We have chosen the following apps which you may find useful.
The NHS App
The NHS App is the “Front Door to the NHS”.
It can help you to get well, stay well and manage your health care.
Its a simple and secure way to:
• order repeat prescriptions
• find NHS services
• view your GP health record
• get reminders and messages
and much more …
It’s free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You can download the NHS App or find the same services on the NHS website: www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/
It can help you to get well, stay well and manage your health care.
Its a simple and secure way to:
• order repeat prescriptions
• find NHS services
• view your GP health record
• get reminders and messages
and much more …
It’s free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You can download the NHS App or find the same services on the NHS website: www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/
Non-urgent advice: General Health and Wellbeing
NHS AskFirst – AskFirst (formerly Ask NHS) offers users access to health and care advice, allowing symptom checking with the Sensely virtual health assistant. It provides personalized guidance and the option to request a clinician callback, search for healthcare services, and schedule GP appointments. Available to NHS patients in England (16+), with accounts for guardians of those under 16. It’s useful for common symptoms like pain, cough, and dizziness. For emergencies, call 999.
NHS Safeguarding Guide – A resource for healthcare professionals, carers and citizens to increase their awareness and understanding of safeguarding.
Non-urgent advice: Fitness
NHS Couch to 5K – The Couch to 5K app is a beginner-friendly running program designed to help you improve fitness and achieve health goals in just 9 weeks. It includes progress tracking, motivational tips, and integration with your music to keep you on track.
NHS Active 10 Walking Tracker – The NHS Active 10 app helps you improve your health by tracking your brisk walking and rewarding you for achieving 10 minutes of brisk walking daily. It offers features like goal setting, progress tracking, tips for a healthier lifestyle, and the ability to monitor your walking activity over time.
Non-urgent advice: Healthy Eating
NHS Food Scanner – The Food Scanner app helps you make healthier food choices by scanning barcodes to reveal the nutritional content of food and drinks, including sugar, salt, and fat. It features augmented reality and 3D visuals to bring food data to life and is continuously updated with new products to improve its functionality.
NHS Weight Loss Plan – The NHS Weight Loss Plan app helps you track your eating habits and achieve a healthier lifestyle by following a 12-week weight-loss plan, complete with guides, a daily food diary, and an in-app BMI calculator. It supports you in setting a personalized calorie target and monitors progress to help you reach your weight-loss goals.
Non-urgent advice: Healthy Lifestyle
NHS Drink Free Days – The Drink Free Days app helps users track and reduce alcohol consumption by pledging to take regular drink-free days each week. It offers practical tips, reminders, and progress tracking to support users in reaching their health goals, such as saving money, losing weight, and feeling healthier.
NHS Quit Smoking – The NHS Quit Smoking app offers a 28-day program with practical support, encouragement, and personalized clinical advice to help users quit smoking for good. It provides weekly guides, missions, and timely advice to keep users on track throughout their quit journey.
NHS Weight Loss Plan – The NHS Weight Loss Plan app helps you track your eating habits and achieve a healthier lifestyle by following a 12-week weight-loss plan, complete with guides, a daily food diary, and an in-app BMI calculator. It supports you in setting a personalized calorie target and monitors progress to help you reach your weight-loss goals.
Let’s Get Better: The website for all your health and wellness needs
Let’s Get Better, created by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, is a new website designed to be the ultimate online health and wellbeing companion for the 1.7 million people living in our geography.
The website offers comprehensive resources, support, and signposting to help you and your family Start Well, Live Well and Age Well.
Whether you’re a young person looking for mental health support, a mum-to-be who’s looking for help to manage your pregnancy or just want to get fitter, improve your diet, or manage stress, there’s something for everyone.
In addition to the website, your loved ones can follow Let’s Get Better on Facebook. The page will regularly share content in the form of short videos, hints, tips and blog posts from experts across our patch about the little steps you can take to improve your health and wellbeing.
So, if you haven’t already, check out www.letsgetbetter.co.uk and follow the Facebook page. Remember to spread the word and encourage your loved ones to like and share the page, so that we can be the ultimate destination for all your health and wellness needs in Humber and North Yorkshire.
The website offers comprehensive resources, support, and signposting to help you and your family Start Well, Live Well and Age Well.
Whether you’re a young person looking for mental health support, a mum-to-be who’s looking for help to manage your pregnancy or just want to get fitter, improve your diet, or manage stress, there’s something for everyone.
In addition to the website, your loved ones can follow Let’s Get Better on Facebook. The page will regularly share content in the form of short videos, hints, tips and blog posts from experts across our patch about the little steps you can take to improve your health and wellbeing.
So, if you haven’t already, check out www.letsgetbetter.co.uk and follow the Facebook page. Remember to spread the word and encourage your loved ones to like and share the page, so that we can be the ultimate destination for all your health and wellness needs in Humber and North Yorkshire.