GOT FLU?
STAY AT HOME
If you experience a sudden fever, cough or
shortness of breath or have a headache,
1 If you feel very unwell
sore throat, tiredness, aching muscles, chills,
Check your symptoms online at www.nhs.
sneezing, runny nose or loss of appetite you uk or call the swine flu information line on
may have swine flu. 0800 1 513 513
For most people this is a mild illness and you should
start to feel better after a few days without needing to 2 Still concerned?
go to your GP or A&E. If you have taken these steps and are still
concerned, call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47,
Help yourself and others by not spreading the virus. which will advise you what to do next.
A National Pandemic Flu Line is due to
The best thing you can do is stay at home, rest, drink be launched this week to give advice and
plenty of fluids and take over-the-counter flu remedies treatment for swine flu. The contact details
to help relieve the symptoms. will be advertised in local and national media
It is particularly important that you talk to your doctor 3 Please do not go to A&E
if you think you have swine flu and are pregnant, very unless you are seriously ill.
young, over 65, or have long-term conditions such as
asthma or diabetes.
Remember the flu cases to rise rapidly but early control
of this virus’ spread has allowed us to
• Identify a ‘flu friend’
– someone who you
prepare for this phase. do not live with who
swine flu advice “The National Pandemic Flu Line is due
can pick up antiviral
drugs on your behalf
NHS South to be launched this week, which will give
if you become ill;
advice and treatment for swine flu online
West Essex
or by telephone. This will relieve some of • If you are pregnant,
is reminding
the pressure that has been on local GPs. very young, over 65,
people to make or have long term Germs. Out in a second, around for hours.
“GPs, including those working out of
When you cough or sneeze, your germs go everywhere. Fast. And once they’ve
sure they know
hit a surface, they can survive for hours. Covering your mouth and nose with
conditions, stay in
your hand won’t stop them. But a tissue will. Catch the sneeze, then bin the
tissue and wash your hands with soap and water as soon as possible to kill the
germs. The current swine flu alert increases the importance of this.
what to do if hours, are doing a fantastic job to deal Catch it. Bin it. Kill it.
contact with your GP Calls to this number are free from UK landlines and most mobiles.
with the increased pressure on the
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have swine flu. you may be more susceptible to
“Ensure you are prepared: swine flu.”
Barbara Stuttle, CBE,
Barbara Stuttle,
Deputy Chief ExecutiveCBE, Deputy • Look out in the local and national Practice good respiratory and hand
Chief Executive media for the latest advice on what hygiene. Always use a tissue to catch your
of NHS South West Essex, says: “Across to do if you feel unwell and think it is sneezes, throw away used tissues where
the country, we are now expecting swine swine flu; germs can linger and regularly wash your
hands: Catch it, Kill it, Bin it.
Join your local NHS Board Meeting
Chairman of the Board
NHS South West Essex will be holding a public Board Meeting on Wednesday 26 August 2009 at 9am in the
Derek Morrison,
Board Room of the Trust’s Headquarters at Phoenix Place, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, SS14 3HG.
For more information about the meeting, please contact Kate Ferrant, Board Administrator, on 01268 705126.
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