If you're worried about anything, call 111 for advice or visit the website 111.nhs.uk for step by step advice on:

• help with symptoms or an injury
• dental help
• prescription or medicines information
• mental health help
• information about Covid

Ask a pharmacist - you can walk in, there's rarely a wait and most have private consultation rooms. 
Pharmacists can advise you on over the counter treatments, prescribe certain medications and even do things like take your blood pressure. 

You can find more on blood pressure checks here.

Keep a well stocked, in date medicine cabinet and first aid kit to treat yourself for coughs, colds and other common ailments. There's advice on this here.         

If you're in any doubt, ring 111 for advice or 999 in an emergency.
Here’s when to call 999. 

If you have repeat prescription medication, consider signing up to a delivery service. These will often have reminders so you can reorder directly with them before you run out and they will also save you time, as the medication is delivered straight to your door. 

For factsheets on common ailments including how long you can expect them to last and when to get professional help, click here.

Persona and Shared Lives colleagues can go to Your Care from Vivup for advice and support 24/7, 365 days a year.
 
Medicash offers online GP access, a physio app and even a mole check service. Medicash is only available to staff on Persona Wellbeing t's & c's.

Did you know that Boots provide a mole scanning service run by ScreenCancer?

For the poster click here.