Information for Choose Well Champions
This page has been set up by the NHS to support Choose Well Champions.
On this page you will find a range of useful materials, which can be downloaded free-of-charge, and used in your internal communications campaigns and channels for your staff, and as part of your health and wellbeing schemes.
Educating your staff about NHS services will help them to look after their health. It will also help them to better understand the best NHS services to use if they or a member of their family is ill.
Illnesses such as coughs and colds, flu, and stomach upsets are unpleasant for people but self-limiting. They can be managed by getting plenty of rest and following some basic medical advice. Local high-street pharmacists provide accessible, expert advice and treatment, without the need for an appointment.
The NHS Choose Well campaigns aim to:
- Educate people about self-care if they have a minor illness, ailment or injury
- Signpost people to the right service to use if they need advice and treatment
What materials are available?
The materials are available as PDFs, which can either be printed in-house, emailed to staff or added to websites.
If you think any additional materials would be useful for you staff, or you need materials in different formats, please contact cathy.stuart@northwest.nhs.uk
Choose Well Viral Videos
Please copy and paste the links below if you would like to show these films on your staff intranet site, Facebook or Twitter channels. If you would like a copy of these films to use in other areas, please contact cathy.stuart@northwest.nhs.uk
Nail Bar - http://youtu.be/9j3ppsLdRKY
Auditions - http://youtu.be/xyBP0zFhijw
Vets - http://youtu.be/IG-Ip5DEOjs
Facebook - http://youtu.be/Y0i6QSKdRoo
Template article for staff newsletters or intranet sites
Choose Well Messages
NHS 111 is a new free to use telephone service being rolled out across the country, to make it easier to access urgent care services. If you live in County Durham and Darlington, Lancashire (excluding West Lancashire), Lincolnshire, the London boroughs of Croydon and Hillingdon, Luton, North Derbyshire and Nottingham City, or on the Isle of Wight, you can now call 111 when you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency.
Leaflet
National Lung Cancer Awareness Campaign
Template article for bulletins and intranet sites
A4 or A3 poster PDF - 1
A4 or A3 poster PDF - 2
Artwork for pop up banner
Artwork for static web banner - 1
Artwork for static web banner - 2
National Bowel Cancer Awareness Campaign
Lung Health
Second-hand Smoke
The Department of Health has launched a national campaign, to make people aware of the effects of second hand smoke. Information and materials are available at http://www.smokefree.nhs.uk/
General Health Advice Materials
The links below will take you to information and advice about a range of general health issues. You can simply cut and paste the links on to your staff intranet site, or circulate the links in staff newsletters and bulletins.
If you have a long-term condition, there is information to help you manage your health available on the NHS Choices website http://tinyurl.com/nhsselfcare
NHS Choices Apps
There are lots of mobile/interactive PC apps available from the NHS Choices website to help you manage your own health.
iPhone Apps:
(Available from the iTunes App Store)
BMI calculator and tracker iPhone app - http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/BMI-iPhone-app.aspx
Quit smoking iPhone app - http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/iphonesmoking.aspx
Alcohol tracker for iPhone - http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/iphonedrinks.aspx
Computer widgets:
Downloadable quit smoking widget - http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Stopsmoking.aspx
Downloadable alcohol tracker - http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/NHSAlcoholtracker.aspx
Downloadable fitness widget - http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Widget.aspx
Downloadable pregnancy tracker - http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/NHSpregnancydesktop.aspx
To access the full library of NHS Choices interactive tools, please go to http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Toolslibrary.aspx
Template Newsletter Articles
Advice for Hay-fever Sufferers
Advice to Help Asthma Sufferers Sleep Easy