Needle phobia is very common, affecting at least one in 10 people. It may be stopping you from having the Covid vaccination or a blood test.
It is nothing to be ashamed of and simple exercises with practice can help to overcome it quickly.
Staff working in the NHS and social care can talk to us today on our live chat about how we can help (go back to our homepage) www.keepingwellnwl.nhs.uk
We've shared some top-tips under our self-help resources page to help overcome needle phobia.
