One of the more important and heavily used of all the health services in the UK is the sexual health services otherwise known as GUM clinics. GUM stands for genitor-urinary medicine. These clinics are usually located at hospitals or health centre offering a range of sexual health services. These clinics offer sexual health services such as contraception and contraception advice which includes the emergency contraceptive. They also offer testing for sexually transmitted infections such as [...]

We are lucky in the UK to have such a wide range of different health service. We have the front line health services such as paramedic units through to ambulances that ferry people to and from hospital for treatment. This is a true lifeline if you are elderly or are undergoing serious treatments. We then have GP’s surgeries and a number of hospitals some of which specialise in specific treatments such as Great Ormond street. [...]

Health is not always at the forefront of our minds but these days it is always important to make sure we are registered with a local GP. GP’s are the first line of contact for any of this countries health services. It is the place to get an early diagnosis or indication what may be wrong. In the vast majority of cases this is as far as you get but in more serious cases it [...]

When you say to people health services they naturally think straight away to the NHS. There are however plenty of other health services that do not involve the NHS yet are still important for keeping us healthy. One such service is that of the chiropractor. They deal with the mechanical problems of the body which include the musculoskeletal system with emphasis to on the spin. A chiropractor can diagnose skeletal problems as well as treat [...]

One of the health services offered in this country is a service called HSEP which is a hospital based service for older people who are acutely ill and for the older people who require rehabilitation. The acutely ill patients are often referred from A&E for assessment. HSEP also acts as a liaison managing elderly patients who require treatment in areas such as orthopaedics, psychiatrics or for general surgery. HSEP also run clinics specialising in things [...]