Health & Welfare
Health & Welfare Centre
O4, Memorial Court
Tel: (01223) 766254
e-mail: hlj30@cam.ac.uk
The College Nurse, Helen James is available to help with a wide variety of health and welfare problems. Any information given is treated in strict medical confidence and will not be divulged to anyone without your consent.
During Full Term, the Health & Welfare Centre is open:
Monday: 08.30-12.30
Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday: 09.30-12.30
Thursday: 18.00-20.00
No appointment is necessary during these hours but other times can be arranged by appointment.
Outside Full Term but during Term, opening hours are 09.30-11.30 on weekday mornings. The Health & Welfare Centre is closed during vacations.
Out of Hours
If you need medical advice when the Health & Welfare Centre is closed please contact your GP, contact details for which can be found below.
Overnight and at weekends CAMDOC is the local Out of Hours Emergency Doctors' Service and can be contacted on (01223) 464242. It is manned by local GPs and practice nurses and you will receive advice/treatment either on the phone or at Chesterton Medical Centre. If necessary you will receive a home visit.
Please remember that CAMDOC is for conditions which can not wait until your GP practice is open.
In an extreme emergency the nearest casualty is at Addenbrooke’s hospital. An extreme emergency is a condition such as a suspected broken bone, road accident, a severe wound that requires stitching, suspected heart attack or any other life threatening condition. Minor ailments can be treated by your GP or by CAMDOC 24 hours a day.
Please remember that all Porters are First Aid trained and should be informed in an emergency, to help deliver care and to ensure that paramedics are promptly directed when necessary.
Health Information
Counselling and Mental Health Issues
Dentists
Eating Disorders - for information and help
General Practitioners
The following GP surgeries are within a short distance of College Residences:
- Cambridge Student Health Website - This website provides comprehensive advice on health and local services for all students. Developed by the GP surgeries in the Association of Student Practices in Cambridge.
Health Information and Advice
Hospitals – NHS & Private
Meningitis Information
Sexual Health and Contraception
If you are sexually active it is a good idea to have regular sexual health checks, you can do this by
or by contacting
You can collect a Chlaymdia Self Test from the College Nurse or one of the Welfare Officers or by post from the
Swine Flu
Travel Information
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