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NHS Grampian healthpoints are open in a range of locations across Grampian. Together with the healthline they offer free and confidential health advice from trained staff on a wide range of topics. To find your nearest healthpoint, call the free healthline on 0500 20 20 30 or email healthpoint@nhs.net

For help to stop smoking, the Smoking Advice Service offers help and support to anyone in Grampian. It is available free of charge and at local venues. To speak to a trained Smoking Cessation Advisor, call freephone 0500 600 332.

To be physically active, adults should build up to at least 30 minutes (for children at least 60 minutes) on most days of the week, of moderate intensity activity (breathing a bit deeper, feeling warmer, perhaps sweating a bit, but able still to carry out a conversation).

For healthy eating, base your meals on starchy foods (bread, rice, potatoes, pasta); eat lots of fruit and vegetables, eat more fish, cut down on saturated fat and sugar, try to eat less salt - no more than 6g a day, get active and try to be a healthy weight, drink plenty of water, don't skip breakfast.

Improving Health

NHS Grampian has a key role in not only providing health services for when you are ill, but also helping you to maintain good health, and to protect against and prevent ill-health. NHS Grampian will continue to work with its partners and you, to achieve this.

So what will this mean for you?

We will give you the information, support and skills you need to keep you healthy
A healthy weight programme will be offered to every child who needs it
We will increase our screening of those who may be drinking too much alcohol and, if necessary, offer a brief intervention to help them reduce their consumption
We will support 8,120 people, who want to stop smoking, to quit by March 2011
We will continue our breastfeeding support for new mums, increasing our breastfeeding rate to 41% by March 2011
We will target heart health checks to those most in need.