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Protect yourself from winter vomiting virus
Help us protect you and our patients:
- Visiting times on all adult wards are currently restricted
- Two adult visitors per patient only
- Children should not visit the hospital
- Wash hands with soap and water
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Cambridgeshire students go behind the scenes of the NHS
Two new work experience programmes at Addenbrooke's Hospital are giving students from Cambridgeshire schools and colleges the chance to experience life in the NHS.
P.D. James opens Addenbrooke's new Histopathology facilities
Crime writer P.D. James will visit Addenbrooke's on Friday 26 February to open a new wing of the hospital's Histopathology Department.
CUH doctors tackle peanut allergies in largest ever trial
Addenbrooke's doctors believe they may soon have a cure for peanut allergies.
Choose Well
9 December, 2009
Every week around 30,000 people in the East of England visit A&E for a range of ailments or injuries. While the majority of patients do require emergency treatment, some patients may not realise that their symptoms could be treated quicker or more appropriately by other NHS services.
The ‘Choose Well’ thermometer shows all the NHS services available to you. We have summarised each service to help you make the right decision on which service is best for you according to your symptoms.
| Self-care | treating minor illnesses or injuries themselves |
| Calling NHS Direct | for round the clock health queries and information about local services |
| Local pharmacist | advice for treating common winter illnesses and the best medicines to use |
| Visiting their GP | for medical advice, examinations or an illness or injury that require prescriptions |
| NHS walk-in centre | for treating minor illnesses and injuries that do not require an A&E visit and without needing an appointment |
| A&E or dialling 999 | for serious illness or injuries considered to be critical or life threatening |
You can also go to www.nhs.uk to check symptoms, find local services, get health information and for health news.
Download:
Choose well - leaflet (883 KB)
Contact the PR & Communications team:
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Box 53, Hills Road,
Cambridge CB2 0QQ
Tel: 01223 274 433
