A top doctor at St Helier, Sutton and Epsom hospitals is supporting a new NHS service to help adults over 40 improve their quality of life.
Dr Guan Lim, head of the trust’s elderly care team, is advising people use the NHS MidLifeCheck, a free and confidential online service which gives people health advice, tailored specifically to their own needs.
After completing a simple multiple choice survey, NHS MidLifeCheck offers people a range of simple steps they can take to improve their lifestyle.
The service covers a number of topics including smoking, healthy eating, alcohol, physical activity and emotional wellbeing.
And if you need further support to get healthier, the website contains full details of who to contact and where.
Dr Lim said: "NHS MidLifeCheck is a great way of getting individual health advice quickly and easily. If you want to find out how healthy you are and what you can do to improve your quality of life, I would definitely recommend logging on.
“The NHS is here to help people whenever they need it, but it’s important that local people are looking after themselves too. You know what they say – prevention is better than a cure.”
For more information visit midlifecheck.co.uk
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