NHS Luton - Life Check

NHS LifeCheck : is an online health service that will help you assess your own and your child's health and well-being. All you need to do is answer a set of simple questions about your lifestyle and NHS LifeCheck will give you confidential results and advice, which no one else can see or read. Topics include stopping smoking, healthy eating, alcohol, physical activity and sexual health.

The LifeCheck offers basic health advice and information to help reduce health risks. It will make some suggestions to help you to make small changes in your life that could have a big impact on your health and well-being. You can also find out more information, video tips, set goals and search for local services to support you with your plan.

Child Health: These tools are here to provide functional information and advice for parents and carers, these include:

• Looking after your baby video wall
• Birth-to-five development timeline
• Breastfeeding slideshow
• Baby rashes: a visual guide
• Vaccination planner
• Meningitis symptom alert
• Parenting self-assessment
• Childhood health assessment
• Looking after 1 to 5 year olds
• Change4Life activity planner
• Childhood illness visual guide
• Food allergy and intolerance myth buster
• Growing up video wall

NHS Health Check: is a check of your heart health and is for adults in England aged 40 to 74 who have not been diagnosed with heart disease, stroke, diabetes or kidney disease. Your NHS Health Check assesses your risk of developing heart disease, stroke, diabetes, kidney disease and some forms of dementia and gives you personalised advice on how to reduce it. A NHS Health Check takes approximately 20 minutes, it's free of charge (including any follow-up tests or appointments) and can add years to your life.

You'll be invited for an NHS Health Check every five years if you are between 40 and 74 years old, as long as you don't have an existing vascular condition. Usually your NHS Health Check will take place at a GP practice, in your community or in your workplace. Find out more about ways to get the NHS Health Check.