Self Help Information

We are keen to help patients improve on self help and hope that the following information will offer some insight into that.

Take a look and see if you can improve your own understanding of your health and well-being! Please encourage others to look here too.

Here is a list of ailments that can be safely self managed. You will see that you can take a look via the hyperlink at the other websites which can offer you further information about managing your condition.

Common ailments that can be self managed:

  • Back pain: NHS
  • Cold sores: NHS
  • Common Cold: NHS
  • Conjunctivitis: NHS
  • Constipation: NHS
  • Cough: NHS
  • Diarrhoea: NHS
  • Dysmenorrhoea (painful periods): NHS
  • Earache: NHS
  • Haemorrhoids: NHS
  • Hayfever: NHS
  • Head lice: NHS
  • Headache: NHS
  • Heartburn & Indigestion: NHS
  • Influenza: NHS
  • Insect bites: NHS
  • Migraine: NHS
  • Nasal congestion: NHS
  • Nappy rash: NHS
  • Sore throat: NHS
  • Sinusitis: NHS
  • Sprains and strains: NHS
  • Thrush: NHS
  • Warts and Verrucas: NHS