Your Health
Welcome to the 'Your Health' section. Here we will help you with common problems, health and wellbeing, local support services, vaccinations and investigations.
If your child (aged 0–12) is unwell and you’re unsure whether it’s serious, please check our ‘When to Worry’ guide before booking an appointment to help you decide the best next steps.
Common Problems
Most common health problems can be safely self managed including common colds, sore throats, headaches and back pain. We have grouped together a list of problems that gives you further information about how to manage each condition and when to see your GP.
ALWAYS CONSULT A DOCTOR OR OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL IF YOU REQUIRE MEDICAL HELP.
Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle
Lifestyle factors including smoking, drinking and obesity will have a negative impact on your long term health. Living a healthy lifestyle has a positive affect on your overall health. This can be achieved by making small changes to your lifestyle including diet and excercise.
Find out more on this section, including tips on: healthy eating and exercise.
Local Support Services
Providing you with advice and guidance to local support services including: quiting smoking and mental health support.
Vaccinations
This section provides you with information on vaccination schedules from baby to adult and at what age they are needed, travel vaccinations, flu vaccine for children and adults and FAQs relating to flu vaccine in pregnancy.
Investigations
If you have been referred for further investigations or tests by your GP or Nurse i.e a blood test or breathing test, this section will provide you with information to your FAQ's.
Who supplies the information for this website?
There are many sources of information now available to us all on the internet, what we have endeavored to do with this site is to bring together reliable sources of information from NHS Choices (National Health Service), MedicineChest as well as links to patient and carer organisations, charities and others that we feel can be trusted.
ALWAYS CONSULT A DOCTOR OR OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL IF YOU REQUIRE MEDICAL HELP.
