Getting Urgent Help

Safety First - this website is not a place to ask for urgent help, if you are very worried about your health [see list below], please call 999 and ask for help from the Ambulance Service:

Short of breath
Chest pains
Suicidal thoughts with a plan of action
Heavy bleeding

In these pages we cover:

How to get urgent care for yourself

Want urgent medical advice? - you can use 111 Online, either via the 111 Online website, or the NHS App, to explain your problem, and 111 will contact you back
Run out of important medicines over the weekend, or a Bank Holiday?- see our advice on How to get an Emergency Prescription from 111 Online, or a Pharmacy

How Apps can help you help others in an emergency

How to give your location on a SmartPhone to a 999 operator, using the What Three Words App, even when you have no idea where you are
Citizens Aid - a charity that has produced a mass casualty first-aid quick guide App - full of guidance for how to help people at a train crash, or terrorist attack