming a PPI Forum mem- .demon.co.uk
cer on 851229.
The threat to health from electro-pollution
Acupuncture
There is always public outcry when a new mobile 'phone mast near
^ at Taw Hill housing is proposed - even though we quite happily use mobiles -
o
0 /1/ and there continues to be concern about the effects of living close to
electricity pylons.
Medical Practice
It's hard to imagine a day with-
Mark Ackland BSc PhD Lic Ac MBAcC out using electronic equipment like
mobile phones, computers, micro-
Appointments call: 07973 - 185158 wave ovens or the TV. But all of
them have a potentially harmful
SESSIONS: effect because of the amount of
Mondays 9am to 12noon and Fridays 4pm to 7pm 'electro-pollution' they give out.
And as more and newer technol-
Please contact the practice or visit ogy comes on to the market, there
www.tawhillsurgery.nhs.uk for details. will be greater levels of electro-
magnetic radiation around us,
TAW HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE. QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE, SWINDON SN25 1 WL
TEL: 01793 709500 • FAX: 01793 723875 whether we are using the devices
E-MAIL: ENQUIRIESCTAWHILLSURGERY.NHS.UK or not. Wireless personal comput- signals i, not clear, the use of the
ers are becoming common, send- billions of mobile 'phones world-
ing data around the house, school or wide has been described by lead-
office from machine to base station, ing neurosurgeon Leif Salford as
or from one building to another.
'the largest biological experiment
KINGFISHER Blue Tooth is the next fashion in the history of the world.'
statement. You might have seen
Avoiding electro-magnetic ra-
people walking around wearing diation is not an option but a Brit-
WINDOWS . DOORS .CONSERVATORIES
an ear piece with microphone ish company Ecoflow has invented
which communicates without two small devices which neutral-
THE CLEAR CHOICE wires to a mobile phone in their ise the effects on the body. The
pocket. Over the next few years
'Biophone' is attached to a mobile
video pictures to 3G phones will or cordless phone closest to where
FOR QUALITY, greatly increase the level of elec- signals are received, and the
tronic signals whizzing about the 'Bioguard' can be worn as a pen-
atmosphere. dant or on the lapel to guard against
VALUE AND SECURITY There is a growing amount of electronic emission from computers
evidence which suggests that this and other electrical items.
electro-magnetic emission has a So concerned is Ecoflow at the
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People react differently, but formance, they can be returned and
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aches, burning sensations, itching The Link is now an independent
AND ESTIMATES:
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centration and irritation. Whether we like it or not we are all
Children and young people are exposed to the effects of harmful
particularly vulnerable to the long electro-magnetic fields. Now
term effects of electro-magnetic there's a way to neutralise the
UNIT 7, BARNFIELD ROAD, GREAT WESTERN WAY. pollution as their bodies are still in threats to ensure good health for
SWINDON SN2 2DJ
the formative stages; they are also ourselves and our families. For
the largest users of mobiles. As the details call 872282 or mobile 07867
'safe' level of exposure to electronic 845075.