Health Advice

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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Find a GP

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Health Advice

Request an appointment
Emergency help

Find out who to contact in an emergency
Keeping healthy

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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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Optician

Find an NHS eye test. Opticians are common on UK high streets: access sight tests, optical services and buy glasses or contact lenses.
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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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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.