Bury Public Health Self Care Guide
Bury Public Health Self Care Guide
Bury Public Health Self Care Guide
What is Self Care
According to the International Self-Care Foundation, self-care is what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health, and to prevent and deal with illness through self-medication and social prescription.
Self Care is about helping you take control of your health and wellbeing.
Whilst we all need help from healthcare services from time to time, we are the real experts when it comes to our own health and wellbeing.
Whether we want to have a healthier lifestyle, enhance our mental wellbeing, know how to treat minor ailment and seek help when you need it, or better manage our long-term health problems, then the simple changes we make for ourselves can make a big difference: that’s self care.
Whatever your age, looking after yourself is vital to staying fit, healthy, and independent for as long as possible. It is your own responsibility to look after your own health and in doing so, you are less likely to develop health conditions which make you reliant on health services.
Self care isn’t just about living for longer. In fact, it’s actually more about being healthy for longer. A healthy body and mind means we get to live life to the full, with fewer limitations on what we do and how we do it.
The Bury Directory has many community groups which are available within the borough of Bury to empower you and your family to live a happier and healthier life, living as independent as possible, whatever your circumstances.
Pharmacy First
Pharmacists can give you advice on a range of conditions and suggest medicines that can help.
They may also be able to offer treatment and some prescription medicine for some conditions, without you needing to see a GP (this is called Pharmacy First). Conditions they can treat as part of Pharmacy First are:
earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
shingles (aged 18 years and over)
sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)
sore throat (aged 5 years and over)
urinary tract infections or UTIs (women aged 16 to 64 years)
Get to Know Where to Go Winter 2024
The Winter 2024 Primary Care Booklet is here to guide you through primary care services. It provides all the information you need to ensure you and your family get the right care from the right people, in the right place, at the right time.