Healthy Living

This page contains information and links to help you manage your own wellbeing.

Livewell

Visit LiveWell to find the right health and wellbeing information, advice and support in North East Lincolnshire. Sometimes when you have a lot going on in your life, it's difficult to know where to start. You can complete a simple on line wellbeing check-in  that will help you identify areas of your life where you might need to make some positive changes.

NHS.UK

The NHS website offers lots of trusted health information and services. Visit Health A-Z to find out about health conditions, steps to take and when you need to talk to a clinican. It’s quick and easy to use simply search by condition name or by body part.

It also includes more than 100 tools to help you improve your own health and wellbeing. Check how many calories you are consuming with the calorie checker; get helpful tips and support to help quit smoking, keep an eye on how many alcohol units you consume or track the progress of your pregnancy with the pregnancy planner

Apps to help you manage your health

Health Apps are a great opportunity for us to not only make better health decisions to stay fit, both physically and mentally and prevent illness, but they also help us to live healthier lives and improve our quality of life.

Humber Health Apps is a new, FREE to use comparison website where you can search for the right app for a specific condition or a more generic app to help you lose weight, track your fitness, monitor your pregnancy and much more.

Find out more by visiting our Health Apps page.

Social Prescribing

Many of life’s everyday pressures such as money worries, being on your own or housing issues, can take their toll on your health and your ability to be good to yourself. Social Prescribing can help you explore support available in your community that can help you make improvements to your overall health, wellbeing and independence. If you are looking for a different way to improve your long-term health then thrive.nel could be the right prescription for you!

Find out about Social Prescribing

NHS Health Checks

You can have an NHS Health Check if you're aged 40 to 74 and you have not had a stroke, or do not already have a pre-existing health condition. Find out more by visiting the NHS Health Checks page.

Healthy Hearts

There's a wealth of information available by visiting Healthy Hearts to help you reduce your risk of stroke and heart attack.

Every Mum Matters

Having a baby is a major life event for mums and dads, and it’s natural to experience a range of emotions during and after pregnancy. But if these feelings start to have an impact on day-to-day life, it’s time to talk to someone.

Perinatal mental health issues – those which occur during pregnancy or during the baby’s first year – affect one in five women and could have long-lasting effects on the woman and her family if left untreated.

But many perinatal mental health issues are treatable and recognising the signs early and seeking support promptly improves recovery and outcomes for mums and their babies.

For for help and advice in North East Lincolnshire please visit the following link Every Mum Matters.

Living well with COPD

Finding out you have a serious health condition can be a shock. However, a diagnosis means you can get the right support to live well and start to take control of your condition.

Visit our Living Well with COPD page to hear from people living with the condition and see advice and tips to help you manage your health.

Living well with Diabetes

Whether you are newly diagnosed or have had diabetes for some time, having the right information about your condition will help you to best control diabetes. Visit our Living well with Diabetes page for lots of information about diabetes, how it can affect your health and most importantly what actions you can take to care for your diabetes well.

Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

Certain groups of people are at high-risk of developing Type 2 diabetes but you can help prevent it by making some changes to your lifestyle - eating healthily, being more active and losing weight. Visit our NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme page to find out more.

Act F.A.S.T - Stroke

Act FAST aims to encourage people to learn the symptoms of stroke and to call 999 if they notice any of these signs. Visit our ACT FAST page to find out more.