UK residents are entitled to healthcare through the NHS and should register with a GP and dentist. To find your nearest doctor and dentist, please click here.
Free NHS treatment includes:
- Consulting a GP (doctor);
- Treatment in an NHS hospital (both emergency and non- emergency);
- Dental check-ups
- Eye tests
Children under 16 and those under 19 and in full-time education receive free healthcare, along with some other circumstances but most people will have to pay for:
- Medicine prescribed by your GP;
- Some GP services, e.g. travel vaccinations;
- Dental treatment (except check-ups);
- Optical treatment (except eye tests), including the cost of spectacles and contact lenses.
If you, or a member of your family becomes ill out with normal surgery hours, health advice is also available through NHS24 telephone service, 24 hours a day. The free phone number to call in Scotland is 08454 24 24 24. You will be asked to explain your symptoms and will be given advice over the phone by a doctor and may be referred to your local hospital. A translation service can be provided if you are having difficulties explaining your problem. For more information about the service and general health advice visit nhs24.
For medical emergencies go direct to your nearest Accident and Emergency Unit:
North Lanarkshire - Wishaw General Hospital in Wishaw
South Lanarkshire - Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride
