Health services in your area
Information about sexual health, breastfeeding support, healthy living, childhood obesity, drug and alcohol advice and finding healthcare and pharmacies.
Staying healthy
Health advice and support for adults in Islington
Enjoy a range of health support and information to help you:
- get fitter
- achieve and maintain a healthy weight
- stop smoking
- drink less
- get an NHS health check.
Visit the One You Islington website
Screening programmes
Find out if you’re at higher risk of a health problem, so you can get support earlier.
Types of screening you can get:
- pregnancy
- new born babies
- diabetic eye screening
- cervical
- breast screening
- bowel cancer
You can find out more about screening programmes from NHS Choices
Visit NHS Choices screening information
Give feedback about health and care services
You can improve health and care services by sharing you stories with Healthwatch.
Visit the Healthwatch website
Drug and alcohol
If you are having trouble with drinking or drugs, there are free and confidential services to help you cut down or stop.
New parents
If you’re a new parent, you can get free support before your baby is born as well as breastfeeding advice.
Support for breastfeeding
The Whittington and UCH hospitals can support you in your first few days.
They also provide telephone support.
Phone: 020 3316 8439
Breastfeeding support groups in Islington
You can also visit a weekly breastfeeding drop-in groups at children’s centres across Islington.
For more information about times and locations visit the Breastfeeding Network website.
Free five-week antenatal course
Before the birth of your baby, this free course can give you support an information about:
- managing your labour
- pain relief, relaxation
- feeding your baby
- your relationship with your baby
Locations:
- Willow Children’s Centre, 1A Holbrooke Court, N7 0BF
- Bemerton Children’s Centre, Coatbridge House, N1 0DX
- New River Green Children’s Centre, 23 Ramsey Walk, N1 2SX
To book your place please speak to your midwife, family support worker or professional involved in your care.
Further information
For further information, you can also telephone or message 07887 627231
Childhood obesity
Families for Life
Families for Life is a free healthy lifestyle programme for all families living with a child aged 2 to 11 years who live, are at school, or are registered with a GP in Islington.
Families for Life includes:
- Family Kitchen programmes, where parents and their children make delicious meals and sit and eat together. Programmes are four to six weeks long.
- Taste Education programmes, where parents and children explore vegetables and fruit using all their senses. At the end of the session, children are more willing to try new vegetables and fruit. Programmes are five weeks long.
- One-off Family Kitchen sessions as part of Lunch Bunch or Bright Start over Easter, summer and winter holidays.
Families for Life activities are delivered in community centres, early years settings and schools across the borough.
For more information and to register your interest, visit the Families for Life directory page.
- Email: FamiliesForLife@islington.gov.uk
- Phone: 020 7527 2304
Support for overweight children
If you are worried about your child’s weight you can get advice on food, activity, weight and health.
Last year, over 65 per cent of children who took part in the programme lost or maintained their weight.
Email: jasmine.chirchi@nhs.net
Sugar smart
If you’d like to cut down on the amount of sugar you eat, you can get advice and information on the Sugar Smart website
Find a pharmacy in Islington
Pharmacies can support you with most common illnesses, as well as give you advice on having a healthier life by stopping smoking, cutting down on alcohol, diet or sexual health advice.
Find a pharmacy in Islington
See more information on the support you can get at your local pharmacy at the gov.uk website
Healthy living pharmacies
These are pharmacies who meet a government standard of quality care in their community.
How healthy living pharmacies can:
- support you with healthy living and wellbeing
- improve health in the local area
- have trained pharmacy team, with a pharmacist
- consistently deliver a range of high-quality NHS services
- maintains premises to a high professional standard with private consultation facilities
- work closely with other healthcare providers
