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Choose and Book -
information for patients
NHS Choices
Poverest Medical Centre - 42 Poverest Road 01689 833643
Age Concern Bromley ( 020 8315 1850 )
Bromley MyTime - get a my
health MOT
Keep fit by running with the Petts Wood Running Club, a friendly club with over 70 members. They run every Thursday night at 7.45PM from the War Memorial Hall Gardens, Petts Wood. For more information, call either Philippa on 01689 607875 or Julian on 01689 609774. Alternatively, try the Orpington Road Runners, who meet every Tuesday outside the Buff Pub, Crescent Way, Green Street Green at 8pm.
The Walk4Life website is totally FREE and has thousands of walk ideas all over the country. The website uses OS maps which can easily be printed out at home so is proving really popular. People can also keep a track of the walks they have done and set themselves a target!
High blood pressure causes 1 in 5 heart attacks. You can get your blood pressure checked - by appointment only - at Superdrug. 207 High Street. (01689 823915) For more information about blood pressure visit this website.
Have you ever considered joining the organ donor register and give someone the chance of life after your death?
One in Four of us are now clinically obese, and the health problems that inevitably occur is now costing the NHS £4 billion! Worldwide, there are over 1 billion obese people. But there are also 170 million underweight children. 25,000 die of starvation every day. Think on that.
There has been a six-fold increase in the number of people treated for high cholesterol in less than a decade. The UK population has one of the highest average cholesterol concentrations in the world. High cholesterol can lead to coronary heart disease and is a leading trigger for heart attacks. Poor diet and smoking are the leading causes.
Smoking is a killer. Excellent advice on giving up may be
had here and
here
Alcohol. 10 million adults regularly drink to excess. Know your limits. Be drink aware. Excessive alcohol consumption costs the NHS £2.7 billion caring for drunks (811,000 hospital admissions) and costs society overall £25.1 billion each year. Two thirds of men who assault their partners do so under the influence of alcohol. If you feel you have a problem, get help.
Medicine. Number of prescriptions has soared with an aging and overweight population. Latest figures show that in 2007, people aged over 60 received an average of 42 prescriptions, compared with 22 in 1997. Nearly 800 million prescription were written in 2007, costing the NHS over £8 billion pounds. The largest area was for cardiovascular complaints.
BLISS - prematurely baby website. One in eight babies are born prematurely.
NHS Direct - 0845 4647
Bromley NHS
NHS South East London
NHS London
Salt information
Bromley Mental Health Services
Caring for Emotional Health - charity offering free counselling if on benefits
Caffeine information
National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Prodigy Knowledge - up-to-date source of clinical knowledge that can help healthcare professionals and patients in managing the common conditions generally seen in primary and first-contact care.