A NEW health guide, based on NHS Direct information, is to be delivered to thousands of homes in Bury.
The 64-page guide is dropping through letterboxes with the Thomson Local directories.
Since the free booklet was introduced in 1999, two million copies of the 'Not Feeling well?' guide have been distributed by NHS Direct through pharmacies, GP surgeries, NHS Walk-in Centres, new mother packs, supermarkets and local initiatives.
The information and easy-to-use step-by-step healthcare advice equips people to make day-to-day healthcare decisions as part of the widening range of healthcare options that includes GPs, pharmacies and the NHS Direct telephone service.
It covers more than 25 of the most common adult and child health problems with advice on how to treat symptoms at home where appropriate.
And it contains Department of Health campaign messages such as tobacco education, immunisation and Get the Right Treatment, a campaign that informs people about the range of healthcare options available and how to use local services appropriately.
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