Widnes Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC)

Opening times

Widnes UTC is open seven days a week, 365 days a year.

This includes Christmas Day and all other public holidays.

What we treat:

• Slips
• Trips
• Sprains
• Falls

• Cuts
• Wounds
• Rashes
• Allergies

• Burns
• Scalds
• Bites
• Stings

• Coughs
• Colds
• Sore throats

• Back pain
• Indigestion
• Stomach upset

• Ear
• Nose
• Eye injuries and infections

• Emergency contraception

What we don’t treat:

• Cardiac chest pain
• Severe difficulty in breathing
• Head injuries with loss of consciousness
• Head injuries under 1 years old
• Strokes
• Sudden loss of vision
• Repeat prescriptions
• Chronic conditions

Please call 999 or visit your local A&E for all serious life-threatening illness and injuries.

Where you can find us

We can be found inside the Widnes Health Care Resource Centre.

Our contact details are as follows:

NHS Widnes Urgent Treatment Centre 
Health Care Resource Centre
Oaks Place
Caldwell Road, Widnes
WA8 7GD (Google map)

Tel: 0151 495 5000
Textphone: 18001 0151 495 5000

If you are travelling by car, we have free parking available.

Important: During the 30 minutes before closing, patients will be assessed but might be referred to their GP, Out-of-Hours GP or the A&E at Whiston Hospital or Warrington General Hospital.

Other local Urgent Treatment Centre’s

If you are unsure what to do or where to go, contact NHS 111

If you need urgent – but not emergency care – please contact NHS 111 first for help and advice.

Use the online service: 111.nhs.uk or call 111 from any phone (the call is free).

NHS 111 can arrange appointments for you to see the right health care professional, in the right place.

They can help you with:

• where to get help for your symptoms, if you’re not sure what to do
• how to find general health information and advice
• where to get an emergency supply of your prescribed medicine
• how to get a repeat prescription
• get emergency dental appointments