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rbkc.jpgCommunity Public Health Programme (CPHP) News

This is the first edition of our fortnightly e-newsletter to our Community Public Health Programme partners. It will include updates to support and promote your initiatives. 

CPHP Updates: Finance

We want to firstly thank you all for your patience during this transitional period as RBKC moved onto the new Oracle system. All 10 lead partners have been sent their PO’s. For those that are yet to submit, please ensure you submit your invoice including your POs (no PO, no pay policy) to RBKCInvoices@rbkc.gov.uk.

We have been informed of a large backlog for payment authorisation which is not ideal but unfortunately is a system wide issues for all council payment. Our team are following this up daily to escalate timely payments. So again, we apologies for any delays.

 

Public Health Priority: Stop Smoking Services

Free stop smoking support

Did you know that it’s World No Tobacco Day on Saturday, 31 May?                                         

We’re encouraging all partners across Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster to support this year’s World No Tobacco Day to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking and promote local quit smoking support services.

If you’re a smoker and thinking of quitting, or work with residents who do, free help is at hand with One You Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea.

What the service offers

As well as quit smoking support, One You Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea offer cardiovascular prevention services and Making Every Contact Count training, with a renewed focus on addressing health inequalities. Working closely with VCS organisations like yourselves, partners and residents, support is targeted towards those who need it most including ethnically diverse communities, people with a disability and those with mental health issues.  

How to get in touch

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Public Health Updates

UHSA urges Hajj and Umrah pilgrims to get meningitis vaccination

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UKSHA are urging travellers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for Umrah and the upcoming Hajj pilgrimages to ensure they are vaccinated against meningococcal disease with the MenACWY vaccine, due to ongoing outbreaks of serogroup W (MenW) disease associated with travel to KSA.

UKHSA has confirmed 5 cases of MenW disease between February and March 2025 in people who had recently returned from KSA or in their close contacts in England and Wales.

Invasive meningococcal disease is rare but serious and is caused by meningococcal bacteria. Meningococcal meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord) and septicaemia (blood poisoning) are severe conditions that can kill or leave people with life-changing disabilities.

You can read more on signs and symptoms and benefits of vaccination in our press release on gov.uk. Further information on vaccinations and travel health precautions for KSA is available on the NaTHNaC website.

Up and Coming Events: Week Commencing 2 June

Voluntary Sector: Wellbeing at Work Masterclass

Managing stress at work can be difficult, especially for frontline workers. In collaboration with Central and NW London NHS Foundation, RBKC's Communities Team are running this Wellbeing at Work event for people who work in any VCS organisation in RBKC. The agenda for the day is as follows:

  • Intro 10:00-10:20
  • Understand Anxiety and Stress 10:20 - 11:00
  • Break 11:00 - 11:15
  • Managing Anxiety 11:15 – 11:55
  • Break 11:55 – 12:10
  • Managing Stress 12:10 – 12:50
  • How to access support 12:50 – 13:00

We expect this to be informative session with NHS professionals, specifically designed and geared towards people working in the charity sector.

To book a space, please visit here June 5th 10:00-13:00, Small Hall, KTH – Wellbeing at Work

Training: Diabetes Prevention

This is the first in the series of enhanced training for Diabetes Prevention. The course will be delivery in a hybrid format:

Online – Wednesday 18 June

Diabetes Primary Prevention - Online Training Course Tickets, Wed 18 Jun 2025 at 10:30 | Eventbrite

In Person – Thursday 10 July

(venue to be confirmed and Eventbrite link will follow)