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Lakeside Healthcare, inc CPSL Mind’s Good Life Service
Flu Vaccination Programme
For those patients eligible for an annual flu vaccination, our clinics will be held on Saturday 25 September (Over 65s) and Saturday 16 October (Under 65s). Further dates will follow in due course, Children will be invited separately. Attendance is by invite only. Wearing of face masks and social distancing rules are to apply at all times.
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What is an Open calm space?
An Open Door calm space is a facilitated session, providing a safe space to learn and practice self-help techniques such as breathing exercises and mindfulness, which can help reduce stress and anxiety.
Who is it for? Do I have to book or
This group is open to all. If you are can I just turn up? looking for wellbeing support or are To help manage numbers in each feeling anxious and overwhelmed venue, we do require you to sign up this group would be ideal for you. before attending an Open Door Calm What will I get from it? Space. Please sign-up by emailing: Everyone feels overwhelmed at ruralgoodlife@cpslmind.co.uk times and our Open Door Calm Do I have to come every week and spaces provide somewhere to do I have to stay the whole time? go if you need a bit of space and There is no obligation to regularly tranquillity. attend. To prevent disruption to These sessions also offer guidance other attendees you won't be able on self-help techniques which can to join the Open Door calm space 15 help you to 'ground yourself' and minutes after start time. feel better – both in that moment There is no commitment to stay and in the future. for the full time though we do recommend staying for the full session for optimal relaxation.
Monthly Closure Dates
The Practice will be closed for Clinical Governance purposes between 12.30pm and 4.00pm on Wednesday 22 September. For emergencies, call 01733 240478.
CPSL Mind’s Good Life Service expands
Mind’s Good Life Service is offering free, community-based, wellbeing support, and is introducing its Good Mood Cafes, and Open Door Calm Spaces to Yaxley residents.
Good Mood Cafes are informal get-togethers to connect individuals with other like-minded people within their communities, offering wellbeing support and the sharing of interests and skills. Open Door Calm Spaces provide somewhere to go for those seeking some space and tranquility, while Peer Support Groups offer the opportunity to share lived experiences with others. After a period of being solely online over the past 18 months, these services are now also beginning to return to face-to-face sessions.
Following community consultation with focus groups and listening to the needs of local people, the expansion of the Good Life Service will help to address the identified gap in mental health community resource in these rural areas of Peterborough – with a focus on supporting people who would not normally access support. Working in close partnership with Primary Care Networks, GPs, social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches and specialist mental health practitioners to provide joined-up mental health support, the aim of the new service is to use strength-based approaches that empower people to identify and use their own skills and talents in ways that connect them with their wider community.
Jo Clarke, Community and Partnership Manager, commented “We are delighted to be expanding our Good Life Services in these communities and, by working in partnership with others, will be able to offer truly joined-up community based mental health support, reaching people that are not currently accessing services. Our new team of Good Life facilitators will be delivering new weekly Good Mood Cafes, Open Door calm spaces and fortnightly peer support groups which are free and open to everyone”. If you are looking to connect with local people or to learn self-help wellbeing techniques, you can join by coming along to a Good Mood Cafe or signing up to an Open Door calm space or peer support group.
