Health & Wellbeing

Live Well

It is important to take care of your day to day health.

Please click on this links to the NHS Live Well, One You and Yorkshire Smokefree pages for further advice on diet, alcohol consumption, smoking cessation and exercise.

Managing Minor Illness

There are a wide variety on minor illnesses that can be dealt with by self-care or following advice from your local pharmacist or the NHS 111 service.

Your pharmacy may be able to help with:

Mild skin conditions (such as acne, eczema, psoriasis, impetigo, athlete's foot)
Coughs and colds, including blocked nose (nasal congestion), and sore throats.
Bruises, sunburn, and minor burns and scalds.
Constipation and piles (haemorrhoids)
Hay fever, dry eyes and allergies (including rashes, bites and stings)
Aches and pains, including earache, headache, migraine, back pain and toothache
Vomiting, heartburn, indigestion, diarrhoea and threadworms
Period pain, thrush and cystitis
Head lice (nits)
Conjunctivitis, cold sores and mouth ulcers
Warts and verrucas
Nappy rash and teething

Visiting your pharmacy about common health problems frees up time for GPs and A&E departments, which are already stretched, especially during the winter months.

Pharmacy Self Care NHS 111

Muscle Strains, Sprains and Pain

There are a number of resources giving patients advice on how to manage a wide range of musculoskeletal complaints.

Sheffield Aches and Pains is a website designed by Sheffield hospital consultants, GPs, physiotherapists and clinicians with a special interest in managing musculoskeletal pain.

The site represents their agreed approach to managing patients in the city with common conditions affecting the joints, muscles and surrounding tissue. It takes into account the latest national and international best practice guidelines on pain management.