Local stop smoking services are free, friendly and can massively boost your chances of quitting for good.

These services staffed by expert advisers provide a range of proven methods to help you quit.

They’ll give you accurate information and advice, as well as professional support, during the first few months you stop smoking. 

They also make it easy and affordable for you to get stop smoking treatments, such as:

• medicines such as varenicline and bupropion (Zyban)
• nicotine replacement therapy, such as patches or gum

Carers Bucks supports unpaid carers of all ages, from all backgrounds and in all caring roles. This includes young carers, young adult carers, parents of children with a physical or learning disability, older carers, carers from diverse communities, LGBTQ+ carers and those looking after someone with a mental health condition. Carers Bucks also provides support for unpaid carers and the person they care for whilst in Stoke Mandeville, Amersham, Wycombe and Wexham hospitals.

• Up-to-date information and advice on carers’ issues
• Help with knowing carers’ rights and entitlements
• Guidance on health and social issues
• Help to create an emergency plan
• Carer Information and Support Groups
• An opportunity to meet other carers
• A listening ear and someone to talk to in confidence
• Bi-annual ‘Carers News’ newsletter

All their services are free to carers

• Register online as a Carer With Carers Bucks
• Their ‘Contact Us‘ Page

If you register as a carer, it will enable us to support you in your caring role.

Book your appointment here if:

• You’re aged 40 to 74

• Do not have a pre-existing health condition

• Received an invitation or haven’t had an NHS Health Check in the last 5 years

The NHS Health Check is a health screening for adults in England between the ages of 40 and 74. It is designed to detect early signs of stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, or dementia. As we age, our risk of developing these conditions increases. The NHS Health Check aims to identify ways to reduce this risk.

The NHS Health Check aims to lower your risk of getting conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels, such as heart disease, stroke and kidney disease.

Many of the warning signs for these conditions, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, do not have symptoms.

The NHS Health Check helps you find out if you are at risk of getting these conditions so you can take action to improve your health. This could include making lifestyle changes or taking medicines.

The risk factors assessed during the health check are often shared by other conditions, including type 2 diabetes, preventable cancers and respiratory illness. An NHS Health Check could help you to reduce your chance of getting these conditions too.

Dementia and heart disease also share common risk factors.

Your NHS Health Check will be done by one of our trained healthcare assistants.

The check takes about 20 to 30 minutes and usually includes:

• measuring your height and weight
• a blood pressure test
• a cholesterol and blood sugar (diabetes) blood test

You’ll also be asked some questions about your health including:

• whether any of your close relatives have had any medical conditions
• if you smoke, and how much
• if you drink alcohol, and how much
• how much physical activity you do

Your age, gender and ethnicity will also be recorded

You’ll be given your cardiovascular risk score of developing a heart or circulation problem, such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes or kidney disease, over the next 10 years.

The healthcare professional may describe this risk score as low, moderate or high.

Everybody’s cardiovascular risk rises with age, so the next time you have an NHS Health Check your risk score may be higher, even if your test results are the same.

There are some things about your risk which you cannot change, such as your age, ethnicity and family history. But the most important factors in your risk score (such as smoking, your cholesterol level and blood pressure) can be changed.

Your NHS Health Check results should also be broken down into:

• your diabetes risk assessment
• your body mass index (BMI) score
• your blood pressure
• your cholesterol levels
• your alcohol use score
• your physical activity assessment result
• your diabetes risk assessment

Be Healthy Bucks offer a range of healthy lifestyle programmes designed to help you lose weight in a healthy way and keep it off for good.

Their tried-and-tested approach ignores fad diets in favour of small, realistic changes. Their nutritionists and exercise leaders will work with you to help you to achieve your goals.

To take part, you need to be a Buckinghamshire resident and over 16-years-old with a BMI of more than 30 (or 28 for ethnic minorities or people with long-term health issues).

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