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Do you think you might have Swine Flu?

09/09/2009

IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE FLU PLEASE DO NOT COME INTO THE SURGERY.  NATIONAL ADVICE IS TO CONTACT THE FLU HELPLINE BY TELEPHONE OR VIA THEIR WEBSITE.  THEY CAN ADVISE AND ISSUE VOUCHERS FOR TAMIFLU IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE. 

If you are in England and feel like you may have swine flu, visit the new website by following the link below, or call 0800 1 513 100 (textphone - 0800 1 513 200).

www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu

People who have swine flu symptoms will be given a unique access number and told where their nearest antiviral collection point is. They should then ask a flu friend - a friend or relative who doesn't have swine flu - to go and pick up their antivirals from their nearest antiviral collection point. The flu friend must show their own ID as well as that of the patient.

If there really is no-one who can act as a flu friend then you can contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service at NHS North Yorkshire

Patient Advice and Liaison Service
PALS
0800 06 88 000

Contact your doctor directly rather than using the National Pandemic Flu Service if:

• you have a serious underlying illness
  
• you are pregnant
  
• you have a sick child under one year old
  
• your condition suddenly gets much worse
  
• your condition is still getting worse after seven days (five for a child)

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