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Urgent and emergency care
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Suitability and medicines
- Services described on the site are for adults aged 18 and over and are subject to individual assessment.
- A listed service does not mean it is suitable for every person, condition or treatment goal.
- Prescription-only medicines can only be considered after an appropriate prescribing assessment and are never guaranteed in advance.
- The safest recommendation may be to wait, choose an alternative, see another healthcare professional or have no procedure.
Risks, outcomes and images
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Results and recovery vary. Website images are illustrative unless they are expressly identified as verified clinical before-and-after records; they are not a promise of an individual outcome.
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