Do You Need Urgent Treatment?
In an emergency always dial 999
DIAL 999 IMMEDIATELY if somebody you know is experiencing the following symptoms:
- Sudden loss of consciousness
- Severe chest pain
- Symptoms of stroke
- Acute shortness of breath
- Uncontrollable bleeding
- Serious allergic reaction
- Severe burns or scalding
For less severe urgent medical conditions, please visit your nearest Urgent Treatment Centre, or Accident and Emergency department. The links below will give you more details of the A+E departments near Chartfield Surgery:
Urgent appointments at Chartfield Surgery
We have urgent appointments available daily at the surgery. Call us on 0208 788 3252 from 8am Mon-Fri. Please note that all calls are recorded for training and monitoring purposes.
Out of hours or on public holidays, please dial 111 or visit the NHS 111 site.
Minor illness advice
Community pharmacies can offer treatment for seven common conditions without patients needing to see a GP or get a prescription, as part of a major transformation in the way the NHS delivers care. Highly trained pharmacists at more than nine in ten pharmacies can now assess and offer treatment for:
- Earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
- Impetigo (a contagious skin infection - aged 1 year and over)
- Infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
- Shingles (aged 18 years and over)- infection that causes a painful rash
- Sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)- infection of the sinuses (behind the forehead, cheeks and nose)
- Sore throat (aged 5 years and over)
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs) (women aged 16 to 64 years)
