Self care
Self care is about keeping fit and healthy, understanding when you can look after yourself, when a pharmacist can help, and when to get advice from your GP or another health professional. If you have a long-term condition, self-care is about understanding that condition and how to live with it.
Some of the most common ailments can be treated simply with over the counter medications and advice from your pharmacy.
Your local services
Take a look at our self-care advice videos for tips on looking after yourself.
Sore throat
Sprains and strains
Watch our videos on exercises you can do to help prevent falls. These are available in various languages.
Gujarati
Watch our experts discuss the services available to help you self-care.
Type 2 diabetes prevention
Psychological practitioners
Social prescribing link workers
Community pharmacies
If you are visually impaired we have also produced the below self-care audios in MP3 format that you can download.
| File | Size |
|---|---|
| Self-care-acne-audio | 1,994.72 KB |
| Self-care-advice-for-cold-weather-audio | 2,069.34 KB |
| Self-care-back-pain-audio | 2,753.08 KB |
| Self-care-blocked-nose-audio | 2,397.92 KB |
| Self-care-chickenpox-audio | 2,853.10 KB |
| Self-care-common-cold-audio | 2,171.98 KB |
| Self-care-constipation-audio | 2,069.68 KB |
| Self-care-cough-audio | 2,162.88 KB |
| Self-care-ear-infection-audio | 2,811.95 KB |
| Self-care-eczema-audio | 2,562.11 KB |
| Self-care-fever-in-children-audio | 4,203.94 KB |
| Self-care-headache-audio | 3,070.38 KB |
| Self-care-heart-burn-and-indigestion-audio | 2,753.75 KB |
| Self-care-mental-health-audio | 4,198.44 KB |
| Self-care-sore-throat-audio | 2,397.93 KB |
| Self-care-sprains-and-strains-audio | 3,031.90 KB |
| Self-care-sunburn-audio | 2,908.15 KB |
Page last updated: 11:09, 25/10/2022