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Welcome to our Urgent and Emergency Care Department

Our Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) services perform a critical role in keeping our local population healthy. Both urgent and emergency care services play a specific part in supporting patients to receive the right care, by the right person, as quickly as possible. 

Emergency care 

Emergency care involves life-threatening illnesses or accidents which require immediate treatment from the ambulance service (via 999) and an emergency department (A&E). 

Urgent care 

Urgent care involves any non-life-threatening illness or injury needing urgent attention which might be dealt with by phone consultation through the NHS111 Clinical Assessment Service, pharmacy advice, out-of-hours GP appointments, and/or referral to an urgent treatment centre (UTC). If you’re unsure if you need urgent medical help then NHS 111 can help. 

  1. image-Hinchingbrooke main entrance (1).jpg Urgent and Emergency Care at Hinchingbrooke Hospital

    Hinchingbrooke’s consists of an Emergency Department (ED) and the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU).
  2. image-ED front.jpg Urgent and Emergency Care at Peterborough City Hospital

    Peterborough City Hospital’s Urgent and Emergency care provision consists of an Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre.
  3. image-Staff patient interaction.jpg Are you in an emergency?

    Call 999 if someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.