There are different healthcare services available to help you find the right expert care to treat your condition. This link provides more information about this. For minor, short term conditions, you can self-care or ask a pharmacist for advice. Emergency services deal with serious medical needs where there is a serious risk to life or your health.

Before attending the Children’s Emergency Department, the Belfast Trust ask parents to use this symptom checker - click on the picture to access this. It will guide you on the best course of action for your child’s condition.  If your child is feeling unwell, you can use this symptom checker below to gain a better understanding of what might be happening and where to get treatment.  This will help ensure your child receives the most appropriate care in the right place, at the right time, from the most appropriate team. 

Northern Ireland Primary Eyecare Assessment and Referral Service (NI PEARS) is a service for patients who develop a sudden eye problem, such as: Red eye(s); Pain and/or discomfort in the eyes, or around the eye area; Sudden reduction in vision in one or both eyes; Recent onset or sudden increase of flashes and/or floaters in one or both eyes; Suspected foreign body in the eye. 

The Pharmacy First scheme provides free treatment and confidential advice for certain conditions, at your local pharmacy. Conditions covered for free treatment are; Acne, Athlete's foot, Diarrhoea, Ear wax, Groin area infection, Haemorrhoids, Head lice, Mouth ulcers, Oral thrush, Scabies, Threadworms, Vaginal thrush and Verrucae. Speak to your community pharmacist for more information.

Information about medical conditions from the NHS.

Our GPs have carefully curated a wide range of videos to help you understand, and manage your health.  These are grouped by topic.  You can subscribe, if you wish to be updated when new content is added.

Cervical screening is offered to women aged between 25 and 64 to prevent cervical cancer.  If eligible, due, or invited, please contact us to book.

Unfortunately General Practice is unable to attend to Dental matters, which are much better dealt with by a Dentist who has the training and equipment required to manage your dental issue, so speak to them in the first instance about any dental concerns.  You may find this information useful if you have an urgent dental issue.

You can self-refer to Cancer Focus NI, who can help provide you with support to help you stop smoking, including prescribing of treatments to help you do so, in conjunction with the surgery.

Connected Community Care for Cancer works with local community and voluntary services and cancer support services to link people with a cancer diagnosis to much needed support close to home. Although many services exist, sometimes it’s difficult to know what’s available or how to access information about issues like diet and exercise, emotional support, help with housing, finance and transport, to name a few. For further information, and to self-refer, please click on the picture above.

Physiotherapy self referral is available to adults over 16 who need support and advice to manage symptoms related to muscle strains/joint sprains/back and neck pain. 

Belfast City Council community centres are opening their doors this winter to support older people in the community.  Their Warm Spaces Warm Welcome campaign will see each community centre dedicate time each week for older people to drop into their local community centre, where they can enjoy a chat over a hot cuppa, some light refreshments and catch up with other people in their community.

This information is for those who need a little extra help keeping warm during cold weather.  This includes advice on how to keep yourself, your family and home warm, energy efficiency, benefits available, budgeting for fuel, allowances available and where to go for support.

Certain services provided by your doctor are not paid for by the NHS and you may be asked to pay a fee.

The aim of the Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme is to reduce AAA-related mortality by providing a systematic, population-based screening programme, when men turn 65 years old.

Covid vaccination remains available for those due or eligible at a number of centres regionally.

A citywide social prescribing service which enables patients to play an active part in their health and wellbeing outside of a clinical/medical setting.  You can self-refer, or be referred by your GP.

Helplines NI is a project to gather a wide range of helplines, from public, voluntary and community organisations, to help with a wide range of issues affecting our communities. This project is supported by the Public Health Agency. 

Health and Social Care (HSC) in NI in partnership with ORCHA (Organisation for Review of Care and Health Apps) has developed a library of high quality, convenient Apps which provide useful support and information on how to manage stress and improve wellbeing, sleep management, staying fit and nutrition. The Apps Library can be accessed via smart phone or PC.  Click on the picture to access.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust have developed a very useful set of self-help guides for a wide range of mental health issues. These are helpfully available in a range of formats, including a leaflet to read, an audio version, and as a British Sign Language video.

Many of our local community pharmacies are providing a service for the treatment of sore throats.  This includes advice and treatment, which is free of charge, and includes "point of care" testing for group A Streptococcus (GAS) to guide management of the condition.  More information can be found by clicking on the picture.

The Condition Management Programme (CMP) is a work focused programme which can provide a wide range of interventions to support you patients if you have a physical and/or mental health condition which affects your ability to work. The team is made up of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Mental Health Nurses and each patient receives a full assessment of needs and may be offered interventions from one or more Clinicians as part of their participation in the programme.  To avail of this, contact your local CMP team directly: Belfast HSC Trust 028 96152688; if you live in Lisburn area - SE HSC Trust 028 9260 5494. Click on the picture for more information.

Forward South Partnership have launched the South Belfast Cost of Living Booklet. This guide provides practical support, resources, and helplines to support communities through the cost-of-living crisis in South Belfast. 

Also, Belfast City Council have produced a Cost-of-Living Booklet that highlights support and advice services available to help residents across the city with the rising costs. Click on the picture to access these helpful resources.

Advice NI can also provide support and advice relating to money and debt.

Do you have any of the following urinary symptoms?  Such as passing urine more often at night?  Cloudy urine?  Burning pain when passing urine?  Click on the picture for more information.