Swine flu Information is available on 0800 1 513 513

If you have flu symptoms please phone 0800 1 513 100
text-phone 0800 1 513 200

or visit the website www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu

Do not enter the Practice unless advised to do so by a GP or Nurse.
Antivirals are NOT available here at the practice. If a Prescription or Reference code has been issued, your 'Flu friend' must take it to Bideford Hospital to collect the Antivirals for you with identification.

Swine Influenza

The symptoms of swine influenza in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza infection and include fever, fatigue, lack of appetite, coughing and sore throat. Some people with swine flu have also reported vomiting and diarrhoea.

It has been determined that the Swine Flu virus is contagious and it spreads between people, although it is not known how easily.

As a precaution, certain groups should phone their doctor rather than use the National Pandemic Flu Service.
Phone and do not visit the practice.
This includes those:

With a serious underlying illness
Who are pregnant
Who have a sick child under one year old
Whose condition or whose child's condition suddenly gets much worse
Whose condition is still getting worse after 7 days (5 days for a child)