Staying well this winter
Cold weather makes life more difficult - but there are things we can do to look after ourselves. From getting your seasonal vaccines to wrapping up warm, we have information to help you.
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Information and advice
- Information and advice
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Coronavirus guidance
- Coronavirus guidance
- Information about coronavirus
- Lockdown extension: Coronavirus roadmap delayed
- Coronavirus advice for carers
- Top tips for looking after yourself as lockdown restrictions ease
- Getting back on your feet after lockdown
- Living with long COVID
- Care home visiting: coronavirus rules
- Coping with lockdown easing
- Four-tier coronavirus alert levels: Tier 1, 2, 3 and 4 rules explained
- Coronavirus Christmas rules explained
- Coronavirus vaccines explained
- Accessing health services
- Test and Trace
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Money & legal
- Money & legal
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Benefits and Entitlements
- Benefits and Entitlements
- Attendance Allowance
- Benefit rates 2021-2022
- Benefits and accessing cash - coronavirus advice
- Benefits Calculator – what are you entitled to?
- Bereavement Support Payment
- Carer's Allowance
- Changes to couples benefits
- Changes to the benefit system
- Cold Weather Payment
- Council Tax Support
- Disability Living Allowance
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Free bus pass and transport concessions
- Free prescriptions for over 60s
- Housing Benefit
- Blue Badge
- How to challenge a benefit decision
- How to get help with urgent or one-off expenses
- How your benefits are means-tested
- Income Support
- Jobseeker's Allowance
- Pension Credit
- Personal Independence Payment
- Returning to the UK after living abroad
- Support for Mortgage Interest
- Transport concessions for disabled people
- TV licence concessions
- Universal Credit
- Warm Home Discount Scheme
- Winter Fuel Payment
- Debt and savings
- Income and tax
- End of life planning
- Legal issues
- Pensions advice
- Scams and fraud
- Consumer issues
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Health & wellbeing
- Health & wellbeing
- Conditions and illnesses
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Health services
- Health services
- Dental services for older people
- 9 health tests that could save your life
- Getting the most from your medicines
- Getting help when feeling unwell
- NHS continuing healthcare
- Your hospital stay
- GP services for older people
- Leaving hospital
- Complaining about NHS services
- What standards you should expect from NHS services
- Being active
- Mind and body
- Loneliness
- Healthy eating
- Relationships and family
- Worried about someone?
- Care & support
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Work & learning
- Work & learning
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Making the most of the internet
- Making the most of the internet
- Computer training courses
- Glossary of online terms
- Getting started on the internet
- Staying safe online
- Keeping in touch using a video call
- Making your device easier to use
- How to download apps
- Email essentials
- What's WhatsApp?
- Using social media
- Online banking, is it safe?
- How to transfer money and make payments
- Smart shopping online
- Online password security
- Discrimination and rights
- Education and training
- Looking for work
- Retirement
- Information guides and factsheets
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Services
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