Is your 111 urgent care hub shut?

I’M worried patients are being forced to travel miles on end for simple help with things like nasty cuts or sickness bugs.

When a patient has a problem that is too urgent to wait for a GP appointment, but not necessarily serious enough for A&E, they’ll likely be referred by 111 to what’s called an urgent treatment centre.

These clinics are run by GPs to reduce the load for emergency departments. But, according to what I’m hearing, many people have to go some distance to get one that’s open. And when they get there, they have to queue for hours on end. Apparently it’s to do with a lack of staff, but I’m interested to know how many of you have been affected by this.

Have you struggled to find an urgent treatment centre nearby? Write to the email address and tell me.