Self Care

We are keen to help patients improve on self help and hope that the following information will offer some insight into that.

Take a look and see if you can improve your own understanding of your health and well-being!

Try looking at the following websites:

Provides information on health, lifestyle, disease and other medical related topics. The website’s aim is to provide members of the public with up-to-date information on health related topics in the form of comprehensive leaflets (which can be read online or printed), blogs, wellbeing advice and videos.

Website:
https://patient.info/health
NHS Choices has been certified as a producer of reliable health and social care information by The Information Standard. … It has been established by the Department of Health to help patients and the public make informed choices about their lifestyle, their condition and their options for treatment and care.

Website:
https://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pages/hub.aspx
You can register as a carer on this website (but please let the practice know so we can add you as a carer on our practice files). The website contains lots of practical advice for carers and links to other organisations that can help carers.

Website:
https://www.derbyshirecarers.co.uk/

Useful Helplines for Carers over the festive period:
https://www.derbyshirecarers.co.uk/blog/helplines-over-christmas-2021
Derbyshire Carers Helpline Leaflet 2021
This is a free online resource designed to provide patients & carers with easy to understand information about clinical laboratory tests (e.g. blood tests)

Website:
https://labtestsonline.org.uk/tests-index
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is the professional, educational and trade union body for the UK’s 57,000 chartered physiotherapists

Website:
Exercise Advice for People of All Ages
Exercise Advice Leaflets
The Self Care Forum aims to further the reach of self care and embed it into everyday life.  Self Care is the actions that individuals take for themselves, on behalf of and with others in order to develop, protect, maintain and improve their health, wellbeing or wellness.

Website:
http://www.selfcareforum.org/resources/patient-portal/
This website has lots of leaflets with advice on common minor illnesses. You can also find your nearest pharmacy and other Derbyshire specific information.

Website:
http://nhsstaywellderbyshire.co.uk/
HANDiApp has been developed to provide support to parents/carers and medical professionals looking after children with the most common childhood illnesses (Abdominal pain, Chestiness, Diarrhoea & Vomiting, High temperature, Problems during new born period).

Parent/career guidance includes illness specific home assessment guidelines, signposting to the appropriate healthcare setting, and illness information. Each of the 6 common childhood illnesses has a home care plan to help parents/carers provide the best support for their child.

Website:
To download the HandiApp for free, please use the following links from your mobile device:
Android users
Apple users 
or search for Handi Taunton on the Apple App Store
 The FPA website contains advice about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases.

Website:
Contraception
Sexually transmitted diseases

Common Ailments

Common ailments that can often be self-managed with the need for an appointment:

ConditionWebsitePrintable Leaflets
 Acne (spots)NHS Choices
Back PainNHS ChoicesLower back pain

Back Pain (Arthritis Research)
BunionsNHS ChoicesBunions
Big Nutrition for Small AppetitesLeaflet
Cold SoresNHS Choices
Common ColdNHS Choices
ConjunctivitisNHS ChoicesInformation Leaflet
ConstipationNHS Choices
CoughInformation Leaflet
Cuts & GrazesNHS Choices
DiarrhoeaNHS Choices
EaracheNHS Choices
Hay FeverNHS Choices
HeadacheNHS Choices
Head liceNHS Choices
HaemorrhoidsNHS Choices 
Heartburn & IndigestionNHS Choices
Hip Pain ExercisesLeaflet
InfluenzaNHS Choices Information Leaflet
Insect BitesNHS Choices
Keeping well in cold weatherGeneral guidance
 Knee Pain (Anterior)Leaflet
Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC)Leaflet
Medicines and Your KidneysLeaflet
Migraine NHS Choices
Nappy rashNHS Choices
Nasal congestionNHS Choices
Neck PainNHS ChoicesLeaflet
Osteoarthritis of the KneeLeaflet
Pelvic Floor Exercises for WomenLeaflet
Plantar FasciitisNHS ChoicesLeaflet
Semen AnalysisLeaflet
SinusitisNHS Choices
Sore throatNHS Choices Information Leaflet
Self-care forum (sore throat)
Sprains and strains NHS ChoicesSelf-care forum (sprains & strains)
SunburnNHS Choices
ThrushNHS Choices
Vomiting (adults)NHS Choices
Vomiting in babies & childrenNHS Choices
Warts and VerrucaeNHS Choices
Our eyes are one of the most fascinating and complex parts of the body, second only to the brain in terms of complexity.

Eyes can process 36,000 pieces of information in a single hour and in an average life, your eyes will see 24 million different images. We rely on them every day, yet we don’t give them much thought until something goes wrong and our vision is affected.

To help you take better care of your eyes, Joined Up Care Derbyshire have produced a self-care guide which enables you to calculate your eye health and find out more about:
– How to prevent eye conditions
– Where to get help if you do have an eye condition
– Common types of eye conditions

Please view the Self Care Guide.