Unlike the National Health Service in the UK, doctors do not have service contracts with the States to provide a service to any particular patient. Each doctor can set the fee they wish to charge for the service they give. You must pay the full fee unless you have a Health Benefits card.
* General Hospital
The General Hospital in Gloucester Street, St. Helier offers a wide range of general and acute services. The States ambulance service provides the island with 24 hour emergency paramedic cover and a patient transport service caters for those needing transport to outpatient clinics as well as day centres.
Telephone: (01534) 622000.
Emergency 112 or 999
* Visitors Clinic (Morning Medical Clinic)
Visitors can obtain - by appointment only - medical advice or treatment from the general practitioner service at the Visitors Clinic, located at the Le Bas Centre, St. Saviour’s Road, St. Helier.
Seasonal workers and new residents can be treated at the clinic for six months from the date they arrived in Jersey. The service does not include house calls. It is free to UK residents. Non-UK residents are required to pay a fee of £14 before the doctor can be seen.
Telephone: (01534) 616833.
Clinic Opening Hours:
Winter (Oct. 1-April 30):
9:30am - 11:30am Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Summer (May 1- September 30):
9am - 12 noon Monday-Friday.
The General Hospital’s accident and emergency unit is open at all times for genuine emergencies including dental care such as broken teeth or abscesses.
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