Urgent or Same Day Appointments
The following is general medical information and is not intended to be used as medical advice.
Examples of when to book an urgent or same day appointment:
- Eye irritation (without changes to your vision)
- Earaches
- Sore throats, coughs, and colds that are not improving after several days
- Vomiting and/or diarrhea, where you can keep some liquid down
- Loss of consciousness (fainting), if there is no associated injury
- Mild to moderate breathing difficulties (e.g. mild to moderate asthma)
- Minor sprains and strains
- Moderate back pain
- Sexually transmitted infection symptoms
- Cuts where the bleeding is controlled, but may need a few stitches (cuts to the face should generally go to the emergency room)
- Minor burns
- Rapidly progressing skin rashes without fever