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Are you a parent and trying to keep your kids entertained indoors over Easter?
We've written a blog post to help you out! Follow the link for a list of indoor games and activities that the whole family can get involved with. 🐰
#EasterActivities

We will be joining in #ClapforOurCarers tonight. 👏👏
Join in the national applause from your living rooms, windows, balconies or gardens to show your appreciation for all the NHS heroes and key workers.
Clap tonight, and every Thursday, at 8pm.

We recognise that the Easter weekend may be different to usual for many people, due to the social distancing measures currently in place. To everyone at home, to those caring for the most vulnerable, to the dedicated individuals working hard to save lives, we would like to send you our very best wishes from everyone at Salts Healthcare.🌼

As key workers during the COVID-19 crisis, the safety and wellbeing of our employees and customers has always been, and will continue to be, our top priority.
It’s of paramount importance to us that we ensure our employees, who are working above and beyond so our customers can continue to receive supplies as usual, are safe and well.
In light of the current situation, many of us are experiencing shortages of various different products. Here at Salts, our Principle Skin Healt...h Research Scientist has now taken matters into her own hands. Amanda has successfully produced in-house hand sanitiser that has been distributed between our sites, and she is currently working on a hand sanitising gel that can be packaged and sent out to our remote workers and teams too. Great work, Amanda!
To read more about the precautionary measures we’ve taken at Salts, please visit: https://bit.ly/346gFJ2
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Do you have a child with IBD?
The medical advisers at CICRA, a charity supporting better lives for children with Crohn's and colitis, have written some FAQs for parents about the current coronavirus outbreak.

If you, or a loved one, are living with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and have questions or concerns about the coronavirus COVID-19, you might find Crohn's & Colitis UK's FAQs on this topic helpful.
Follow the link to take a read.

Bowel cancer is the UK’s second-biggest cancer killer, but it doesn’t need to be this way. It’s treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early. That's why we're supporting Bowel Cancer UK and Bowel Cancer Awareness Month over April.
Take a listen to our latest 'Me, My Bag and I' podcast, which this month is all about bowel cancer and living with a stoma.
#teambowelcancer

Here at Salts Healthcare, we want to do everything in our power to help the NHS efforts in the battle against the coronavirus.
As you know, there has been a recent call from the Government for all nurses in non-patient facing roles to join the frontline, along with any retired NHS employees or people who have left the health service.
Our Nurse, Research & Development and Clinical Marketing teams are supporting our NHS colleagues in the community and in the Acute Trusts, offe...ring additional support to them where we can and where required.
From all of us here at Salts, we want to extend a big thank you to all of our incredible #NHS workforce during this unprecedented time, and of course, thank you to all of our nurses at Salts Healthcare and Salts Medilink. 💙
#NHSHeroes
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The UK's construction sector is coming together to support our bravest, most incredible citizens, working to defeat COVID-19 and save lives.
A group from the field have set up the #ContractorsAppeal to gather donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and purchase more PPE supplies, and distribute these around the UK to support the safety of our NHS staff, care workers and vulnerable groups.
Follow the link to learn more and how you can support this fantastic initiative.

Tonight we'll be joining in #ClapforourCarers! 👏👏⠀
You can join in the applause too and show appreciation for our amazing, brave key workers who are caring for the nation and ensuring our world can keep on turning.
Clap from your living rooms, windows, balconies or gardens tonight, and every Thursday, at 8pm.

📣We have some news to share... today we've launched our NEW MedilinkⓇ Stay Connected Support Service! 🙌
We've set up this service to provide a friendly chat to those who are currently self-isolating, due to the coronavirus situation, and living alone without anyone to talk to.
If you are self-isolating in the UK, have a stoma and/or a continence condition and would like someone to speak to, simply register on our website. One of our friendly Customer Care team members, made u...p of dedicated and experienced volunteers from our wider workforce, will then call you back on a weekday between 9am to 4pm.
You do not need to be a Medilink® customer to access the service and you can also register on behalf of a family member who has a stoma or continence condition.
If you are a Medilink® customer and wish to speak to someone about your order, please contact your local Medilink® Dispensing Care Centre as usual.
Follow the link to our MedilinkⓇ website for the full details and to register.
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"I think our surgeries have all actually given us opportunities that we might not have had previously. I know that's quite hard for maybe somebody listening to this, to think that surgery can offer other opportunities and open other doors." - says Elizabeth for our recent 'Me, My Bag and I' podcast.
Find out what else Elizabeth, along with Paige and Chrissie had to say about working life after stoma surgery at: https://bit.ly/38yfx19
#MeMyBagandI #StomaAwareness

It's amazing to see the fantastic initiatives people have set up to support the battle against the coronavirus.
For The Love Of Scrubs - Our NHS Needs You, is a group that's bringing people together to raise funds and get sewing to support additional scrubs to frontline works in our hospitals.
Kathrine Londesbrough is one individual who's gathered together her local sewing group members to make scrubs to send to their nearby hospital. Follow the link to find out more about their superb efforts.

"I think I'm much happier, having said, 'Okay, that was really good, but rather than focus on the negative of what you can't do every day, go and do something else, learn something new.' " - says Chrissie, as she reflects on her experience of changing careers following her stoma surgery during our latest podcast.
Se what else Chrissie, along with Elizabeth and Paige, had to say about working life after stoma surgery at: https://bit.ly/38yfx19
#MeMyBagandI #StomaAwareness

How do you manage to live harmoniously with someone else when you have a chronic illness to contend with but they don't?
In her recent blog post, Louise has reflected on how she's managed life with Crohn's disease and a stoma over the time she's lived with her partner. She's shared her key takeaways to help others in similar situations.
Follow the link to take a read and check out her Facebook page - Young Crohns

We are supporting the #clapforourcarers movement and we want to share how you too can take part tonight!
Amongst the concern the coronavirus crisis has initiated, we’re seeing more and more acts of kindness being demonstrated across communities. A movement you may have seen taking place in European countries, including Spain, France and Italy is Clap for our Carers.
People in the UK are being encouraged to take part this evening, at 8pm, in a huge round of applause to show t...heir appreciation for those working in the NHS - the doctors, nurses, carers, GPs, pharmacists and countless other NHS staff - to help those affected by the coronavirus.
If you’d like to spread a bit of positivity and show your thanks, please join in and clap from your gardens, front doors, windows or balconies this evening at 8pm! 👏👏
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"Like you said, be kind to yourself, and cut yourself some slack, because it's your body and your mind..." "Ask for help, because a lot of people will bog it up, not talk about it, and just hold it away from everybody, but you need sort of let people in as well." - great advice shared by Paige during our latest 'Me, My Bag and I' podcast episode.
Find our what else Paige, along with Chrissie and Elizabeth, said about life and work after stoma surgery at: https://bit.ly/38yfx19
#MeMyBagandI #StomaAwareness

Each year over 2,500 younger people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in the UK. While this is only around six per cent of all cases, this number is slowly increasing, according to Bowel Cancer UK. The charity's campaign #NeverTooYoung aims to educate medical staff and improve early diagnosis.
Follow the link to learn more about the campaign and how you can support this.