Meningitis Awareness
Information on Meningitis and its symptoms is available from the following sources:-
- Meningitis Research Foundation on http://www.meningitis.org/ or 0808 800 3344 (24-hour freefone helpline )
- Meningitis Trust on http://www.meningitis-trust.org.uk/ or 0845 6000 800 (24-hour information lines , calls charged at local rates)
- National Union of Students: http://www.nus.org.uk/
If you have a specific query, or are concerned that you or a friend might have some of the symptoms associated with meningitis or septicaemia, please contact your GP or the staff of the Communicable Disease Control Unit at Newcastle General Hospital on (0191) 273 3584, (9.00am to 5.00pm) or, if very urgent, out of hours, via Newcastle General Hospital switchboard (0191) 273 8811.
For leaflets or posters contact Melanie Reed in the University's Press and Communications Office on extension 7850 or Melanie.Reed@ncl.ac.uk.