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SWINE FLU
If you think you may have swine flu please visit the link below for information.
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/health/flu/
PLEASE do not visit your practice but phone first.
Have you sorted out your flu buddy? This is someone who could go and get a prescription of Tamiflu for you.
NEW! Sports Injury Clinic, opening 14th October 2009
A 'walk in' Sports Injury Clinic will be available during Univeristy term time only at Bridge St Medical Centre, 2 All Saints Passage, Cambridge, CB2 3SL
(see Practice link)
Times .
- Monday 1.30-3.30pm
- Wednesday 1.30-3.30pm
- Thursday 9.00-10.00am
You can attend if
- you are a holder of a valid NUS card
- have a sports injury less than 48 hours old
- have not seen your GP or attended any Emergency Department for the problem
The clinic is 'walk in', no appointment necessary. You will be seen on a first come first served basis for triage and treatment.
The clinic is run by a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist - Lotte Skjodt, who has extensive sports injury experience and is a keen sports woman herself.
Swine Flu
The symptoms 0f swine flu are a temperature over 38 degrees, muscle chills and aches, sore throat, cough, runny nose and possibly diarrhoea or vomiting
Please heed the Goverment advice about hygiene (washing hands frequently and discarding of tissues appropriately) and contacting your GP by telephone in the first instance rather than presenting at the surgery if you have any concerns you may have contracted swine flu. The Health Protection Agency Website gives up to date useful information for both the public and health professionals