Minor illness care pack

Minor illness care pack

In this pack, you will find information and tools to help you decide what to do if you (or someone you care for) feels unwell – when you should seek urgent medical advice, or how you can care for yourself/look after someone at home.

Care pack includes:

Treating minor illness at home: when and where to get urgent medical treatment, which illnesses require medical advice, or which can be treated at home.

Observation record: how to take simple medical observations at home and record your symptoms to help the medical team diagnose illness efficiently. To monitor your full observations at home, you will need the following items available from your local pharmacy or easily available to order online:
~ a digital thermometer
~ a blood pressure monitor
~ a pulse oximeter
~ weighing scales

Medical appointments – preparation and notes: helps patients prepare for their medical consultations, and record what was advised.

Emergency information (2 copies): a short form to pass on vital information to hospitals, carers etc with contact details, medical needs and care support.

Hospital stay checklists: guidance on what patients might like to take with them for an inpatient stay, what they need to remember to take back with them and what they hospital may give them on their return home.