Medical Emergencies

Life threatening emergencies

Call 999 if you or someone you know has a life threatening emergency.

NHS 111

NHS 111 can help if you need medical help now but you’re not sure what to do.

To get help from NHS 111, you can:

• go to 111.nhs.uk (for people aged 5 and over only)
• call 111

NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If you have difficulties communicating or hearing, you can:

• call 18001 111 on a textphone
• use the NHS 111 British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter service if you’re deaf and want to use the phone service

Minor injuries and illnesses

Our team of emergency nurse practitioners see, assess, diagnose and treat a wide range of non-life threatening minor illnesses and injuries.

Visit a urgent treatment centre (UTC) for local care.

There are seven units across Somerset with X-ray available at most.

For information about opening times, please see our urgent treatment centre (UTC) webpage.