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<\/p>\nThe Royal United Hospital in Bath is this week asking people to wear face masks in its admission areas.
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Photo \u00a9 RUH Bath<\/p>\n
Hospital chiefs say there are high levels of flu and other respiratory illnesses in the local community, and many are needing care in hospital.<\/p>\n
Writing on its Facebook page, the RUH requests that all staff, patients and visitors who are able to wear a face mask or face covering when in:<\/p>\n
The Emergency Department (both children\u2019s and adults\u2019 areas).
\nMedical Assessment Unit.
\nSurgical Assessment Unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cMasks will be provided at the entrances to the hospital, to allow you to wear them in other areas if you wish to do so.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can also help stop illnesses from spreading by washing your hands regularly with warm water and soap or using hand sanitiser.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you have a loved one in hospital, we ask that you please stay home if you have signs of illness.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you experience diarrhoea or vomiting, please do not visit until 48 hours after your symptoms have gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
For help with keeping in touch from home, family liaison facilitators can help \u2013 find \u00a0out more at https:\/\/bit.ly\/ruhfamilyliaisonfacilitators<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Monday, the hospital also posted on social media that it was \u201creally busy\u201d and asked people to consider their healthcare options.<\/p>\n Various options include:<\/p>\n NHS 111 can help with urgent medical help, or if you\u2019re not sure what to do \u2013 call 111 or visit https:\/\/111.nhs.uk\/<\/a> All patients going to the hospital would be seen, \u201cbut it may take slightly longer than usual\u201d, the RUH said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal United Hospital in Bath is this week asking people to wear face masks in its admission…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-309654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPharmacists can offer clinical advice for a range of illnesses, such as coughs, colds, sore throats, ear infections, and aches and pains. Most pharmacies can also offer prescription medicine for some conditions.
\nNHS.uk<\/a> can provide self-care advice for issues such as grazes, sore throat, coughs and colds.
\nContact 999 in an emergency only.<\/p>\n