Health Help Now is an app and website that helps people find the best place for treatment for common symptoms. It shows which services are open and where they are. It can help people find out if they need to see a doctor, pharmacist or use a minor injuries service.

Health Help Now is for everybody – you, your children, your parents, your neighbours. And we need your help to spread the message so that even more people can find the right treatment. You know how much pressure the A&Es and general practices are under. Health Help Now gives people the opportunity to make better decisions about where to get treatment so why don’t you download it over Christmas?

Health Help Now has advice for people of all ages. All you need to do is put in your symptoms, age bracket and postcode and let Health Help Now do the rest. You might even find a pharmacy you didn’t know was open late, or advice on a symptom you thought you knew how best to treat.

The award-winning website – healthhelpnow-nhs.net – was developed by clinicians and health managers in Kent, for the people of Kent and is also available as a free downloadable app for Apple and Android devices. Health Help Now has been used more than 85,000 times since its launch but it can only continue to be successful with your help. You can download it to your phone by following these easy instructions. Once downloaded, why not tell your friends and family about it?

Downloading the app means you can:

• Use the health wallet to make notes about symptoms or questions for your GP.
• Keep a list of health appointments and contacts.
• Save favourite pages from Health Help Now and view other useful apps.

To find out more about Health Help now go to: kent.healthhelpnow-nhs.net.