The Get Healthy Service can help your patients make lifestyle changes to improve their health.
The service, delivered by NSW Health, complements the care provided by a patient’s regular GP by offering free phone and online health coaching to patients over the age of 16.
You can refer your patients to the service to receive six or more confidential coaching calls with a university qualified health coach.
Coaches provide support to patients and will assist them to:
- set and achieve health goals
- eat well and keep active
- reduce the amount of alcohol intake
- reach and stay at a healthy weight
- gain a healthy amount of weight in pregnancy
- stay active during and after cancer treatment
Patients who complete the program have lost an average of 1.79kg, have reduced their waist circumference by 1.64cm and have reduced their BMI by 0.64kg/m2.
They were also more physically active and ate more fruit and vegetables each day.
You can refer your patients to this free service using the Get Healthy website.