Our emergency department at Torbay Hospital is very busy. Please help us by using the most appropriate service for your condition.
Please only visit our emergency department or call 999 if you need life-threatening or critical care, including suspected heart attack, breathing difficulties and unconsciousness.
Our urgent treatment centre at Newton Abbot Community Hospital is also open from 8am to 8pm. Our Minor Injuries Units (MIU) at Dawlish Community Hospital and Totnes Community Hospital are open to treat broken bones, wounds and minor illnesses such as tonsillitis, ear infections and water infections. You can book a same-day appointment by calling Dawlish MIU on 01626 895203 and Totnes MIU on 01803 862622 and select option 1.
Please call your GP first if you have a routine health enquiry, or 111 if it cannot wait until your GP surgery reopens.
You can treat most symptoms at home with over the counter remedies from a pharmacist. You can now also get treatment for seven common conditions directly from their local pharmacy, without the need for a GP appointment or prescription including sinusitis, sore throat, earache, infected insect bites, impetigo (a bacterial skin infection), shingles and uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women, as well as advice and treatment for a range of minor ailments from coughs to upset tummies and rashes.
Please do not visit our hospitals if you have signs or symptoms of flu, COVID-19, sickness and diarrhoea.
Please call your GP if your symptoms do not improve within three days, or get worse.