Nuneaton's hospital has issued a message to patients ahead of the planned resident doctors strike. It has been announced that the medics, previously known as junior doctors, will walk out for six days from Tuesday, April 7.
This will impact hospitals up and down the country and the George Eliot Hospital, which serves patients across Nuneaton, Bedworth, North Warwickshire and parts of Hinckley, has issued a key message ahead of the industrial action.
It has said that, unless patients have been contacted, they should attend appointments or procedures as planned.
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In the message, it says: "We have been busy putting plans in place to ensure patient safety across all our services.
"If we have not contacted you, please attend your appointment or procedure as planned. We will let you know if your treatment needs to be rescheduled.
"We ask that patients choose services appropriately and take simple steps to help ensure care is available to patients who need it most. This includes using 111 online as the first port of call for health needs and only using 999 if it is a life-threatening emergency."
During the strike period, locals are also being urged to:
- Avoid hospital if suffering Norovirus-type symptoms such as diarrhoea and vomiting, or with cold or flu-like symptoms
- Familiarising themselves with nearby NHS services which can offer help both in and out-of-hours; these include all Walk-In and Urgent Treatment Centres and a number of local pharmacies. NHS111 remains available 24 hours a day, 365 day a year for medical advice and signposting, online or over the phone
- Ordering repeat prescriptions in plenty of time so they don’t run out of medication or other essential items
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