Health and Wellbeing - University of South Wales

Health and Wellbeing Services

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USW Health Team

The USW Health Team provides free advice and support. This may include pre-existing health conditions, minor injuries and wound management. The Health Team can also provide information and advice on all forms of contraception and sexual health problems. USW Health Team is a nurse-led service that forms part of your overall healthcare provision, alongside your GP, Pharmacist, Dentist and the NHS. You will need to register with USW Health Team if you want an appointment with us. You should register with a local GP (doctor), near where you live.

USW Health Team

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Mental Wellbeing

Our Mental Health Advice and Counselling Teams provide students with an opportunity to talk through any difficulties they are experiencing in confidence. We offer students an impartial, non-judgemental space to explore their situation and consider options for addressing or managing their mental health and wellbeing.

Find out more about Mental Wellbeing

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Disability Advice Team

The Disability Advice Team provides information, advice and guidance and co-ordinates support for USW students who have disabilities, including physical, sensory, mental health or unseen disabilities, specific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia) and autism. We recommend that new students contact our service at the earliest opportunity so that we can ensure that appropriate adjustments and support are in place from the start of your course.

Disability Advice Team

International Students

If you are from outside the UK, you will need to be up to date with all immunisations as recommended by the UK Government's Department of Health.

International students can access the USW Health Team and most of the other healthcare options in the same way as UK students, but there are some special considerations.

Find out more about Healthcare for International Students

Vaccinations

Being up to date with your vaccinations is important for everyone, but even more so for students starting university who will be meeting, mixing, and living with lots of new people. Universities can be hot spots for measles, mumps, and meningococcal disease as they present the perfect opportunity for infections to spread. You should contact your GP surgery before you leave for university if you are not sure if you have received any of these vaccinations.

The Meningitis ACWY Vaccination protects against meningitis and septicaemia caused by four meningococcal strains - Men W, A, C and Y. The vaccination is free to all first-year students under the age of 25.

We advise all first-year students that are 25 or under to contact their home GP to get the Meningitis ACWY vaccination at least 2 weeks before starting University.

Any student who hasn't had their vaccination prior to starting, should contact the USW Health Team as soon as possible.

MMR is a safe and effective combined vaccine that protects against 3 separate illnesses – measles, mumps and rubella (German measles) – in a single injection. The full course of MMR vaccination requires 2 doses. This NHS leaflet tells you about MMR vaccination.

Mumps outbreaks are common, especially in teenagers and young people. It's especially important for teenagers starting University to be up-to-date with the MMR vaccine as they are at higher risk of mumps.

Find out more about how to get vaccinations

Health and Wellbeing Services

Health and Wellbeing Services

USW Health Team

Mental Wellbeing

Disability Advice Team

International Students

Vaccinations

Meningitis ACWY

Measles, Mumps and Rubella

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