HEALTH AND WELLBEING: Where to get the right treatment, first time

HEALTH services in Rotherham, including A&E and GP practices, are extremely busy, therefore the best way to get better quicker is to make sure you access the best service for your illness.

Your local pharmacist can give you useful information if you’re feeling under the weather. They are highly qualified to give advice on a wide range of common health problems and the best medicines to treat them. They can give you a range of medication so you don’t even have to go to your doctor for some things.

24 hour helpline, NHS 111, can provide advice when you are feeling ill. Advisors will also arrange out-of-hours appointments with a GP when practices and Walk-in-Centre are closed.

Dr Jason Page, local GP and GP lead for Primary Care, said: “Most ailments and illnesses, such as coughs, colds, sore throats, aches and pains can be self-treated at home with a well-stocked medicines cabinet. NHS 111 and pharmacists are highly qualified to give advice on a wide range of common health problems and the beat way to treat them. However if your symptoms are severe and won’t go away then there are doctors available to provide advice.

“Choosing the right treatment over the next couple of weeks will help patients get better quicker and help clinicians to help those in most need of medical attention.”