Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre

Main Address

Whittington Hospital
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF

Hours

24 hours per day, 365 days per year (no change over Christmas and New Year)

Our emergency department assesses and treats people with serious or life threatening emergency needs.
If you urgently need medical help or advice but it is not a life-threatening situation or if you don't know who to ring, call 111. The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
For less urgent health needs, contact your GP or local pharmacist in the usual way.

Helpline

Call the NHS 111 service if you need medical help fast, but it’s not a 999 emergency

Contact

For medical advice - call 111

Further Information

For medical advice- call 111

You should call the NHS 111 service if you need medical help fast, but it’s not a 999 emergency. You will be assessed, given advice and directed straightaway to the local service that can help you best.

Calls to NHS 111 are free from landlines and mobile phones.

You can also:

Check your symptoms online with the NHS Health and Symptom Checkers
Download the NHS health and symptom checker app
Access health advice and information on NHS Choices

Medical advice will not be given over the phone by our emergency department.

General information

Emergency department reception: 020 7288 5216 / 5704

To find out about someone receiving treatment Nurses' station: 0207 288 5100

Abuse of Staff

The Trust ensures that all the staff working in the emergency department are able to carry out their roles safe in the knowledge that the Trust operates a ‘zero tolerance’ to any form of verbal or physical abuse.

Any member of the public, patient or relative will be prosecuted if they act in a manner likely to cause distress or harm to staff.

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Whittington Hospital