{"id":25305,"date":"2023-03-14T11:11:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T11:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/care-and-health\/?page_id=25305"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:10:47","slug":"health-and-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-69403307be454\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-10 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health and wellbeing<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Devon County Council and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/Pages\/HomePage.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS<\/a> work together to improve the health of people in Devon and make sure everyone across the county has equal access to healthcare services.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"section-bottom-arrow section-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-69403307be485\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-69403307bf039\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"show-for-sr text-center\">Links<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-cards content-border text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-2 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/care-and-support\/disabilities\/mental-health\/\">Mental health<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Information and advice to support good mental health.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/life-skills\/loneliness\/\">Overcoming loneliness<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Loneliness can happen to anyone at any age &#8211; take a look at some of the resources and ideas that are available to help you. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-3\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/staying-well-in-winter\/\">Staying well in winter<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>There are many innovative ways to keep yourself warm in the winter and support to make it possible. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-4\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/alcohol-and-drug-misuse\/\">Alcohol and drugs<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol or drugs, there\u2019s a wide range of services that can help.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-5\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/sexual-health\/\">Sexual health<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>There are half a million new sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnoses each year, which means the risk of getting an infection is increasing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-6\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/health-protection\/\">Health protection<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Includes food safety, water, air, and environment; disease and injury prevention including transmission of communicable diseases; managing outbreaks and incidents; emergency planning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-7\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/nhshealthchecks\/\">NHS Health Checks<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>National prevention programme for adults in England.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-8\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/services-for-people-with-dementia\/\">Living with dementia<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Get advice on what to do if you are worried about your own or someone else\u2019s memory. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-9\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/are-you-sitting-comfortably\/\">Keeping active<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Find out if you spend too long sitting down each day &#8211; and get tips on moving more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-10\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/suicide-prevention-in-devon\/mh-suicide-training\/\">Mental health, wellbeing and suicide prevention training<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>We are keen to upskill communities by funding evidence-based training that helps to encourage conversation about mental health and wellbeing. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-11\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/suicide-prevention-in-devon\/\">Suicide prevention<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Does someone close to you seem really down? 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Read our guidance to find out what you can do to help them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-12\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/solutions\/bathing\/\">Eating well<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Find information about shopping for food, preparing food, eating, maintaining a healthy weight and drinking enough fluids.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-13\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/health-and-wellbeing\/staying-well-in-the-summer-heat\/\">Staying well in hot weather<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Advice for adults and children on sunscreen and sun safety and especially for those at greater risk.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1801,"featured_media":0,"parent":25296,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-25305","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 05:43:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25305"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47493,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25305\/revisions\/47493"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}