Preventative Health

Chronic diseases are often inconvenient and difficult to manage, and often require a significant change in your lifestyle once you are diagnosed with a chronic disease. Taking medications, regular doctor and other health professional appointments, changing what you eat or modifying exercise, significantly increasing your exercise regime… the list goes on. Chronic diseases also often carry secondary complications, and the consequences of those complications can be enormous.

Getting ahead of the ball and making the changes to avoid these diseases before they set in, can make a really big difference in your life. We can help you assess and address risk factors for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease, before they cause long-term damage. We work with you to help you achieve your healthiest you.

We test for conditions which might indicate long-term health issues, and help you put in place steps to improve your health.

We can help with:

• Coordinating your health care with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers
• Chronic disease management plans (formerly enhanced primary care or EPC) plans
• Mental health care plans
• blood pressure and cholesterol checks
• weight loss advice
• quitting smoking
• alcohol-related issues
• kicking other indulgences
• Most people feel healthy when they’ve got early signs of disease showing up. So, it’s really important that you and your GP are on the lookout for risk factors to allow you to take action early.

Have a chat to your GP, and talk about what preventive health things you might be missing out on that might make a difference to you in the near future.