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

Find out how your medicine works, how and when to take it, possible side effects and answers to your common questions.

Get the latest NHS information and advice about coronavirus (COVID-19).

The NHS app lets you book appointments, order repeat prescriptions and access a range of other healthcare services.

NHS 111 online is a fast and convenient alternative to the 111 phone service and provides an option for people who want to access 111 digitally.

Use this service to get your NHS number.

Your NHS number is a 10 digit number, like 485 777 3456.

You do not need to know your NHS number to use NHS services, but it can be useful to have it.

This guide includes all you need to know about trying for a baby, pregnancy, labour and birth.

Find information and support for your mental health.

If you or someone you know needs help with day-to-day living because of illness or disability, this website explains your options and where you can get support.

From 1 September 2024, those who turn 75 and those age 75 to 79 will be eligible for a free vaccine to protect them from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

RSV is an infectious disease of the airways and lungs. RSV infection often causes symptoms similar to a cold, including:

• cough
• sore throat
• sneezing
• a runny or blocked nose

It can also make you become wheezy or short of breath and lead to pneumonia and other life-threatening conditions. There is no specific treatment, and most infections will get better by themselves. Every year thousands of older adults need hospital care for RSV, and some of them will die. RSV can be more severe in people with medical conditions such as heart or lung disease or a weakened immune system.

RSV infection is common in young children but is most serious for small babies and for older people.