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Healthpoint launched in Peterhead |
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 13th January 2010
A new service providing quality health information and advice for the public and health professionals has been launched in Peterhead.
'Healthpoint' is a free service which offers confidential information from trained staff on a wide range of topics:
- practical ways to improve your health, like healthy eating and stopping smoking
- information on a range of health concerns / conditions including diabetes, asthma and mental health
- links to NHS services and local support groups
NHS Grampian has been working with the 'Reaching Out' project over the last 12 months to develop the 'healthpoint' at the award winning Hot Spot, 1-3 Kirk Street, Peterhead. The project already offers a range of community facilities including a café with free internet and PC access, and provided the ideal site for the new NHS Grampian service.
Chris White is Buchan Area Manager, Aberdeenshire Council and Chair of the Local Community Planning Partnership Group. Welcoming the new service, he said: "The development of the 'healthpoint' is a great example of partnership working. Local residents and workers alike identified access to health advice and information as a local priority. NHS Grampian has worked closely with local partners to establish this service".
Cllr Anne Allan added: "The 'healthpoint' is a great asset. It will complement the wide range of community facilities already provided at The Hotspot. Local people now have access to a wide range of information and support right on their doorstep".
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