Patient comments

‘I think that was a brilliant… uh you know…. session there to explain the things to me.. you know. And I’ve learned a lot of things there and they were very beneficial to me.’

‘You see that kind of session… that kind of information you’re giving to the people over there, that’s very very great help. I mean you know you look at us, we look at you and you… the way you were explaining and keep explaining or anybody else… you know… talking about these kinds of disease is very very helpful for the people who have that kind of problem.’

‘Nice, I like it here, good to have the health checks and talk about the food and exercise’ (Healthy Lifestyle Screening session)

‘The [Temple] is good, Punjabi speakers make a difference; need to learn what is good for us’ (Healthy Lifestyle Screening session)

‘Good to do here, community can come here and talk in their own language and ask questions and understand what to do’ (Healthy Lifestyle Screening session)

‘I would strongly recommend this Diabetes session to other people, you see, they might think things are good for them but they might not be’ (Diabetes education session)

‘The Diabetes session made me think differently. I eat lots more green things, more salad than before’ (Diabetes education session)

‘It was very useful, I came to know many things. It has made me more aware of different foods. I didn’t know how to read the labels on the foods before I came to the shopping trip. I didn’t know sugar was hidden in the beans and tomato sauce.’ (Shopping Tour)

‘Yes, everyone got a good understanding about food - what's good and what's not..know what is better and what isn’t etc...I found it very useful especially being Diabetic and would like to know when next session is available’ (6 month follow-up)

‘Is a good idea to have it at the Gudwara. Need more people to go there. People should take advantage of these things. Is very good.’ (6 month follow-up)

‘Yes, I didn’t realise that high cholesterol could lead to a heart attack. Didn’t know about it before’ (6 month follow-up)

‘I felt it useful, as problem areas in health could be discussed, as opportunity to do this has not been available, only via GP surgery’ (6 week follow-up)

‘I was very pleased with the programme...it felt good to reinforce diet we should have and how it impacts on our health’ (6 week follow-up)

‘I felt sessions were good, as areas where discussed which highlighted areas which needed to be changed in my lifestyle’ (6 week follow-up)

‘I found it excellent as it was spoken in my language - useful to understand. All tests I was worried about were done i.e. cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure..session was more about diabetes’ (6 week follow-up)

‘I felt these sessions should be available on a regular basis to the public’
(6 week follow-up)

‘Felt benefited me a lot as I’ve never had cholesterol checked prior to session..identified that level was elevated, since then I went to GP who has started me on treatment’
(6 week follow-up)

'Well I wasn’t checking myself and my wife’s sugar every day – but we are doing it every day now, so that we know how we are progressing or going backward! Other than that we are not using very much fat in our food when we cook and we are not using or having any sugar in our tea coffee or anywhere… we used to … used to use a little but now completely cut off. We are using olive oil in our cooking, not the vegetable, but the olive. Sugar - we used to take one each in our tea or coffee but now nothing at all. Wife used to or sometimes still has the artificial sugar, but I don’t at all.' (Diabetes Education – 6 week follow-up)

'She finds it very helpful because she’s now buying the shopping what she was shown there. And she’s getting used to all that stuff. Especially the milk.' (Shopping Tour)