Emergency care: If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please continue to call 999 as normal.
Hospital appointments: Patients should continue to attend planned appointments unless contacted directly by their care team.
Non-emergency care: If you need urgent medical advice but it is not a life-threatening emergency, please continue to use NHS 111.
Contacting our services: Some email communications and online services may be affected. If your enquiry is urgent, please contact the relevant service by telephone rather than email where possible.
Our Emergency Department (ED), sometimes known as Accident and Emergency (A&E), assesses and treats people with serious, or life-threatening injuries or illness.
The department is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
How can I get urgent medical help?
For urgent medical help, please use NHS 111 online or call NHS 111.
This applies if:
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you need medical help fast, but it’s not a 999 emergency
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you think you need to go to ED or another NHS urgent care service
A trained NHS adviser or healthcare professional will help you right away. If you need urgent care, they may refer you to the Urgent Treatment Centre.
