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We provide advice and information about a variety of health issues and initiatives. These pages provide you with:

• Advice about improving your own health and wellbeing;
• Information on local services;
• Details about the work the Royal Borough of Kingston, Kingston Primary Care Trust, local voluntary groups and others are doing to make being healthy easier.

You can find information by topic, or group along with local health service information.

Health issue by topic

• Accidents and falls
• Alcohol and drugs
• Coping with very hot or cold weather
• Emotional health and wellbeing
• Healthy Eating and Food safety
• Infectious disease
• Medical conditions
• Physical Activity
• Screening
• Sexual health
• Stop smoking

Health issues for particular groups

• Black and minority ethnic groups
• Cambridge Road Estate/Norbiton
• Homeless people
• Older People
• Young people

Local health services

In each section you will find:

• Advice about improving your own health and wellbeing
• Information on local services
• Details about the work the Royal Borough of Kingston, Kingston Primary Care Trust, local voluntary groups and other partners are doing to make being healthy easier.

What Kingston Council and partners are doing

Kingston Council is committed to working to improve the health of people in Kingston in partnership with local health services and voluntary services. Kingston's Choosing Health action plan is the overarching plan for Kingston's Community Leadership Forum and related Partnership Boards in delivering the government's White Paper Choosing Health. It sets out actions required by all partner agencies that are necessary to improve the health of our local population and reduce health inequalities.

For some information on the state of Kingston's health see our document below on Kingston’s Health Profile and our other links for  information about Choosing Health.

Our services are all being developed in line with guidance from the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Public Health Information

From January 2003, the Government required Local Authorities to scrutinise Health Service provision in their area. The Royal Borough of Kingston set up a Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel to carry out this function. The Panel has been meeting regularly since November 2002.

In broad terms, the main aim of Health Scrutiny is to act as a lever to improve the health of local people in its widest sense. It is about looking at the whole health system, not just services provided, commissioned or managed by the NHS.

Joint Annual Public Health Reports

The Joint Annual Public Health Report 2008 has now been published. Please follow the link below to read the report.

The Joint Annual Public Health Report 2006 was published on 29 June 2007. The web based appendices are also available, please find the documents below.

Expert Patient Programme - Improve your quality of life!

NHS Kingston runs a programme to help people living with long-term health conditions to take more control over their lives, and to avoid their condition dominating their life.

Participants on this free course will gain the knowledge, skills and support to effectively self-manage and live life to their full potential.

The programme covers topics such as pain management, relaxation techniques, healthy eating, exercise, planning & problem-solving, medication, communication skills, and much more.

For more information on future courses or to request a registration form, please contact:

Hans G Schrauder

Expert Patients Programme Coordinator

NHS Kingston – Public Health
22 Hollyfield Road, Surbiton, KT5 9AL

Tel: 020 8339 8051
Email: eppkingston@nhs.net