Healthcare is provided by your doctor, the NHS urgent care centre at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp District Hospital and various chemists, dentists and opticians in Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp.

Use the right service

Get non-emergency health advice from the NHS by visiting  or phoning 111.

For more information on NHS services, visit .

Healthcare in Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp

All students are advised to register with a doctor as soon as possible after arriving in Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp. The health centre closest to campus is , who have information for Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp students explaining how to register, opening times and what services are available.

Alternatively, you may prefer to  in the area.

Appointments - online access

Once you are registered with a doctor, you should be able to use  to make and cancel appointments, request repeat prescriptions and view your medical records all online.

This often works much better than trying to make an appointment by telephone.

The Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp NHS urgent care centre is open 24 hours a day at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp District Hospital Emergency Department on Wiggington Road.

The centre is for the treatment of serious injuries or illness that require urgent attention or advice. The reception staff in the Emergency Department will direct people either to the urgent care centre or the accident and emergency team.   

The urgent care centre does not require registration.

YorSexual Health run a free and confidential sexual health service on campus on Wednesdays during semester time between 12.30pm and 3.00pm at the Centre of Immunology and Infection on Campus West. . This is an appointment-only service. Phone 01904 721111 to make an appointment.

You do not need to be registered with a doctor in Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp to access YorSexual Health services.

Services include:

  • Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases
  • Contraception
  • HIV testing, treatment and support
  • Sexual health counselling
  • ‘PEPSE’ (post-exposure prophylaxis sexual exposure HIV treatment)
  • Information and support
  • Care and management following sexual assault
  • Free condoms
  • Free and confidential postal tests for sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV.

for patients with no symptoms to order a routine sexual health screen for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV online and for the test to be posted to your home address.

YorSexual Health are unable to supply repeat contraception for patients aged 20 years and over. If you require repeat contraception, access these from your GP.

Your doctor provides contraception as well as confidential contraceptive advice.

YUSU provides a range of free sexual health supplies. These are located at the YUSU Helpdesk in the Student Centre, James College, and the Wellbeing Hub in Goodricke College.

Dentists

Don't make an appointment with the doctor for dental problems - you must see a dentist.

You can  using NHS choices or by calling NHS England on +44 (0)300 311 22 33. Patients need to be registered with a doctor in order to qualify for NHS dental treatment. Note that dental appointments are not free - see costs information below.

Opticians

 using NHS Choices.

Pharmacies

The closest pharmacists to campus are  on Fulford Road,  on Melrosegate and  on Yarburgh Way.

See our .

If you're ill

If you're unwell during semester time you should self-certify your illness in .

You can self-certify for a maximum of ten days in any one academic year, with a maximum of seven days for any one period of illness.

Self-certification of illness

Preventing the spread of diseases

We must all be vigilant to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, flu, meningitis, measles, mumps and tuberculosis. 

Infectious illnesses

Health costs

See NHS Choices for  and .

To see if you can get help with treatment costs, you can contact the Student Support & Advice Team.

International students

The NHS (National Health Service) system in the UK can be very different to arrangements within your home country. Read about (UKCISA.org.uk). Our support pages for international students have more information.

Healthcare for international students