Not Always A and E – News from the NHS
If you have an injury or are unwell make sure you seek the right help and advice.
Self-care
For minor cuts and ailments, it is often quickest and easiest to treat yourself at home. Keep a simple first aid box and make sure you have medicines like paracetamol and ibuprofen…..Treat yourself at home for; simple cuts, headaches, eye and ear infections.
Pharmacy
Pharmacies can help with several common conditions and minor injuries. They can give advice and medicines, if appropriate. Some of the conditions pharmacies can help with are: coughs, colds and fevers, diarrhoea and vomiting, hay fever and other allergies, skin rashes.
Some pharmacies also offer extra services such as emergency contraception, chlamydia screening, help with giving up smoking and medicines checks.
Remember…A & E is for saving lives…Not hangovers, headaches or heartbreaks.
If you need to see a doctor when your GP practice is closed or during the holiday period, you can….
- Contact your GP’s ‘Out of Hours’ service by calling your GP practice.
- Go to a GP-led Health Centre, NHS walk-in centre or Minor injuries unit.
- Call NHS 111 for urgent medical advice.
You can see a doctor even if you are not registered with a local GP. Some of the conditions treated at an NHS walk-in centre or Minor Injuries unit are: infections and rashes, bruises and some fractures, emergency contraception and advice and stomach upsets.
The local health services are:
Minor Injuries Unit, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, SW15 5PN. Tel: 020 8487 6999
NHS walk-in centre, Teddington Memorial Hospital, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0JL. Tel: 020 8714 4004
For further information check www.notalwaysAandE.co.uk