You can contact your local health visitor YOURSELF using the details below:
Telephone: 0300 123 6661
Email: snhs.healthvisitingsouthampton@nhs.net
All local health visitors are registered nurses or midwives. They can support and guide you and your family until your child starts school (0-5 years of age). This is a FREE SERVICE.
To find out more then please click on this link .
The nearest Urgent Treatment Centre is Royal South Hants Hospital, Level B, Brintons Terrace, Southampton, SO14 0YG.
The service is FREE to NHS patients, open to ALL adults and children and does not require an appointment.
They are open:
Monday to Friday: 07:30-22:00
Saturday, Sunday and Bank holidays: 08:00-22:00
X-ray opening hours: 10:00-20:00
They can see and treat:
-Recent injuries
-Sprains and strains
-Non-covid related illnesses
-Wound infections
-Broken bones to any part of the arms, lower legs and feet
-Dress minor wounds, cuts and grazes
-Stitches and close wounds
-MInor head injuries
-Minor eye injuries
If you would like to find out more then please click on this link.
If you would like to access No Limits then please click on this link and complete a SELF-REFERRAL.
If you would like to REFER a young person to No Limits then please click on this link.
Alternatively you can:
Phone: 02380 224224
Email: enquiries@nolimitshelp.org.uk
The No Limits service is a FREE service open to any patient 25 years or younger who need to talk to someone in confidence about any issue you might have.
This service can offer – click on this link:
–Drop-in clinics
–Health and wellbeing-counselling, drugs, alcohol, sexual health, safe havens, social prescribing, primary mental health workers and therapeutic groups.
–Welfare-housing, homelessness, education, training, employment, crime, offending, money, budgeting and debt advice.
–Support Groups
–Family and care-bright beginnings, young carers and support for families.
–Participation and social action
Alongside our normal telephone and face-to-face consultation appointments, we are also offering video consultations with LIVI – an online GP provider.
Enhanced access appointments for this service are available Monday-Friday 18:30-20:00 and Saturday 09:00-17:00.
Seeing a doctor via this service means you can:
● Book an appointment at a time that suits your schedule, outside of normal surgery hours
● Consult with an NHS GP from the comfort of your own home, or other convenient location
● Show the clinician any areas of concern in relation to your condition, while allowing them to pick up on any visual cues
● Help us save face-to-face appointments for patients that need them, e.g. those requiring physical examinations or blood tests
Please note you will be unable to book an appointment if this service has reached capacity for the week. You should try another time if this is the case. If you would like to access this service please contact our reception team on 02380333326.
Many pharmacies are open until late and also at weekends and you do not need an appointment. To find your local pharmacy click on this link. They can help with minor ailments which are are common, self-limiting or uncomplicated conditions which can be managed without medical intervention. Pharmacists are qualified healthcare professionals and they can offer help with the list of below minor ailments:
To find out more about what your local pharmacy might be able to offer please click on the following links:
If you request a medication which is available over the counter from your pharmacy we may ask you to buy this directly from your pharmacy. You can find a list of common conditions for which you can buy over the counter medications for.
If you are worried about your child and your child is UNDER 3 months then please click on this link to get further advice.
If you are worried about your child and your child is 3 months and older then please click on this link to get further advice.
If you are worried that your child might have autism then please click on this link to get further advice.
If you are worried that your child might have ADHD then please click on this link to get further advice.
If you are worried about your child’s general health then please click on this link to get further advice.
If you are worried about your child’s mental health then please click on this link to get further advice.
If you have a child we would suggest you download the Healthier Together App by clicking on this link. This App is full of useful advice and support for parents.
If you would like to access step 2 wellbeing then please click on this link and complete a SELF-REFERRAL.
Steps 2 Wellbeing is a FREE NHS talking therapy service available for patients 18 years and older.
This service is suitable for patients:
-with low mood
-feeling worried
-feeling stressed
–work-related issues; mental health affecting your ability to work, work making you feel stressed or burnout, you are looking for work or dealing with retirement, redundancy, and maternity leave.
–long-term health conditions
–long-lasting physical symptoms
They can offer a range of talking therapies including:
-Counselling; telephone, video or face to face meeting.
-Online courses
-Cognitive behavioral therapy
-Guided self-help
If you would like to access any of the services below then please click on this link and complete a SELF-REFERRAL.
The local sexual health clinic offers a full range of FREE sexual health services.
Services available include:
–STI testing and treatment
–Contraception
–Free condoms
–Contraceptive implants
–Coil fitting
–Vasectomy
–Clinic Xtra – for gay, bi and men who have sex with men
-Sexual assault – support and advice
–Pregnancy advice and testing
–HIV testing and care
–Sexual health promotion
–Complex contraception – ultrasound and deep implant removal
If you would like to see a physiotherapist through Solent Musculoskeletal (MSK) then please click on this link and complete a self-referral form.
A physiotherapist is specially trained and an expert in assessing a whole range of of muscle and joint problems including back/neck pain, joint pain, strains and sprains.
This is: a free service and available to our patients 16 years or over.
The physiotherapy team work within a multidisciplinary team and will have access to hospital consultants and further imaging if this is required.
GPs in Southampton City cannot refer for further imaging e.g. CT or MRI scans so please do NOT contact the surgery for this.
This is the easiest and quickest way to see access a physiotherapist in Southampton.
Whilst you are waiting for your appointment we would suggest you have a look at the following self help link.
To self-referral for this service please click on this link to SELF-REFER to your nearest clinic.
Alternatively you can phone 0300 303 4922 Monday – Saturday 09:00-17:00
The Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS) is a FREE service and is for people of ALL ages including children. This service can provide assessment and treatment for people with recently occurring minor eye problems. It is an NHS service provided by accredited optometrists (also commonly called opticians).
They will see he following eye problems:
If you feel your eye problem is more urgent and cannot wait to see the above service then please attend the local eye casualty at Southampton General Hospital. You can do this by clicking on this link.
