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Met Office Healthy Outlook® COPD Forecast Alert Service
Moray Community Health and Social Care Partnership has signed up to use the Met Office Healthy Outlook® COPD Forecast Alert service this coming Winter. The service will run until the end of March 2010.
We would like to invite any person in the Moray area who has been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (“COPD”) to take advantage of this free service which aims is to help you to manage your condition and stay well throughout the Winter months.
The weather can affect the breathing of people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and can be made worse when there are viruses around that cause coughs and colds. Healthy Outlook® is a preventative service that helps COPD patients manage their condition more effectively by warning them of periods of increased risk to their health.
If you decide to take part you will receive an automated telephone call, at a time suitable to you, when poor conditions are forecast. During the call the expected conditions will be explained and the system will run through a few questions to ensure you are doing all that you can to help prevent your condition from becoming worse.
If you decide to take part you will receive an automated telephone call, at a time suitable to you, when poor conditions are forecast. During the call the expected conditions will be explained and the system will run through a few questions to ensure you are doing all that you can to help prevent your condition from becoming worse.
The calls will not happen every week. They will only take place when the forecast indicates the weather could effect your condition. When calls are made they will take place on a Tuesday or Wednesday and you can tell us what time you would prefer to be called on the slip below.
Last winter the service was used by over 8,000 people with COPD across the UK and eight out of ten people surveyed found the calls useful. If you do use the service this winter we would like to know your thoughts by asking you to complete a short questionnaire in April 2010.
If you think you or anyone you know would benefit from the service please download and complete this Form and send to – Healthy Outlook Service, MCHSCP, Spynie Hospital, Duffus Hospital, Elgin, IV30 5PW or email to
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Alternatively, we can take your information over the ‘phone if you contact us on 01343 567110.
For further information about the Service generally please contact the Project Manager, Lorna Bernard on 01343 567185 (
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For more information about Self Management of COPD, please see the information leaflet section for the leaflets titled:
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