The UAL Health Advice Service provides advice and information on health and wellbeing.
This may include:
- guidance accessing health services
- healthy eating
- staying safe online
- physical wellbeing
- communicable diseases
- substance use
- gaming and gambling issues
- sexual and reproductive health.
The UAL health adviser is a nurse-trained health care professional.
Appointments are confidential. You can book an in-person or online appointment. You can also access advice by email or telephone.
Appointments and enquiries
You can request health advice by completing the Counselling and Health Advice Request Form.
If you know the type of health advice you require you can indicate this, and provide any other relevant information. You will be contacted by email or phone with advice in response to the enquiry, or to set up an appointment.
Telephone enquiries or emails to studenthealth@arts.ac.uk are also welcome.
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Cem Hamlacibasi during his Internship at Narrative Projects by Alys Tomlinson
Find a GP
Look after your health: register with a doctor
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Health Advice
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Emergency help
Find out who to contact in an emergency
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Keeping healthy
Explore advice on keeping healthy while you study
Other medical services
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Dentist
Find an NHS dentist. NHS dentist places can be limited, so you may need to consider private options.
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Experiencing VR, Camberwell College of Arts | Photo: Alys Tomlinson
Optician
Find an NHS eye test. Opticians are common on UK high streets. Access sight tests, optical services and buy glasses or contact lenses from an optician.
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Prescriptions and charges
Find out of you're eligible for help towards prescription charges, dental care and optical services under the NHS Low Income scheme.
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Photo: Alys Tomlinson
Urgent medical attention
Urgent appointments can be booked at your doctor’s surgery during office hours. You can also visit an NHS Walk-in Centre.
Specific health issues
Learn about some specific health issues that may affect you:
Seasonal Influenza ('flu')
Flu is a viral illness, cases of which become more common during the winter months. Check out the NHS advice on Flu.
Measles and mumps
There has been a substantial increase in the numbers of people getting measles and mumps. Students who were not given 2 doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination when they were younger are advised to contact their doctor’s practice.
Vaccinations
Review specific vaccinations you should consider as a student in the UK. This is based on information provided by the National Health Service (NHS).
Meningitis booster vaccinations
You should have had the MenACWY vaccine to prevent meningitis and septicaemia, which can be deadly.
You should check you’ve had this vaccination before coming to UAL. UK students are usually offered this vaccine in year 9 or 10 at school.
If you have missed this vaccination, or if you are an overseas student and your country hasn’t offered it, you can ask your GP to give it to you for free if you are aged 25 years or under.
Please get the vaccination before you arrive. If that's not possible you should have it as soon as possible after you arrive - the greatest risk of catching these infections is in the first few weeks.
Contact us
Telephone:
Email: studenthealth@arts.ac.uk
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Privacy and confidentiality
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