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Medical and Welfare Facilities


Medical

Boomtown Fair provides a fully equipped medical facility that is staffed by medical professionals who are very experienced at dealing with outdoor events and entertainment.

The medical centre is located immediately next to the public campsites. If you or your friends are suffering from any illness or injury then please do not hesitate to call in to the medical centre where you will be treated in confidence.

Boomtown Fair works with South Central Ambulance Service in order to ensure that its customers are not only treated well onsite but that, if necessary, they can be transported to and treated at local hospitals.
Only dial 999 from a mobile phone as a last resort. This may not be the most effective means of getting help on the Festival site. Don't try to make your way off site to hospital this may result in very long and possibly dangerous delays in getting treatment.

NHS Festival Health Guidance
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/festivalhealth/Pages/Festivalhealthhome.aspx


NHS Festival Survival Guidance
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/festivalhealth/pages/survivalguide.aspx


NHS Disabled Persons Festival Guide
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/festivalhealth/pages/disabledfestivalgoer.aspx


Latest up-to-date info on swine flu
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2009/04April/Pages/Swineflulatest.aspx




Welfare
The Welfare Centre provides experienced, caring and confidential help for all kinds of practical and personal problems, as well as dealing with lost & found children.
The welfare centre, like the medical centre, is located immediately next to the public campsites and next to the medical centre. It is staffed by people who are very experienced in providing advice and counselling to festival goers. The Welfare Tent also offers a recovery area for patients from the medical centre. Again, just as in the medical centre, you will be treated in confidence.

It is also a haven and centre for any lost and found children where the staff are experts in dealing with these issues.