Dumfries & Galloway
What's Keep Well all about in Dumfries and Galloway?
Keep Well is part of a health programme to help you keep as well as possible. By having a free and confidential health check, you can find out if you are suffering with mild or moderate anxiety or depression and if there is a chance you could develop conditions like heart disease or diabetes in later life. Keep Well Health Checks are delivered right across the region.
What does the health check involve in Dumfries and Galloway?
Before your health check we will have asked you to fill in a Wellbeing questionnaire. This questionnaire looks at your wellbeing, and whether you are experiencing any anxiety or depression.
The Health Check itself is simple and will take about forty minutes. We will measure your:
- height
- weight
- blood pressure
- cholesterol
- and the amount of sugar in your blood.
We will also talk to you about your general health and lifestyle.
What will the Health Check tell you?
The Health Check will give us a general picture of your health. But in particular, it will let us see if there is a chance you could develop heart disease or diabetes.
What will happen then?
Once the Health Check is completed, we will look at your results, and explain them to you. If we find any of them are out of the normal range e.g. high cholesterol, we will ask you to make an appointment with your GP for the appropriate treatment.
From your results we will calculate your current risk of developing cardio vascular disease in later life. If you are at high risk or wish to improve your health, for example lose weight, we will offer you our health coaching service. Or we may refer you to other services such as Smoking Matters. The good news is that they can help you to reduce the risks.
Improving your health/Reducing the risk
Your health and your health needs are individual to you. In order to improve your health you need to be able to identify what those needs are and then have the ability to make the required changes.
Our Health Coaches are trained professionals who can help you identify your health needs and give you advice about what you can do to improve your health and lifestyle.
Remember, during your health check, you can ask about anything else that may be worrying you…
If you are interested in having a health check please contact the Keep Well Team on 01387 272718 or email kimberleylittle@nhs.net