Staying Healthy with CASBA
We help you get your free health check every year.
If you are 14 or older and have a learning disability, you can have a free health check at your doctor's surgery every year.
It is called an Annual Health Check.
At a Health Check you:
- Talk about your health.
- Talk about your well-being.
- Can ask questions about your health and body.
- Make a plan to help you stay healthy for the next year.
Staying Healthy in South Birmingham:
If you are 14 or older.
If you have a learning disability.
If you live in:
- Hall Green
- Edgbaston
- Selly Oak
- Northfield
We can help you.
How CASBA will help you:
We help you understand:
- What a health check is.
- How to get your health plan in Easy Read.
- The changes that can be made to help you at the appointment.
- How to get on the Learning Disability register.
We will:
- Help you to make the phone call to book your health check.
- Help you to get to your health check.
- Help you to find other services to improve your health.
- Help you find other services to improve your well-being.
How to get your free health check:
What happens at a health check?
- The health check helps find problems before you are ill.
- You will make a plan to stay fit and healthy.
- You will find out about other care and support you are entitled to.
A nurse or doctor or will:
- Listen to you about how you are feeling.
- Check things like your weight, heart rate, and blood pressure.
- Talk about your mental health and how you are coping.
- Check your medication, injections and screening appointments.
Two helpful videos:
Introduction to Annual Health Checks by the NHS
Introduction to Annual Health Checks by the NHS
About our funding
This project is funded by the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System's Fairer Futures Fund via Heart of England Community Foundation.
