NHS information and services

Find your nearest medical facility, search for health conditions or medicine and find local support if you're not feeling well.

Find your nearest NHS service

Quickly find your nearest NHS service; view their contact and location details.

Health A to Z

Your complete guide to conditions, symptoms and treatments, including what to do and when to get help.

How to access NHS services online

If you need an NHS service, try to do it online first. If you cannot get what you need this way or do not have internet access, try asking a friend or family member to help you, or speak to your GP surgery on the phone.

Care and support

This section contains a selection of useful articles from the NHS website that you might find useful.

Health and care videos

Health and Care Videos is a partnership with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.

Livewell Southwest directory

Livewell Southwest helps the people of Plymouth to be physically and mentally well, to get better when they are ill and to remain as independent as they can to the end of their lives.

NHS 111

NHS 111 can help if you have an urgent medical problem and you're not sure what to do.

Accidents and injuries

An A&E department (also known as emergency department or casualty) deals with genuine life-threatening emergencies.

NHS information and services directory

View the NHS information and services directory of local services and organisations

Leaving hospital

You should not be sent home from hospital until a support plan is in place. This can include making sure that services are ready to start, any adaptations have been made and appropriate equipment has been delivered or installed.

HANDi app

Unsure what to do when your child's unwell? The NHS' HANDi App has a quick, easy to use child symptom checker for all types of childhood health conditions and advises on how best to treat them.