The Colne Valley PCN Low Carb Programme is now available to patients of Colne Valley PCN with a BMI of over 25, who are looking to lose weight, eat more healthily or potentially put their Type 2 Diabetes into remission.
The Colne Valley Primary Care Network (PCN) consists of: Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery, Halstead Pump House Surgery, Earls Colne Freshwell Health Centre, Finchingfield Hedingham Medical Centre Kelvedon & Feering Health Centre Coggeshall Surgery
The programme will equip you with information, skills, tips and support to help you to adopt a low carb approach and achieve your health goals.
Our health and well being coaching team run this programme. They will discuss with you your goals and needs as an individual and support you through the programme. At the core of the programme are 6 x 30 minute educational video presentations written and presented by Dr David Oliver & Dr Kim Andrews from the Freshwell Health Centre.
Many of our participants are already reporting significant health benefits. If you are a Colne Valley PCN resident, please follow this link if you would like to find out more.
Our Resources
The educational resources that we have developed for this programme are free for anybody to use. We would encourage patients of the Colne Valley Primary Care Network to enlist the help of our experienced & enthusiastic health coach team to help you along the way. Just a reminder though, please ensure that if you suffer from any medical conditions or you are taking any long term medication, especially diabetes or blood pressure medication, you should speak to your doctor beforehand embarking on this sort of lifetyle change.
- This low carb website – (check out all the tabs on the main menu at the top of the page)
- The Freshwell App
- The Freshwell meal planners
- Meal planning guide (red / amber & green foods)
- Our six week structured education progamme (6 x 30 minute videos) are available by contacting our health coaching team. Here’s a 10 min. brief introduction video so you can get an idea of what to expect. If you are a clinician outside our PCN area and you would be interested in accessing these videos then please contact us directly via the contact page on this website.
