Healthy FE is a ‘whole College’ approach to ensure students can work and learn in a healthy and supportive environment in which you will thrive and achieve.

By developing healthy campus environments and encouraging everyone to value their health; the College’s aim is to improve all areas of health and wellbeing. A ‘whole College’ approach to Healthy FE takes a variety of forms that make a genuine difference to the health and wellbeing of students encompassing areas such as:

• student and staff wellbeing
• health education
• staying safe
• emotional health
• environmental health
• physical health
• nutrition

Some examples of how we support the Healthy FE programme 

• Providing healthy alternatives in the refectory.

• Offering a range of physical activity and sports sessions

• Links with the local PCT to offer a range of health and wellbeing services such as immunisations and Sexual Health Screening .

• A Healthy FE Tutorial resource issued once a month to all Personal Tutors, with access to resources throughout the year. 

• Reduced gym membership fee for students at Courtside gym and support for students for stopping smoking through the Quit Programme.

Drugs Policy

The Milton Keynes College Drugs Misuse Policy applies to all staff, students, visitors and contractors whether on campus or engaged offsite in College activities - the policy is available on the student intranet.

Please be aware:

• prescribed drugs may only be used by the person for whom they are prescribed
• alcohol may not be consumed except at authorised events and within the licensed area
• solvents must not be used for the purpose of intoxication

The Milton Keynes College Drugs Misuse Policy is produced in collaboration with Compass, the Young People’s Drug and Alcohol Service who can be contacted on 01908 379673.

Looking after your health is always a good idea and your sexual health is just as important. Brook is a free, confidential sexual health advice service. Brook visit the College to supply condoms, contraception, emergency contraception, pregnancy and chlamydia testing, and advice. There is private space for confidential conversations.

BROOK DROP-IN SERVICE at MK College

Chaffron Way – Wednesday 9:30 to 11:30 am

Bletchley Campus – Friday 11:30 to 1:30pm

Kiln Farm – Tuesday 10:15 to 11:00am

If you’re not in College at the same time as Brook, then you can visit Brook at Acorn House, 355 Midsummer Boulevard (opposite Jury’s Inn), Central Milton Keynes. Brook is open every day.

Phone: 01908 669215 for opening times or see www.mkweb.co.uk/brook for more information.

You can also get free condoms with the condom card scheme, “C:Card”. Once you have your card, you can get free condoms from lots of different places.

Are you protected?

Measles and mumps      

Everyone should have received two measles and mumps-containing vaccines. Most UK born students born from October 1992 onwards should have had two doses as the programme to give a second MMR at pre-school age was introduced in October 1996. If you missed the 2nd MMR at this stage, you may have received it as part of your final booster immunisations given at 15 years. It’s well worth checking – ask your parents or doctor.

Meningitis

Everyone attending school in 2000 should have been immunised in a nation-wide programme, but again it’s well worth checking as meningitis doesn’t have very clear symptoms but has been known to kill in 24 hours.

Students from overseas may not have been immunised against any of these three illnesses. If you’ve entered the UK in the last few years, it’s important that you make sure that you have the vaccinations – once you’ve got the condition it’s too late to get protection.