Health

Register with a local GP and Dentist

If you have moved to Manchester to start university, it’s important that you register with a local GP. This means that you can receive emergency and non-emergency health care for free, quickly and easily, while you’re living away from home. 

This is especially important if you have an ongoing health condition that needs medication.

GP surgeries provide a range of services by appointment, including medical advice, examinations, sexual health screenings, vaccinations and prescriptions.

See the NHS website for more information on how to find and register with a local GP or dentist.

Local hospitals: 

• For urgent but not life-threatening advice phone 111 or go to 111.nhs.uk 
• Manchester Royal Infirmary 0161 276 1234
• North Manchester General 0161 624 0420
• Salford Royal 0161 789 7373
• Wythenshawe Hospital 0161 998 7070 

Local ‘walk in’ centres:

• City Health Centre 0161 839 6227
• Manchester Royal Infirmary 0161 276 1234

Sexual Health

The NHS Live Well website contains useful information on taking care of your sexual health.

Services providing information about sexual health and offering free and confidential advice include:

• The Northern Contraception, Sexual Health and HIV Service provides a free, confidential and friendly sexual health service across Manchester.
• Fresh Clinics provides advice for under 25’s in Manchester offering advice on sexual health and contraception.
• Brook provides sexual health and wellbeing advice for the under 25s.
• National Sexual Health Helpline is available if you want to talk to someone about a sexual health issue, call the free confidential helpline on 0300 123 7123.
• The Terrence Higgins Trust provides information about sexual health and HIV.
• Sexwise provides honest advice about contraception, pregnancy, STIs and pleasure.
• MASH is a charity providing free and confidential support for women who are sex working in Greater Manchester.

Manchester Met provides free training to students on sexual consent through our Consent Matters online course. 

If you have a medical emergency dial 999 or go to the A&E department at Manchester Royal Infirmary 0161 276 4147.

Wellbeing

Sometimes university life can feel like a challenge, so it can be beneficial to be proactive about your wellbeing. Routines are a good way of adding wellbeing into our lives, whether that’s going for a weekly swim, a bike ride or to the cinema. Here’s a short film about student wellbeing that focuses on how our emotions affect our thinking and behaving.

The NHS Five Ways are a simple tool to take stock of your wellbeing:

1. Connect - we are social creatures. It’s harder to thrive when we aren’t connecting and belonging. At university and locally there is a lot on offer but it may simply mean having a chat with someone.
2. Be Active - MMU Sport run a terrific program of free sport activities during term time. Take a look at the ideas from NHS Choices and The Royal College of Psychiatrists. All students can also access the Down Dog Yoga App for free, a a great way to keep your mind and body healthy. Remember there are many active things you can do without going to the gym, like walking to university, cycling or running.
3. Keep Learning - enjoy your study. Get advice and support from the Study Skills team via one-to-one appointments, or through workshops and online resources.
4. Give to Others - have a think about doing something meaningful like volunteering or practise random acts of kindness.
5. Be Mindful - find out about mindfulness and come along to our mindfulness sessions, available every week.

Find out about the support available by contacting our Counselling, Mental Health and Wellbeing team.

Pregnancy

If you or your partner becomes pregnant the University has guidelines in place to provide advice and guidance related to study, health and safety and finance. The Pregnancy and Maternity Policy covers students, or their partners, who become pregnant or give birth during their studies and students who become parents either through adoption or parental orders.

You should inform a member of staff in your department to ensure that, if necessary, the correct actions are put in place by the University.

If you would like to speak to a member of staff about the Pregnancy and Maternity policy, please contact our Inclusion Service team.