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The Medical Centre
Aims:
Raise awareness of
available medical services
All information will be
available on-line!
Health Services in the United Kingdom
• Health services in the
United Kingdom are
different from those you
have at home.
• The National Health
Service provides free
medical care if you are
resident in the UK
• However, you may need to
pay for
medicine/prescription
• HC1 forms
HOW TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE
• You need to register with a doctor also known
as a General Practitioner (GP)
• You can register at any GP surgery
• However, there is a medical centre on campus
• The medical centre has specific registration
days for new students. If you are unable to
attend these sessions you may come to the
medical centre to register at a later date
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
• If you move to a new
address it is
ESSENTIAL that you
inform the Medical
Centre
• Or your NHS
registration may be
cancelled!!! You will
have no GP!
What to do if you are feeling unwell!
• Many minor illnesses
can be self managed
Some examples:
• Cold sores
• Constipation
• Coughs & colds
• Cystitits
• Dermatitis
• Diarrhoea
• Earache
• Hayfever
What to do if you are feeling unwell
• These ailments can be
self managed with
advice/treatment from
a Pharmacist
• • Headache
• Headlice
• Indigestion
• Mouth ulcers
• Sore throats
• Threadworm
• Vaginal thrush
• Verrucas
What to do if you are feeling unwell
• Visit www.uclan.ac.uk
and see Medical Centre
web pages(found in the
A-Z list), for advice on
minor illness
• Or you can visit your
local pharmacist
• Or contact NHS direct (a
health advisory service)
on 0845 4647 or
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
What to do if you are feeling unwell!
• If your problem can not
be self managed, you
can contact the Medical
Centre for advice
• Located off Kirkham
Street, near the Media
Factory
• Open Monday-Friday
8.15am-5.30pm
• Telephone: 01772
892598
Services at the Medical Centre
DOCTORS
ADVANCED NURSE
PRACTITIONERS
PRACTICE NURSE
SEXUAL HEALTH
ADVICE/
SCREENING
CONTRACEPTION
CLINICS
TRAVEL HEALTH
CLINIC
If YOU NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR
• If your problem
demands you need to
see the Doctor ring,
ideally before 9am for
an appointment.
• 01772 892598 MonFriday 8.15-5.30pm
• You will usually get an
appointment for the
same day
Advanced Nurse Practitioners
• What are nurse
practitioners?
• Have Undertaken:
Advanced education/
Prescribing/Clinical
training
Have skills to assess and
treat most minor illness
and can prescribe when
appropriate.
Advanced nurse practitioners
How do I access the service?
 Telephone the surgery, you will be offered an
approximate time to call in
Or
“Drop in”
The nurse practitioners run walk-in sessions, so
advance appointments are not required.
Practice Nurse
• The practice nurse offers
advice on minor illness,
wound care, pregnancy
testing, travel advice,ear
care and taking blood
samples
• Blood clinics Mon, Tues &
Fri 8.30-11am
• Travel Clinic by
appointment only
• Ring for session times for
all other services
Contraception & Sexual Health
• Contraception: A safe &
effective way of
preventing unwanted
pregnancy
• It is free/available from
Medical centre
• Emergency
Contraception also
available
• Clinics held daily
• Advice/ treatment for
Unplanned pregnancy
also available
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
INFECTIONS
• Sexually transmitted
infections are on the
increase!!!!
• They can be prevented
by using a condom
• The medical centre
offers advice on all STIs
and also a confidential
testing service, by
appointment only.
Contraception & Sexual health
• Condoms are provided
free from the Medical
Centre
• Self-Testing kits for
chlamydia are also
available from the
medical centre
Out of Hours Health Care
• In an emergency out of
surgery hours, the Primary
Care Centre at the Royal
Preston Hospital provides
cover.
• Please note this is not the
ACCIDENT &
EMERGENCY DEPT
• Visits to Primary Care are
strictly by appointment only
and patients will be
expected to make their own
way to the Centre.
OUT OF HOURS CARE
• This service should only
be used in an
EMERGENCY!!!!
• You have to ring for an
appointment
Opening Hours
Monday – Friday 6.00pm
– 8.00am
Weekends and Bank
Holidays 24 hours
Tel: 01772 788058.
DENTAL CARE
 Access to an NHS Dental
service is available
 You can pick up a form
from the medical centre or
register on line at
www.centrallancashire.nhs.uk
/dental
HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY
• It is not unusual to
feel homesick &
stressed due to the
new environment
and different culture.
• You may
experience LOW
MOODS, ANXIETY
OR ISOLATION.
Counselling services
A confidential counselling
service is available to
students.
Foster building FB119
TELEPHONE
01772 892572
For an appointment
THE M AND M PEER MENTORING PROGRAMME
•
A Mentoring/buddy Programme providing peer support to
students
• Based in the ‘I’ Foster building OR accessed via website
www.uclan.ac.uk/mandm OR Telephone 01772 895012
• Helps students to increase confidence, self-esteem and
motivation
• Make friends through M and M social and fun activities
• Offers Support with academic and personal issues that may be
affecting studies
HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY
• Respect alcohol and
respect yourself!!
• It is fine to enjoy
alcohol, but you
need to look after
your health and
well-being.
• Know your limits
ALCOHOL
• To find out how
TO SAFELY
ENJOY ALCOHOL
visit:
www.drinkaware.co.uk
SMOKING
• Smoking increases your
risk of :
Developing illness
Disability
Death
It can cause:
CANCER
HEART DISEASE
LUNG DISEASE
SMOKING
• There is support to help you give up
Visit: www.nhs.uk/gosmokefree
OR
Telephone
0800 022 4 332
OR
Contact The Medical Centre for advice
on giving up
RECREATIONAL DRUGS
• Include: Cannabis,
Heroin, Cocaine, LSD,
Ecstasy, GHB
• These drugs are illegal
& if you receive a
caution from the police
you will have a criminal
record!
• Taking/Mixing drugs with
alcohol is risky and the
affects are
unpredictable!
RECREATIONAL DRUG USE
• Drug use can affect
your mental & physical
well-being!
For further
information see
www.talktofrank.com
Meningitis C
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What is meningococcal
disease?
Meningococcal disease results
from a bacterial infection
The route of transmission is
through droplets/ respiratory
secretions (e.g.coughing and
sneezing), or more directly
through kissing
Is rare but can be a serious life
threatening disease
Who is at greatest risk?
One of the highest risk groups is
young people 15-19 years and
university students due to the
highly populated environment
THE VACCINATION
• The MenC conjugate vaccine protects selectively
against Group C disease
• Does not protect against any other type
of meningococcal infection.
Can everyone be given this vaccine?
• No, immunisation is contraindicated in individuals who
have had a hypersensitivity reaction to any constituent
of the vaccine
• Immunisation should be postponed if you have an acute
febrile illness or high fever.
THE VACCINATION
• Can this vaccine be administered to pregnant women?
•
there is no evidence to suggest that this vaccine is not safe in
pregnancy,
• However it should not be given unless there is a high risk of the
individual developing meningococcal C disease, such as in an
outbreak, or a close contact of a recent case.
• Similarly, it is not it is not recommended in women
breastfeeding.
• You will be given a health form to complete prior to having the
vaccine which you will need to sign, if you wish to consent to
have the vaccine
That concludes this
presentation
Questions/queries
will be answered
by any member of
the Medical centre
staff
Thankyou