Working together for health and wellbeing

The list below provides links to several general health-related services that exist in the District, county and nationwide. Further local information can be found by typing your postcode into Where I live: St Albans.

• Hospitals 
• GPs
• Pharmacies
• Dentists
• Hertfordshire County Council services for adults
• Hertfordshire County Council services for children
• Health in Herts
• Herts Help
• One You

The St Albans District Healthy Hub is hosted by the existing Hub at the Civic Centre and provides a range of non-clinical health-related support. Together the Hub and Healthy Hub is a “one-stop shop” where residents can get help, information, advice and guidance to boost their physical and mental health.

To find out more about our Healthy Hub partners based in the Council’s Hub, click here. 

Visit the St Albans Healthy Hub webpage here.

Outreach St Albans District by Citizens Advice St Albans District and Communities 1st

This project will work to create a physical presence across the District promoting the work of the St Albans District Healthy Hub and the support it can offer to residents. 

Shape Up (Men's Weight Management Programme) by Watford FC's Community Sport & Education Trust

This project delivers nutritional education alongside physical activity. Each programme is completed over a 12-week period. It targets male residents with a BMI of 30+, or 28+ for Black or Minority Ethnic (BME) groups because of higher health risks in these populations.

Find out about the advice and support Hertfordshire County Council offers to older people, including advice on helping people to stay independent, here.

An A-Z guide to services for older people, produced in partnership with the Communities 1st, contains local and national contact information about services relevant to older people, ranging from what to do if you smell gas to getting online. The guide can be viewed here: Guide to Services for Older People in St Albans City & District. A limited number of hard copies are available at the Civic Centre. 

Please contact Peggy Sharp, Community Engagement Project Officer, on 01727 819340 or Peggy.Sharp@stalbans.gov.uk for more information.

• Sport & Leisure 
• Park Run St Albans
• 1Life
• Herts Sports Partnership
• St Albans and District Footpaths Society
• Everyone Active

To find out more about the health and wellbeing of residents in the District please use the links below.

St Albans Wards V’s  St Albans (average):

wardprofiles-stalbanswards-stalbans-2019-09.pdf (hertshealthevidence.org)

St Albans Wards V’s Hertfordshire (average):

wardprofiles-stalbanswards-hertfordshire-2019-09.pdf (hertshealthevidence.org)

The Hertfordshire Public Health Evidence and Intelligence website:

Hertfordshire Health Evidence (hertshealthevidence.org)

Herts Insight:  

Welcome to Herts Insight (hertfordshire.gov.uk)

Sopwell Wellbeing is a local initiative to help local residents affected by the pandemic. It will develop a range of new services to provide emotional, social and practical community-based support to strengthen wellbeing. The aim is to embed this support within the community so that it can continue into the future, by working closely with other local community and voluntary organisations.

• Sopwell Wellbeing leaflet ( pdf - 2.37 MB )