Back pain
Visit the NHS Choices website for advice and information about caring for your back.
Useful resources to help you stay healthy and happy
British Heart Foundation
Sign up to Health at Work with the British Heart Foundation and begin a journey with your workforce to better health and wellbeing.
Mind provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
How are you?
Get a free personalized health score when you complete this 10 minute quiz.
Take the quiz on the One You campaign website now
Free and impartial money advice, set up by government. Find advice and guides to help improve your finances, including tools and calculators to help keep track and plan ahead.
The YMCA is close to East Surrey Hospital and offers many courses supporting healthy living. Visit the YMCA East Surrey website to see current activities.
Smoking cessation
Are you a smoker? Do you want help giving up the habit? NHS Smokefree can give you support and advice to be able to take control of your smoking.
Stress
Physical signs of stress
Headaches, tension, indigestion, breathlessness, sleep disturbances, rashes, frequent colds, dry mouth, dizziness, recurrence of previous illness, stumbling speech, tiredness, lethargy, skin disorders, hand tremors, nail biting, rapid weight loss, overeating.
Mental signs of stress
Inability to concentrate, worrying, mistakes, muddled thinking, persistent negative thinking, nervousness.
Identifying stress: what to look for in yourself
Behavioural signs
Unsociability, restlessness, lying, reckless driving, change in appetite, accidents at home/work, out of character behaviour, decline in appearance/hygiene.
Emotional signs
Irritability, tension, moodiness, withdrawal, alienation, dissatisfaction, tearful, anxious.
Check your mood using the online quiz on the NHS Choices website.
Identifying stress: what to look for in others
Immature or emotional behaviour such as:
Crying, sulking, arguments, bad temper, loss of sense of humour, undue sensitivity, over-reaction to problems, personality clashes, loss of confidence.
Fixation such as:
Repeating arguments in meetings, refusing to listen to suggestions, insisting on using inadequate solutions.