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Your physical health and wellbeingInformation for service users, carers and staff

RDaSH leading the way with careWe are a smokefree organisation

This information is correct at the time of publishing Last Reviewed: May 2010

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We are a smokefree organisation.Please provide a smoke free environment for your healthcare provider

Healthy lifestyle choices can make a big differenceThere are things you can do to reduce the risk

• Exercise/physical activity

• Healthy eating

• Talk to someone: don’t keep a problem to yourself

• Dental health

• Alcohol in moderation

• Stop smoking

• Annual physical health check with your GP

• Accessing affordable warmth programmes

• Humour: have a laugh.

• Keep appointments for health screening

• Sexual health (well women and men issues)

• Give up street (non-prescribed) drugs

• Maintain social contact and networks

• Healthy sleep patterns

• Develop a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)

Improving physical health and wellbeing

Physical health risks linked with serious mental illness

There are some potential physical health risks linked with serious mental illness. Examples include:

We will support you in:

• Carrying out a physical health check

• Getting and keeping a GP

• Attending your annual health check in primary care with your GP

• Identifying ways to improve and maintain your physical health and wellbeing.

We will provide advice and signposting for:

• Managing your medication

• Stop smoking advice

• Alcohol advice

• Dietary and healthy eating advice

• Lifestyle advice including physical activity

• Mental health issues.

Your mental health worker can help you to make healthy lifestyle choices

For more information and to discuss this further, please speak to your mental health worker.

• Stroke

• Breathing problems

• Heart problems

• Obesity

• Diabetes

• Cancers

• Shortened life

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