Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre

Main Address
- Whittington Hospital
Magdala Avenue
London - N19 5NF
Our emergency department assesses and treats people with serious or life threatening emergency needs.
If you urgently need medical help or advice but it is not a life-threatening situation or if you don't know who to ring, call 111. The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
For less urgent health needs, contact your GP or local pharmacist in the usual way.
If you urgently need medical help or advice but it is not a life-threatening situation or if you don't know who to ring, call 111. The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
For less urgent health needs, contact your GP or local pharmacist in the usual way.
Helpline
Call the NHS 111 service if you need medical help fast, but it’s not a 999 emergency
Contact
For medical advice - call 111
Further Information
For medical advice- call 111
You should call the NHS 111 service if you need medical help fast, but it’s not a 999 emergency. You will be assessed, given advice and directed straightaway to the local service that can help you best.
Calls to NHS 111 are free from landlines and mobile phones.
You can also:
- Check your symptoms online with the NHS Health and Symptom Checkers
- Download the NHS health and symptom checker app
- Access health advice and information on NHS Choices
Medical advice will not be given over the phone by our emergency department.
General information
General information
Emergency department reception: 020 7288 5216 / 5704
To find out about someone receiving treatment Nurses' station: 0207 288 5100
Abuse of Staff
The Trust ensures that all the staff working in the emergency department are able to carry out their roles safe in the knowledge that the Trust operates a ‘zero tolerance’ to any form of verbal or physical abuse.
Any member of the public, patient or relative will be prosecuted if they act in a manner likely to cause distress or harm to staff.
24 hours per day, 365 days per year (no change over Christmas and New Year)
Locations See on a map
Patient Leaflet
- Antibiotics: Important information
- Asthma in Children over 5 years old
- Bronchiolitis in Children
- Burn Injury (Adults)
- Burns and Scalds in Children
- Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU)
- Corneal Abrasion in Children
- Coughs and Cold in Children
- Croup in Children
- Crutches use
- Discharging children after a head injury
- Eye Injuries/ Complaints (Adults)
- Fevers in Children
- Head Injury (Adult)
- How to find a local general practitioner (GP)
- Lower Limb Injuries (Adults)
- Nose Bleed (Epistaxis) for Adults
- Pain and or bleeding in early pregnancy
- Plaster Care for Children
- Prevention of blood clots from lower limb immobilisation
- Pulled Elbow in Children
- Rectal Bleeding
- Seizures and driving regulations
- Tonsillitis in children
- Upper Limb Injuries (Adults)
- Viral Induced Wheeze in Children 2 to 5 years
- Wound care and wound closure for children
Last updated01 Jul 2020