Norwich Health Trainer Service

The NHS Health Trainer Service is a free and confidential service available to anybody who is 16 and over and who lives in the inner-city Norwich area. The service is part of a new NHS initiative to tackle health inequalities in deprived areas to improve individuals’ health and wellbeing and to act as a preventative measure to reduce the impact of lifestyle diseases such as heart disease, obesity and cancer.

Health trainers meet with clients in their local areas, such as community centres and work with people who are already motivated to make healthy lifestyle changes. Health trainers provide non-judgemental motivation, encouragement and bespoke support to clients’ using psychological-based techniques to help people change unhealthy behaviours to behaviours that are known to enhance health and wellbeing, such as;

Reducing alcohol / drug use
Reducing or stopping smoking
Improving sexual health
Becoming more active
Making healthier food choices

We will see clients for 6 one-to-one sessions over a 6 month period (or shorter depending on the clients needs) and can provide clients with;

The time to listen
Support and encouragement
The chance for clients’ to choose their own achievable health goals
Regular meetings to review client progress
Motivation when change seems difficult
Information and connection to local groups and activities and may also accompany clients to the first session
Free condoms through the C-Card scheme
Free Chlamydia testing kits (for 16-24 years olds)
Signposting to various local and national services
Level 2 Significant smoking cessation advice and prescription letters to doctors for NRT and Champix products

If you would like more information, or to book an appointment call Norwich Health Trainer Service on 01603 625093

or

Email: norwichhealthtrainerservice@norfolk.nhs.uk