Skip to content Skip to navigation
Active4Health
Resources Active4Health, Exercise on Referral Ageing
well Framework for personalised care and population health, Living well for longer Health
Protection Immunisations, Flu Help2Change Service
Delivery Guidance What we do with your information, Help2Change Emis Template User Guides, Occupation Guidance, Service User Satisfaction Questionnaire Help2Change Standard
Operating Procedures If you are currently delivering Help2Change services including NHS Health Checks, a copy of the... Making Every Contact
Count (MECC) Many long-terms diseases in our population are closely linked to known behavioural risk factors.... Mental Health
& Wellbeing Members Briefing Documents, Public Health England, Department of health orderline, Mental Health and Wellbeing - A series of special briefings for Shropshire County elected members summary. Network
Events Help2Change Network Event 25 April 2018 NHS Health Checks:
Professional Resources One
You Our lifestyles can be more unhealthy than we think. Start the fight back to a healthier you.... Physical
Activty Active4Health Exercise on Referral programme, British Heart Foundation National Centre, British Heart Foundation publications, Department of Health resources, Mechanisms of Physical Activity – How does it work?, NICE guidelines, Physical Activity - MacMillian resources, Public Health England Resources Practical
resources Public Health England Resources , Resources Loan Library Pregnancy &
0-19 Healthy Start, Department of health publications orderline, Public health Framework, Active4Health - Exercise during Pregnancy and Post-Natal Sexual
health Weight
Management NICE guidelines HeartAge
As we get older, our risk of developing heart health problems related to our lifestyle tends to... Social
Prescribing PO Social Prescribing

Fact Zone

More than six million people around the world have taken the Heart Age Test.
“Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.”
“Take care of your body. It’'s the only place you have to live.” ~Jim Rohn
CVD is one of the main causes of premature death in the UK (death before age 75).  28% of premature deaths in men and 19% of premature deaths in women were from CVD in 2012.
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”. Mahatma Gandhi
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) includes all the diseases of the heart and circulation including coronary heart disease (angina and heart attack), heart failure, congenital heart disease and stroke.
There are around 150,000 incidents of stroke every year in the UK.
“A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.” ~ Spanish Proverb.
“Just because you’'re not sick doesn’t mean you’re healthy” ~ Author Unknown
CVD remains the biggest cause of death in the UK, resulting in more than 45,000 deaths in people less than 75years in 2010.