Information about Health Action Plans

What is a health action plan?

A Health Action Plan is a plan that helps you to be healthy.

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It helps you think about what makes you feel happy and healthy.

It helps you to think about what other things you can do to be healthy.

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It helps you to plan what you need to do to be healthier and who can help you.

If you want to know more about Health Action Plans there is more information to download at the bottom of this page.

At the bottom of the page you can find:

a guide about Health Action Plans
an example of a Health Action Plan
a Health Screening Tool, to help you and the people who support you with your health to write your action plan
a Traffic Light Assessment - you can fill this in before going into hospital to help hospital staff to know important information about you
information about how to make Health Action Plans person centred. This means that they are made to specially to suit you and your needs.

If you can't find the information you need on this page, you can ring the Health Facilitation Coordinator on 0114 226 2900

0114 226 2900

Email us

Related Documents

Health Action Plans - A guide to help you (PDF, 254KB)

This booklet gives you more information about health action plans, why they are important and how to get help with yours. (262 KB)

Health Action Plans - A guide to help you (Word, 93KB)

This booklet gives you more information about health action plans, why they are important and how to get help with yours. This booklet is a text only version with no graphics. (93 KB)

My Health Action Plan (PDF, 80.6KB)

This is an example of a Health Action Plan. This document can be used to write your Health Action Plan. (80.6 KB)

My Health Action Plan - Text Only (Word, 88.5KB)

This is a text only example of a Health Action Plan, with no graphics. You can use this to write your health action plan. (88.5 KB)

Health Screening Tool (PDF, 632KB)

This is for finding out important information about your health for your Health Check and your Health Action Plan (632 KB)

Health Screening Tool (Word, 3.19MB)

This is for finding out important information about your health for your Health Check and your Health Action Plan (3.19 MB)

Traffic Light Assessment - For people with learning disabilities going into hospital (PDF, 221KB)

This document gives hospital staff important information about you. You can get help to fill it in and take with you if you have to go into hospital. (221 KB)

Traffic Light Assessment - For people with learning disabilities going into hospital (Word, 177KB)

This document gives hospital staff important information about you. You can get help to fill it in and take with you if you have to go into hospital. This is a text only version with no graphics (177 KB)

Benchmark of Best Practice for Health Action Planning (PDF, 84.6KB)

This document tells you about best practice for Health Action Planning, to make sure plans are person centred. (84.6 KB)

Benchmark of Best Practice for Health Action Planning (Word, 123KB)

This document tells you about best practice for Health Action Planning, to make sure plans are person centred. (123 KB)