Pop up health check clinics in Wakefield 

Pop up health check clinics in Wakefield 

Colleagues attended a pop up health check clinic at a Wakefield mosque on 9 September 2023 and talked to around 40 people about preventing and managing long term conditions such as type 2 diabetes. 

Trinity Health Group Primary Care Network organised the event at the Masjid Zakariya Mosque on Agbrigg Road and hope to run more pop up clinics at other local mosques. The events build on the Covid-19 vaccination programme and the community links that were formed during the roll out. The aim is to encourage greater individual health monitoring and increase knowledge about accessing programmes and finding out more about long term conditions.   

Feedback about the project, led by the PCN health inequality leads Dr Saadia Hayat and Dr Saira Bano has been positive. The Partnership’s Diabetes Project Manager, Adele Brearton attended with Numan Ahmed from Reed Wellbeing, one of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme providers, PCN Health and Wellbeing Coach Team Leader, Paul Rudd and Cherie Miller, Care Coordinator. 

Adele Brearton said: “Anyone can develop type 2 diabetes but some of us are more at risk than others. This might be because of our ethnicity, body shape or family history. We’re keen to work with local and national organisations that can provide educational literature in different languages, particularly languages spoken by South Asian groups who are more at risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD).” 

Dr Saadia Hayat said: “It’s incredibly important that we reach high risk patients, particularly those in high risk groups for long term conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. If we can catch patients that are at a high risk early, we can support them with lifestyle change and health education, whilst encouraging them to access appropriate services such as the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme for support.”  

We are planning to run clinics on the second Friday of the month alternating between the Swafia Mosque and Zakariya Mosque and with other local community groups.