Healthy Westminster

Live a healthier lifestyle in Westminster

It's easy to live a healthy lifestyle in Westminster. There's lots of help and advice at hand to help you on the way.

Improve your health with a Health Trainer

Do you need help to kick start your health and wellbeing plan? Maybe you would like to be more active, eat more healthily, quit smoking or drink less, but you’re not sure where to start?

Funded by NHS Westminster, Health Trainers, are a free service provided by local people who have been trained to help you identify changes that could improve your health and wellbeing.

Find out more or book a free appointment.

Change4Life Supermeals

Save money, save time and be healthy…quick and easy meals on a budget.

Change4Life Supermeals gives you easy low-cost recipes, healthy eating tips, super deals and more.

You'll find everything you need to refresh your menu here.

Know your units

This year why not take the opportunity to cut down your alcohol intake? The Chief Medical Officer recommends that men should not drink more than 3 - 4 units of alcohol daily and women should not drink more than 2 - 3 units daily.

Take a look at the Know your Limits top ten tips for cutting back on the booze - click here.

Visit the unit calculator provided by the Drink Aware Trust.

Take a look at the Department of Health's leaflet: How much is too much? Drinking and you - click here.

NHS Health A-Z directory

• The NHS Health Directory provides up to date and clear information and advice on 800 conditions.  Search for a treatment or condition by using their comprehensive search options. 

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Live Well - NHS Choices

• Live Well covers over 90 diverse subjects including addictions, diet, fitness, and stress.

Healthy eating

• visit NHS Westminster's food co-ops at Edward Wilson and Hallfield primary schools for fresh fruit and veg at affordable prices or why not visit one of our markets? Find your local market.
  
  
• Hallfield Primary School, Hallfield Estate, W2 - Wednesdays from 3.25 - 4pm
  
  
• Edward Wilson Primary School, Bourne Terrace, W2 - Wednesdays from 3.15 - 3.45pm
  
  
• call 020 7150 8214 for further information including local cook and eat sessions and a new mobile food unit which will visit different community venues
  
  
• Change4Life - if you're interested in receiving more information on helping your children to stay fit and healthy, sign up to Change4Life to receive a free information pack with tips on exercise and healthy eating recipes. Register at www.nhs.uk/change4life or call 0300 123 1044
  
  
• take a look at the Department of Health's Your Weight, Your Life leaflet for further information on healthy eating.

Increase physical activity

• get active with the help of our new guide to sport and leisure - click here to view.
  
  
• aim to take 30 minutes of moderate physical activity at least five days a week. Why not take a FREE city walk? There is something to suit everyone. Click here for details.
  
  
• visit one of our leisure centres - find out more.
  
  
• get on your bike! The council has FREE training and bike maintenance sessions for cyclists including young people, school groups and community groups. Click here for details.

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Stop smoking

• a third of Westminster residents are estimated to be smokers
  
  
• Westminster has one of the top performing stop smoking services in London - in the last three years over 6,300 people have given up smoking with NHS Westminster's Stop Smoking Service
  
  
• be one of them - call NHS Westminster's Stop Smoking Service on Freephone 0800 328 8537.