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Practice-reviewed information to help you prepare for appointments, understand the next steps after care and make informed decisions about your long-term health.
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Before your appointment
Iron infusion: before, during and after
Practical information to help you prepare for your iron infusion, understand what happens during the appointment and know what to expect afterwards.
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Vaccination: before and after your appointment
Practical information to help you prepare for a vaccination and know what to expect afterwards.
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Before your appointment
Preparation guides to help you bring the right information and know what to expect.
4 guidesBefore your appointment
Mental health treatment plans: what to expect
How to prepare for a GP mental-health assessment, what a treatment plan may include, costs and the importance of review and crisis support.
Before your appointment
Preparing for a GP appointment
A simple checklist to help you explain your concerns, bring useful information and make the most of your appointment.
Before your appointment
Preparing for a medication review
What to bring and what to discuss when reviewing prescription medicines, over-the-counter products and supplements.
Before your appointment
Preparing for a skin check
Simple steps to help you prepare for a skin examination and understand what may happen during your appointment.
Aftercare and follow-up
Instructions following procedures, treatments and consultations.
6 guidesAftercare and follow-up
Ankle sprain: recovery and return to activity
Early care, gradual movement and warning signs after an ankle sprain or similar minor soft-tissue injury.
Aftercare and follow-up
Concussion: recovery and return to activity
A staged approach to early recovery after concussion, with monitoring advice and symptoms requiring urgent reassessment.
Aftercare and follow-up
Gastroenteritis: hydration and recovery
How to replace fluids, return to food safely, reduce spread and recognise dehydration or other warning signs.
Aftercare and follow-up
Urinary tract infection (UTI): treatment and follow-up
What to do during treatment for a urinary tract infection and which symptoms may indicate a kidney or more serious infection.
Aftercare and follow-up
Viral respiratory illness: recovery at home
How to manage a cold, influenza-like illness or other viral respiratory infection and recognise when you need medical help.
Aftercare and follow-up
Skin biopsy or excision: caring for your wound
Practical instructions for caring for your wound after a minor skin procedure, including when to contact the practice.
Monitoring at home
Practical guides and printable records for reliable home monitoring.
5 guidesMonitoring at home
Checking blood glucose at home
How to take, record and respond safely to home blood-glucose readings using your individual diabetes plan.
Monitoring at home
Keeping a useful symptom diary
A short, structured way to record symptoms, possible triggers and their effect on everyday life.
Monitoring at home
Monitoring asthma at home
How to notice changes in asthma control and use your written asthma action plan safely.
Monitoring at home
Monitoring heart failure at home
What to monitor between appointments and how to follow your individual heart-failure action plan.
Monitoring at home
How to measure your blood pressure at home
A practical guide to choosing a validated blood pressure monitor, taking readings correctly and recording them for your GP review.
Preventive health
Screening, immunisation and preventive-care information.
7 guidesPreventive health
Bone health, osteoporosis and preventing falls
Understand fracture risk, bone-health assessment and practical ways to support strength, balance and safer movement.
Preventive health
Breast screening and mammograms
Who routine breast screening is for, what happens at a mammogram and why a new breast symptom needs assessment rather than screening.
Preventive health
Bowel screening: using your home test kit
How the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program home test works, when it is for screening and when symptoms need assessment.
Preventive health
Cervical screening and self-collection
What cervical screening checks, the available collection options and how to prepare for your appointment.
Preventive health
Men's Health
Support for common men's health concerns, preventive screening, sexual and reproductive health, and overall wellbeing across the adult years.
Preventive health
Preventive Health Checks
Health assessments focused on screening, risk reduction, and preventive care to support long-term wellbeing at different stages of adult life.
Preventive health
Women's Health
General practice care for screening, reproductive and hormonal health, and broader wellbeing through different stages of women's health.
Conditions and ongoing care
Information supporting long-term condition management and follow-up.
14 guidesConditions and ongoing care
Kidney health: tests and follow-up
Understand common kidney checks, why trends matter and how medicines, illness and blood pressure can affect kidney health.
Conditions and ongoing care
Acute low back pain: recovery and warning signs
Practical steps for staying active, easing a recent episode of low back pain and recognising when further assessment is needed.
Conditions and ongoing care
Atrial fibrillation (AF): medicines, monitoring and follow-up
A practical guide after an atrial fibrillation diagnosis, covering medicines, symptom monitoring and urgent warning signs.
Conditions and ongoing care
BPPV and positional vertigo: next steps
What to do after assessment for brief, position-triggered vertigo, including safe movement, repositioning treatment and warning signs.
Conditions and ongoing care
Constipation: practical first steps
A concise guide to bowel habits, fluids, fibre, movement and safe use of laxatives, with symptoms that need assessment.
Conditions and ongoing care
Eczema: daily care and flare management
A practical routine for moisturising, using prescribed treatments and recognising infection or a flare that needs review.
Conditions and ongoing care
Migraine: management and follow-up
A concise guide to using an agreed migraine plan, tracking patterns and knowing when a headache needs urgent assessment.
Conditions and ongoing care
Reflux and heartburn: practical care
Practical measures for managing reflux symptoms, using treatment safely and recognising symptoms that need medical review.
Conditions and ongoing care
Type 2 diabetes: annual cycle of care
A practical overview of the regular checks that support diabetes management and identify complications early.
Conditions and ongoing care
Blood Pressure & Heart Risk
Assessment of blood pressure and cardiovascular risk factors, with practical advice that supports prevention and long-term heart health.
Conditions and ongoing care
Children's Health
Helpful information on common childhood illnesses, fever, development, and the signs that should prompt medical review.
Conditions and ongoing care
Diabetes & Metabolic Health
Guidance on diabetes risk, screening, and metabolic health, with a focus on prevention, early detection, and ongoing GP support.
Conditions and ongoing care
Mental Health
Support for stress, anxiety, low mood, and related concerns, including when it may be helpful to seek early GP care.
Conditions and ongoing care
Skin Checks
Practical guidance on suspicious or changing skin spots, warning signs to watch for, and when a GP skin check should be arranged.
Healthy living
Practical information about activity, nutrition, sleep and wellbeing.
15 guidesHealthy living
Mindfulness and meditation: getting started
A flexible introduction to present-moment attention, brief meditation and how to stop or seek support if practice feels unhelpful.
Healthy living
Building social connection
Small, practical ways to strengthen supportive relationships, reduce isolation and find help when loneliness affects wellbeing.
Healthy living
Eating well on a budget
Flexible ways to plan nutritious meals, compare value, reduce waste and make limited food budgets go further.
Healthy living
Healthy weight: sustainable first steps
A practical, non-judgemental guide to supporting health through sustainable eating, movement, sleep and everyday routines.
Healthy living
Reducing sitting time during the day
Practical ways to interrupt long periods of sitting and add light movement to work, travel and time at home.
Healthy living
Setting realistic health goals with your GP
Turn a broad health priority into a safe, specific first step that fits your circumstances and can be reviewed with your GP.
Healthy living
Staying hydrated: practical first steps
Practical ways to drink regularly, recognise possible dehydration and know when individual fluid advice is needed.
Healthy living
Eating well: practical first steps
Practical, flexible ways to build balanced meals and make nutritious choices easier to repeat.
Healthy living
Healthy ageing: staying strong, steady and connected
Practical ways to support strength, independence, connection and preventive care as you get older.
Healthy living
Managing stress: protecting your wellbeing
Practical first steps for responding to sustained stress and recognising when additional support is needed.
Healthy living
Quitting smoking or vaping: your next steps
Practical, non-judgemental steps for preparing to quit or reduce smoking or vaping and finding support.
Healthy living
Building healthier habits: start small and make it stick
Practical ways to turn a health goal into a small action you can repeat consistently.
Healthy living
Improving sleep: practical first steps
Simple changes that can support more regular and restorative sleep, and guidance about when to speak with your GP.
Healthy living
Moving more for long-term health
Practical ways to build more movement, aerobic activity, strength and balance into everyday life.
Healthy living
Reducing alcohol: practical first steps
Practical ways to understand your drinking, reduce alcohol-related risk and know when to ask for support.
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