Would you like to have your own personal NHS health trainer, who can offer you as many as six ‘one to one’ sessions free of charge, along with your own personal health plan? Then come along the community open day event, on Saturday 28th January, 11am to 2pm, at the Paddocks Community Centre, Canvey Island.
NHS health trainers, from the local NHS Health Trainer Service, will be at the event to explain how easy it is to arrange for a personal health trainer and how they can help you make changes, to improve your health and lifestyle. Health trainers can provide realistic and practical assistance with:
- Healthy eating and weight management
- Stopping smoking
- Sensible drinking
- Improve wellbeing by reducing stress
- Improving fitness by becoming more physically active
During the open day event, NHS health trainers will also offer the following checks:
- BMI (body mass index) calculated by taking height and weight
- Blood pressure
- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder) screening (works out lung capacity and age)
The NHS health trainer service is free, non judgmental, confidential and quick and easy to access.
Adopting a healthier lifestyle will bring benefits for your body and mind, but it can be hard to achieve on your own. An NHS health trainer can help you to develop your own personal health plan and provide the motivation and support to stick to it.
The open day event, organised by Castle Point and Rochford Local Strategic Partnership, will bring together dozens of local organisations who work together to make improvements for local people, these include; NHS health bodies; the police; fire service and other local service providers.
Open to all local residents, the open day event will provide people with the opportunity to find out how they can access advice and local services available to them.
For more information about this free service, contact your local NHS Health Trainer Service on 01702 461377,