Feeling unwell? Which NHS service is right for you?
Self-care NHS Direct Pharmacist Your GP
Self-care is the best choice to For health information and Visit your pharmacist (chemist) If you have an illness that just treat very minor illnesses and advice contact NHS Direct for advice when you are will not go away, make an injuries. For conditions like on 0845 46 47 or visit suffering from common appointment to see your GP, backache, earache, coughs www.nhs.uk health problems that do not or speak to them by phone. and colds, you are best off need to be seen by a nurse looking after yourself to begin or doctor, like colds, coughs, If you need urgent GP with, then seeking help if your aches and indigestion. assistance in the evenings condition doesn’t improve. or at weekends please call 03000 33 33 33.
GP Health Centres Minor Injuries Unit Urgent Care Centre A&E
Open 8am to 8pm every day. For injuries like sprains, Treats sprains, strains, fractures, Open 24 hours a day, every Register for a full range of cuts, grazes, bites, stings, wounds, burns, scalds, minor day. A&E is for life-threatening GP services or just use for the burns and scalds. Can treat head injuries, bites, stings, cuts situations such as a heart occasional appointment. children aged 2+. and grazes. Has x-ray. Can attack or stroke and for the treat infants and children. care of people who show the symptoms of serious illness or who are badly injured. In an emergency dial 999 and ask for an ambulance.
Find your local NHS service
Bishop’s Stortford Hertford Welwyn Garden City
Minor Injuries Unit Urgent Care Centre Spring House Medical Centre Herts and Essex Hospital Hertford County Hospital Ascots Lane Haymeads Lane, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 5JH North Road, Hertford SG14 1LP Welwyn Garden City AL7 4HL 01279 655191 ext 4298 www.hertfordurgentcarecentre.nhs.uk 01707 294354 Open Mon to Fri 9am – 5pm (last registration Open 8am – 8pm every day Open 8am – 8pm every day 4.30pm) Closed weekends and bank holidays www.springhouse.nhs.uk St Albans Cheshunt Accident and Emergency (A&E)* QEII Hospital Minor Injuries Unit Howlands, Welwyn Garden City AL7 4HQ Urgent Care Centre St Albans City Hospital Open 24 hours a day, every day Cheshunt Community Hospital Waverley Road, St Albans AL3 5PN Your nearest Urgent Care Centre is at Hertford King Arthur Court, Cheshunt EN8 8XN 01727 897182 www.cheshunturgentcarecentre.nhs.uk Open 9am – 8pm, every day Open 8am – 8pm every day X-rays 9am – 5pm, Mon to Fri
Hemel Hempstead Stevenage
Stevenage West Herts Medical Centre Accident and Emergency (A&E) Hemel Hempstead Hospital Lister Hospital
Hillfield Road, Hemel Hempstead HP2 4AD Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage SG1 4AB Bishop’s 03000 33 22 33 Open 24 hours a day, every day Welwyn Stortford Open 8am – 8pm every day Your nearest Urgent Care Centre is at Hertford Garden City www.westhertsmedicalcentre.nhs.uk Hertford Watford St Albans Urgent Care Centre Hemel Cheshunt Hemel Hempstead Hospital Accident and Emergency (A&E) Hempstead Hillfield Road, Hemel Hempstead HP2 4AD Watford General Hospital Watford Open 24 hours a day, every day Vicarage Road, Watford WD18 0HB Open 24 hours a day, every day Your nearest Urgent Care Centre is at Hemel Hempstead
*There is no overnight children’s A&E service at the QEII. If your child needs A&E between 9pm and 7.30am please go straight to the specialist children’s A&E at Lister Hospital, Stevenage.
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