Self Help

Please browse our collection of self help and advice pages which we have found useful in the past. The list is not thought to be comprehensive. Please go to NHS Choices or Patient.co.uk for further information.

Breastfeeding and Weaning

Children’s Health

  • looking after 1-5 year olds – Watch videos about looking after your young child. Experts discuss potty training, bedwetting, childhood illness and preventing accidents at home, and parents talk about their experiences of toddler tantrums and immunisation.
  • Food allergy & intolerance myth buster – This myth buster will help you separate fact from fiction and understand the differences between a food allergy and an intolerance. Learn more about symptoms, treatment and how many people are affected.
  • Vaccination wall planner – Get a personalised, printable planner of your child’s vaccinations, based on their date of birth. The planner includes all the dates their vaccinations are due.

Diabetes

Elderly

  • Age UK
  • Exercises for older people – Keeping active into older age is the key to staying fit, mobile and independent. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for exercises focusing on strength, flexibility and balance, with a set of sitting exercises to get you started.

Headache

Healthy living

  • Lambeth Walks
  • Couch to 5K Guide
  • Weight Loss Guide
  • 5 a day meal planner – Create a weekly 5 A DAY meal planner and shopping list in five simple steps. It makes healthy eating simple, with ideas for meals, tasty recipes, cheaper options and top tips.

Self Help

Skin problems