Physical health describes the condition of your body. This includes whether you have an illness, injury or a health condition.
It can cover a wide range of areas including healthy diet, healthy weight, dental health, personal hygiene and sleep.
Regular physical activity also provides significant physical and mental health benefits including:
One You Lincolnshire can support you to make small, sustainable changes to improve your health and wellbeing, helping you to lose weight, move more, stop smoking and drink less alcohol. Visit One You Lincolnshire for information about their free health and wellbeing programmes, and to sign up.
The NHS also has information and advice about healthy living, including eating a balanced diet, healthy weight, exercise, quitting smoking, drinking less alcohol, and sleep and tiredness to help you to live well.
None of us want to stop doing the things that make us happy. That’s why the NHS in Lincolnshire and other partners are committed to supporting you to age well. Read more.
Social prescribing is an approach to healthcare that connects people to activities, groups and services in their community to meet the practical, social and emotional needs that affect their health and wellbeing.
In social prescribing your GP practice can refer you to a social prescribing link worker. Social prescribing link workers give people time, focusing on ‘what matters to me?’ to coproduce a simple personalised care and support plan, and support people to take control of their health and wellbeing.
Social prescribing is an all-age, whole population approach that works particularly well for people who:
For more information about social prescribing please speak to your GP. You can also self-refer to One You Lincolnshire
Sexual health services in Lincolnshire are provided by Greater Lincolnshire Integrated Sexual Health service (GLiSH). Services are confidential, non-judgmental and open access – that means available to anyone irrespective of age, gender, residence or GP registration.
GLiSH provides:
Services can be accessed in-person, remotely or online. Visit the GLiSH website or contact 01522 309309 for more information.
Contraception can also be accessed via your GP. Some participating pharmacies provide the contraceptive pill without prescription. - Find a pharmacy that offers the contraceptive pill without a prescription - NHS (www.nhs.uk).
Positive Health provides support to people living with HIV and affected by HIV in Lincolnshire, including practical and emotional advice and support, advocacy, support groups and peer support, and help with social care issues such as housing and benefit applications. They have a confidential helpline: 01522 513999.
Guidance, information and advice can also be found on the NHS UK website, including a guide to sexual health services.
