Pain when you pee? If your pee is cloudy or smelly it might be a UTI. Get the advice you need for this condition and many others quickly and easily with NHS 24’s digital services.
From symptom checkers to pharmacy finders, you’ll get all the right answers from the experts at NHS 24.
If you become unwell, NHS inform and the NHS 24 Online app have useful symptom checkers to help you decide what to do next.
For example many common illnesses such as coughs, rashes, stomach bugs, or back pain.
Dr Ron Cook, NHS 24’s Medical Director, says the digital services use the same clinical advice people get if they call NHS 24 and offer a great first option when people are unwell and are not sure if they need to seek further help:
“Approximately a quarter of people who call the 111 service are given self-care advice which means, with a little bit of preparation, they could have saved themselves a lot of time and looked after symptoms safely and effectively at home. The best thing to do if you become unwell is make NHS inform your first port of call. The symptom checkers will get you the right clinically assured health advice on a wide range of conditions. Checking your symptoms this way will tell you how best to manage and what to do next if you need further help.”
So whether you suspect that you have a UTI or something completely different, visit www.nhsinform.scot/winter to find out more.
The best thing to do if you become unwell is make NHS inform your first port of call
Be aware that your GP practice and local pharmacy will have amended opening hours over the festive holidays. Most* pharmacies in Fife will be closed on 25&26th December and again on 1&2nd January 2025 so order what you need in plenty of time.
*Pharmacies open on 25/25th December 2024 and 1st&2nd January 2025 link
