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HOW THE HESTA HEALTH CHECK WORKS

A complete picture of your postnatal recovery

The Hesta Health Check is a comprehensive health assessment, designed specifically for anyone who has given birth in the last two years.

WHAT THE HESTA HEALTH CHECK HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND

Answers to the questions that stay with you after birth

Is this normal?

Understand symptoms in the context of your recovery, stage after birth, and wider health.

HESTA CLINIC

Follow-on support from healthcare professionals, when you need it.  

Hesta brings the best postnatal expert clinicians to you.

You can talk through your Hesta Health Check and Care Guide with a postnatal doctor that has been trained to specifically look after postnatal women and birthing parents. You're able to review your assessment, understand your results and discuss your concerns.

And after your Hesta Health Check, Hesta Care connects you with trusted postnatal specialists, including GPs, physiotherapists, dietitians, psychotherapists, lactation specialists and midwives.From nutrition support to mental wellbeing sessions, Hesta Care gives you access to highly trained, postnatal clinical specialists in one easily accessible place.

Because your care is guided by your Health Check Report and Care Guide, you don’t have to start from scratch. Your support is joined up, personalised and designed around your recovery.

A different kind of postnatal care

What postnatal care can feel like
What Hesta is designed to do
Having to work out what to do next yourself
Give you clear guidance and access to the right next step
Help often comes only when something feels serious
Help you understand what may need attention earlier
A single check or appointment, then you're left to get on with it
Support you on an ongoing basis, from day one up to two years after birth
Symptoms are looked at one by one
Review your body, mind, goals, history, and results together
Separate services for separate concerns, with you repeating your story each time
Joined up care that changes as your needs change, without starting again each time

CQC registered | Qualified UK-registered clinicians | Secure health data| Designed by leading doctors, and women’s health specialists

Access expert clinicians, when you need support

Hesta Care brings the best postnatal expert clinicians to you.

Where you do need support from healthcare professionals, we’re here for you.
 

You can talk through your Hesta Health Check and Care Guide with a postnatal doctor that has been trained to specifically look after postnatal women and birthing parents. You're able to review your assessment, understand your results and discuss your concerns.
 

And if you decide you need a more specialised consultation, whether it’s a recommended physio assessment from your Hesta Care Guide or if you decide it’s time to talk to someone about how your birth really made you feel, you can find the right healthcare professional through Hesta Care.  From nutrition support to emotional wellbeing sessions, Hesta Care gives you access to highly trained, postnatal clinical specialists in one easily accessible place.

*Access to Hesta Care is limited to Hesta Health Check users. Find out why here in our FAQs.

Frequently asked questions

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Your recovery deserves expert care

Whether you're preparing for your fourth trimester, looking for reassurance after birth or ready to understand your health in more detail, Hesta is here to support you.

CQC registered  |  Designed by clinicians, with and for women  |  Built for real life

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