Find out which NHS services you can self-refer to without the need for a GP appointment.
You can access these services directly, which will help you find the care you need quicker and easier than through your surgery.
Kooth is an online counselling and wellbeing service which offers free and anonymous mental health support. It is available to all young people aged 11-25 living in Portsmouth, Hampshire or the...
If you are pregnant and this has been confirmed by a positive pregnancy test, you can self refer to Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust for your care. You do not have...
Under the new NHS Pharmacy First scheme, you can visit a pharmacist to receive advice and treatment for some simple illnesses, instead of going to see your doctor. Read here...
If you are aged 16 or over and have a musculoskeletal pain/condition inc: back pain, persistent pain, rheumatology, chronic fatigue etc. Read more about physiotherapy self-referral.
Sexual health Let’s talk about it provides Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) services inc: contraception, psychosexual, vasectomy, unplanned pregnancy.
Social Prescribing Many things that affect our health can’t be treated by doctors or medicine alone, like loneliness, debt, or stress due to financial pressures or poor housing. Social prescribing...
Solent Mind is a new style of service offering informal support for anyone who feels low, worried or hopeless in Portsmouth; here to help, if you are in despair about anything –...
St Marys Urgent Treatment Centre is a walk- in centre for minor injuries or illnesses that are not life or limb threatening. You can be seen at St Marys Urgent...
The NHS Psychological Support Service for age 16+ who specialise in the understanding & treatment of common mental health difficulties. If you’re struggling with low mood and anxiety, or with...
The Wellbeing Service can support you to stop smoking, lose weight, get active, live well and drink less.
Date published: 5th February, 2024
Date last updated: 27th June, 2024