Healthy changes start with little changes.
NHS advice about healthy living, including eating a balanced diet, healthy weight, exercise, quitting smoking and drinking less alcohol.
NHS - Healthy Living
A resource for patients, their families and carers, as well as the health and care staff supporting them, helping everyone to understand their own health and care better and providing support for anyone interested in health literacy and patient information.
NHS - Health Information
Access to free tools and support to lose weight, drink less alcohol, get active or quit smoking.
NHS - Better Health
Smoking cessation is the single most effective way to improve health, even for long-term smokers, as the body begins to repair itself quickly.
It drastically reduces risks for numerous diseases (cancer, heart disease, COPD), improves overall health and quality of life, adds years to life expectancy, benefits mental well-being, and protects others from secondhand smoke, with significant health improvements starting within minutes of quitting.
Free Stop Smoking Service, giving friendly and confidential advice, behavioural support and access to nicotine replacement products.
e-cigarette scheme for Slough
Help to find the best strategy to give up smoking.
Weight management is crucial for preventing serious health issues, while also boosting energy, improving mobility, enhancing mental wellbeing, and reducing strain on joints, for a higher quality of life.
If you're overweight, losing weight has many health benefits. It might help reduce the risk of developing health conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
NHS - Better Health - Lose Weight
If you're living with obesity, your GP can offer you advice about improving your lifestyle and losing and managing your weight safely.
NHS - Treatment for Obesity
Solutions4Health provide accessible, culturally sensitive weight management solutions.
Find out about vaccinations for babies, children and adults, including why they're important and how to get them.
- NHS vaccinations and when to have them
- Booking your child's vaccination appointment
- Vaccination tips for parents
- Vaccinations in pregnancy
- Travel vaccinations
- Vaccinations for serious illnesses, including flu and COVID-19
Bereavement is the experience of losing someone important to us. It's characterised by grief, which is the process and the range of emotions we go through when we experience a loss.
Cruse make sure that everyone grieving gets the support they need, when they need it.
Mind provides an explanation of what bereavement and grief are, with signposting to related support resources.
Mental health is vital because it impacts every aspect of life, including physical health, emotional stability, relationships, and productivity.
Support for carers of people with mental health problems.
Slough Borough Council - Support for Carers
A multidisciplinary team of professionals including community psychiatric nurses, social workers, support workers, psychologist, psychiatrists and occupational therapists, providing a range of services for people requiring secondary mental health services.
UK Rehab - Community Mental Health Team