Find the Best Service for Your Illness or Injury

Helping you recover sooner by accessing the right service for your needs.

Whatever your illness or injury, you can find the right care by using this guide to local services in your area.


Self Care

  • Treat minor ailments such as diarrhoea and vomiting at home:
    • Keep stocked up: be prepared with essential medicines and supplies.

Useful items:

  • Aspirin
  • Paracetamol
  • Antidiarrheal medicine
  • Cough medicine
  • Plasters
  • Thermometer
  • Antiseptic cream


Pharmacy

Your local pharmacy can help treat minor ailments including:

  • Acute ear infection
  • Impetigo
  • Infected insect bite
  • Shingles
  • Sinusitis
  • Sore throat
  • Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)


NHS 111

Non-emergency help:

  • Feeling unwell?
  • Unsure?
  • Anxious?
  • Need help?

Use 111 if you’re unsure which service you need or require advice and guidance.


GP Advice

Skilled team of medical professionals:

  • Lasting symptoms
  • Chronic pain
  • Long-term conditions
  • Prescriptions


Urgent Care

  • Doncaster Same Day Health Centre:
    • If you are unable to get an urgent appointment with your practice.
    • Call 0300 123 3103
    • Evening and weekend appointments available.
  • Urgent treatment:
    • Simple fractures
    • Sprains and breaks
    • Cuts and burns
  • Mexborough Minor Injuries Unit:
    • Montagu Hospital
    • Adwick Road, Mexborough, S64 0AZ


Emergency

Emergency Department or 999 for emergencies only:

  • Choking
  • Chest pain
  • Blacking out
  • Serious blood loss
  • Significant injury or trauma


Mental Health

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  • In a mental health crisis:
    • Please phone the local service on 0800 804 8999 or call 111.


Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS)

Conditions treated:

  • Red eye or eyelids
  • Dry, gritty, or uncomfortable eyes
  • Eye irritation and inflammation
  • A lot of recent discharge from the eye or watery eye
  • Recently occurring flashes or floaters
  • Painful eye
  • Ingrowing lashes
  • Recent and sudden loss of vision
  • Foreign body in the eye

Self-referral:

  • Call 0800 112 0070 or 111 for assistance.



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