Healthier Together North East and North Cumbria Initiative:
Welcome to Healthier Together, a great place to find accurate and trusted NHS healthcare advice in the North East and North Cumbria.
All the information on this site has been checked by clinicians, to ensure we offer the best advice for parents, carers, young people and health professionals.
You can find parental advice on poorly babies and children and tips like should my child go to school/nursery today We're regularly adding new topics so have a good browse and come back often.
If you would like to leave comments or suggestions visit our feedback page
If you find the site helpful take a look at the Healthier Together app, search for 'healthier together' in your usual app store.
Healthier Together: what people say
"This website is fantastic. I'm in a Whatsapp group with school mums who always ask questions about these things and nobody knows the answer or where to go for it. Amazing resource"
"Brilliant!. Simple, reassuring and helpful. Thank you"
"It's like a mini doctor for you at home. That's how it is, that's how I see it!"
NHS Healthier Together App
Look out for the NHS Healthier Together App - visit your usual app store to download
Credits for photos used on this site: Dr Subhan Christudas, Pixabay, Unsplashed, Shutterstock, Freepix and Frank Design
Recite Me - accessibility tool
Another addition to our accessibility improvement is the addition of Recite Me to the website which is able to translate pages and read the text in many different languages. The tool also offers support for visually impaired through changing font sizes, colours and backgrounds. Click the logo located in the top menu section
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