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Better Health North Somerset

Checked: 01-07-2024 by Vicky Ryan Next Review: 30-06-2026

Overview

Better Health North Somerset was launched by North Somerset Council’s public health team in June 2022.

The site is full of useful information and articles to help people:

lose weight
eat well
stop smoking
get more active
find groups or classes in North Somerset

North Somerset residents aged 18+ can Self Refer themselves for 12-weeks of 1-1 or group support from the team of Healthy Lifestyles Advisors who provide North Somerset residents with support to lose weight, get active, eat well, liver health and stop smoking.

Patients eligible for 1-1 and group support from the Health Lifestyles Advisors include:

Adults who are inactive (taking part in less than 30 minutes of physical activity per week)
Adults with a BMI equal to 25 or more (adjusted to BMI ≥ 23 in people of Black African, African-Caribbean and Asian ethnic groups and/or with a co-morbidity)
Adults who are not achieving the Eat Well guide recommendations / have an unhealthy diet
Adults who smoke tobacco
Adults with ‘fatty liver’ (NAFLD)

Resident eligibility criteria:

Age 18 or more
North Somerset resident
Meet the topic based criteria (as above)

Exclusion criteria

An individual who does not meet the eligibility criteria
Severe/moderate frailty as recorded on a frailty register
Has a history of or an ongoing diagnosed eating disorder
Not clinically stable / has a significant unmanaged long term health condition/s
Has had bariatric surgery in the last two years (applicable to weight management/eat well support only)

The website also includes information about drinking less alcohol, mental health and wellbeing, sexual health and family health matters including baby, toddler, pregnancy and breastfeeding support.

Content covers a wide range of topics for people of all ages. Each section has a mixture of information, support, latest news and stories from North Somerset residents who have made changes to live healthier lifestyles.

Residents and practitioners can also follow Better Health North Somerset on social media – look for @BetterHealth_NS on Twitter and @BetterHealthNS on Facebook to keep updated about local healthy lifestyles topics.

Refer

Practitioners can also refer patients for support to lose weight, get active, eat well and liver health via the Practitioner referral form. Once the referral form has been received, a Healthy Lifestyles Advisor will contact the patient.

Efforts are made to ensure the accuracy and agreement of these guidelines, including any content uploaded, referred to or linked to from the system. However, BNSSG ICB cannot guarantee this. This guidance does not override the individual responsibility of healthcare professionals to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual patient, in consultation with the patient and/or guardian or carer, in accordance with the mental capacity act, and informed by the summary of product characteristics of any drugs they are considering. Practitioners are required to perform their duties in accordance with the law and their regulators and nothing in this guidance should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with compliance with those duties.

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