We encourage all our patients to understand more about their symptoms and their condition. We invite you to take a look at our recommended selection of self help resources.
Self Help Advice
Carers
Child Health
- Hertfordshire Community Baby Clinics
- East Hertfordshire Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Slapped Cheek Syndrome – NHS
- Fever in Children – NHS
- Chickenpox – NHS
- Hand Foot and Mouth Disease – NHS
- Head lice and nits – NHS
- Childhood Illness – NHS
- Recognise, Respond and Refer
Drugs and Alcohol
- Parental Drug Awareness Service
- Resolve
- Drinkline
- Talk to Frank
- Drinking and alcohol – NHS
- The effects of drugs – NHS
Elderly Care
Flu Vaccine
- Flu and the flu vaccine – NHS
- Children’s flu vaccine – NHS
- Flu jab FAQs – NHS
- Which flu vaccine should children have? – gov.uk (PDF)
- The Flu Vaccination – gov.uk (PDF)
Hay Fever
Keeping Healthy
Maternity
- Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Maternity services
- British Pregnancy Advisory Clinic
- Lister’s Diamond Jubilee Maternity Unit
- Planning your Pregnancy – NHS
- Pregnancy due date calculator – NHS
- Your antenatal appointments – NHS
- Your six-week postnatal check – NHS
- Your pregnancy and baby guide – NHS
Mental Health
- Samaritans
- Mind
- Rethink
- Mental Health Services for Older People
- Community Mental Health Services
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- The Wellbeing Service (IAPT)
- Young Minds
- Wellbeing Signposting Guide For Young People
- Family Lives
- Cruse Bereavement Care Hertfordshire
- Sane
- The Living Room
- Youth Connexions – advice and support
Sexual Health
Stop Smoking
- Stop Smoking Centres – branchfinder
- Smokefree Hertfordshire
- NHS Smokefree – Mobile App
- Stop smoking – NHS
Weight Management
- Hertfordshire Wellbeing Centre
- WW UK (formerly Weightwatchers)
- Slimming World
- Health and fitness- NHS
- Lose weight – NHS
Online Forms
You can complete the following request forms online: