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My health
Our vision is for people in Leicester to live long and healthy lives. As well as the healthcare services we manage, this vision will be achieved by ensuring you have the knowledge and tools to improve your health. This section has been dedicated to doing just that.
Tips for hot weather
Tips for hot weather
Advice to help you cope when the heat just gets too much. Hot weather can cause health problems for some of us, such as older people, young children and those with underlying health conditions.
One You
One You
The One You campaign has a simple tip for healthy eating: around 400 calories for breakfast, 600 for lunch and 600 for dinner.
Treating coughs and colds
Treating coughs and colds
Some people think that antibiotics are the answer – but they are wrong.
Current campaigns
Current campaigns
Find out about the latest campaigns that the CCG is promoting to help improve your health and wellbeing.
Healthcare and treatment policies
Healthcare and treatment policies
Here you will find the latest polices which the CCG is required to publish by law.
Patient Choice
Patient Choice
If your GP needs to refer you for a physical or mental health condition, in most cases you have a legal right to choose which hospital or service you go to. This includes NHS and many private hospitals that provide services to the NHS.
Care and Support for Adults
Care and Support for Adults
The law on care and support in England changed in 2015. The new Care Act will make the care and support system more consistent across the country .
Use the internet to stay healthy – Learn my way
Use the internet to stay healthy – Learn my way
There are lots of ways you can use the internet to support your health, from making appointments and ordering repeat prescriptions online, to finding advice on specific symptoms and conditions.
Continuing Health Care
Continuing Health Care
This article explains care outside of hospital that is arranged and funded by the NHS, for adults with a “primary health need”. It also explains how to find information on continuing care packages for children and NHS-funded nursing care for adults living in a care home.
Better Care Fund
Better Care Fund
The Better Care Fund is a collaboration between Leicester City CCG and Leicester City Council, as well as local health and social care partners, that will deliver combinations of both health and social care solutions so that fewer people need to be treated in hospital and can remain independent at home.
Children’s Health
Children’s Health
This section focuses on children’s health. Here we will update you on new health tools and information on children’s health and health issues.
Personal Health Budgets
Personal Health Budgets
A personal health budget is an amount of money to support a person receiving NHS Continuing Healthcare to allow them to purchase care that meets their individual needs.
How we use your data
How we use your data
As an NHS patient, you have a choice about how your data is used. On this page we will share some of the ways that your data is used and how you can prevent it from being used in that way.
Leicester’s health priorities
Leicester’s health priorities
Leicester City CCG has looked at Leicester’s health needs and has chosen four areas where increased effort will be made. The have been selected because they will have a big impact on helping people to live more healthily for longer. Find out more about these and get advice on improving your health, or supporting your family in these areas.
Useful tools
Useful tools
There are many useful tools and trackers available online and for your phone or tablet to make health improvement that little bit easier. Find out more about them and download them here.
Videos
Videos
Look through our library of useful videos to help you learn the best ways of improving your health.
Health checks for 40-74 year olds
Find out more about how the health check can help you to live longer.
