NHS website and App to help you to recover after having Covid.

As you find yourself recovering from COVID-19 you may still be coming to terms with the impact the virus has had on both your body and mind.

These changes should get better over time, some may take longer than others, but there are things you can do to help.

Your COVID Recovery helps you to understand what has happened and what you might expect as part of your recovery.

A 12 week specialist course for anyone who is suffering from Joint Pain; it includes 2 hour long group sessions a week with a personal trainer.

We want to enable you to manage your arthritis, get back to doing things that you love and used to do by reducing pain, fear and anxiety, we will do this by helping you to find exercises that you enjoy, teach you to work out safely and ultimately reduce or eliminate pain. All sessions are tailored to your pace.

The sessions will enable us to build a support community where you feel safe and comfortable; where you can make friends and share experiences.

£2.00 per session, for this price you also get a gym membership card and are able to use the full facilities at any time. Days and times to be confirmed with people who apply for the 12 week programme.

For further information please contact Kirsty Malik.

Empowering people with persistent pain to develop their understanding, skills and confidence to live a full and meaningful life. Working in collaboration with other healthcare professionals, sharing expertise for the benefit of their patients.

Live Well With Pain is an online portal with links and online resources to help those living with persistent pain.

Find out about the Ten Footsteps to Living Well With Pain, and information for carers of those living with persistent pain, on the website below.

There are also Live Well With Pain cafes – informal, welcoming and supportive groups for those living with long-term persistent pain conditions. These are run as part of the Rural Practice Network, a group of five GP surgeries in Wincanton, Bruton, Castle Cary, Queen Camel and Milborne Port. Please note: only those registered with these 5 surgeries are eligible to attend the cafes.

Live Well With Pain cafes take place in:

Milborne Port – 1^st Tuesday of the month from 11.00am–12.30pm at the communal lounge at Wheathill Close (DT9 5EU)

Bruton – 1^st Wednesday of the month from 11.30am-12.30pm at the communal lounge in Brue Avenue/Eastfield (BA10 0HT)

Queen Camel – 2^nd Wednesday of the month from 11.30am–12.30pm at the communal lounge at Cleaveside Close (BA22 7PR)

Wincanton – 3^rd Thursday of the month from 2.00-3.00pm at the communal lounge in Balsam Close (BA9 9HW)

Castle Cary – 4^th Thursday of the month from 11.00am-12 noon at the communal lounge at Catherines Close. (BA7 7HP)

There is also an online monthly Live Well with Pain café on Microsoft Teams which takes place on the 3^rd Wednesday of each month from 7-8pm and is open to any people registered with any of the 5 surgeries.

All cafes are free to attend.

For more information about these cafes, please get in touch with Sue Crisfield using the details below.

Lupus is an autoimmune connective tissue disease which can affect any organ in the body.  It is a lifelong condition and can vary significantly in presentation and severity.

We have a team of volunteer telephone Contacts who are at hand to answer any questions or be a listening ear to those who need to talk.  All our Contacts have lupus themselves so are very sympathetic and understanding of what patients are going through.