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while you are studying at ucl it is important that you look after your own physical health and mental well-being to be able to do that you'll need to understand the support that is available as well as when and how to access the relevant services whether you are new to the uk or it's your first time living away from home this video will help you to navigate the healthcare services available by breaking healthcare provision into six clear avenues you'll know exactly what to do and when self-care is any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental emotional and physical health healthcare is very important as it's really the foundation of how to look after yourself and it covers both physical and mental well-being so making sure you exercise regularly you have a balance between your work life and your relaxation time can also extend to looking after yourself when you're unwell perhaps if you have a sore throat having some fluids and some paracetamol or ibuprofen some salt water gargles and then contacting a healthcare professional if things are not improving ucl has a wide range of resources to help you look after your physical and mental health you can get involved in sports and project active taster sessions in the students union and you can check out our ucl cares online platform on the students website if you need help or advice quickly but it is not an emergency nhs one one one can provide support this support is available online via 111.nhs.uk or on the phone by simply dialing one one one so if you phone 111 you will be put through to a health advisor and having assessed your problem and your query they will decide whether they can give you advice whether you need to speak to somebody like a pharmacist or put you through to a nurse or a doctor also of course if they think your symptoms are causing great concern they would advise you to go to amd the pharmacy is where you can pick up over-the-counter medicine and prescription medicine prescription-only medicines such as antibiotics must be prescribed by a qualified health professional pharmacists offer a variety of advice and prescriptions for anyone you can find one by having a look online to see if there's one nearby or you can see the cross which indicates a pharmacy is present you need a prescription medicine that's the place that you can go to to collect it pharmacists are also trained to give over-the-counter advice and their many common conditions that they'd be able to advise on such as a cough or a cold if you have symptoms that won't go away you should book an appointment with your gp your gp should be the first port of call for most illnesses the gp surgery will also offer a practice nurse who can advise on many health problems too they can offer information about sexual health advice contraception and also immunisations they'll also help with many common illnesses it's important that you actively register with a gp because it doesn't happen automatically gps are based on catchment areas so it's where you're actually living i strongly encourage you to do this in the first week or two of arriving in london so at bridgewater practice we're used to dealing with a lot of the kind of problems that students might have because of our long-standing relationship with ucl so we'll offer advice and management of physical and psychological health problems we have a full nursing service and doctors who are very experienced at dealing with problems students might have if your health problem is having an impact on your studies we can also directly liaise but of course only with your permission with your tutors or with student support so that we can emphasize how your health problem is having an impact on your studies we're now offering a variety of ways that you can access help so you can either have a phone consultation a video consultation a face-to-face consultation or online consultations if you feel that your health problem can't wait until the opening hours of your surgery either you can speak to one-on-one and they can advise you or you can go to an urgent healthcare centre you can find the details of this by looking on the nhs website however a lot of gp surgeries including us do offer extended hours accident and emergency or a and e deals with life-threatening emergencies such as loss of consciousness breathing difficulties and major trauma such as a road traffic accident if there's a medical emergency you can go to an accident and emergency department but they really are meant for life-threatening problems you will be either taken to accidents emergency by an ambulance or you can go there yourself you will then be assessed and triaged and will be referred to the appropriate services as well as looking after yourself it is also important to look after your friends and peers if they are unwell remember to direct them to the most relevant health care or support service don't forget as well that if you're under the age of 25 and or coming onto campus then you should also ensure that you've had your meningitis acwy and measles mumps and rubella mmr vaccinations lots more information about this and all other aspects of health care in the uk is available on the ucl students website the services we've covered are in place to support the entire ucl community so do ensure that you use them whenever necessary to help you stay as fit well happy and healthy as possible