# NHS API

> 3 public methods for NHS (nhs.uk), each 1 credit per completed run.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/nhs.uk

## Methods

### [Get guidance for a health condition](https://fous.com/methods/nhs.uk/get-condition.md)

`nhs.uk/get_condition`, read. Gets NHS guidance for a named health condition, including symptoms, when to seek help, causes, treatment and prevention. Sections not shown on NHS pages are null; for conditions with several guidance pages, the review date is the latest among the pages used.

Returns: condition name, overview, symptoms, when to see a GP, when to call 111, when to call 999 or go to A&E, causes, treatment, prevention, review date, page link

### [Search nearby services](https://fous.com/methods/nhs.uk/search-nearby-services.md)

`nhs.uk/search_nearby_services`, read. Find nearby NHS service listings from a UK postcode or town, nearest first. NHS service search covers England; urgent_care returns A&E listings. Hours, patient availability and websites are null when not shown.

Returns: name, address, postcode, phone, distance, today's opening hours, new-patient status, website, NHS page link

### [Get medicine guidance](https://fous.com/methods/nhs.uk/get-medicine.md)

`nhs.uk/get_medicine`, read. Looks up a medicine in the NHS medicines A to Z and returns its guidance: uses, key facts, who can take it, how to take it, side effects, pregnancy and interactions. Sections absent from NHS guidance are null; a plain name with separate adult and child pages selects the adult page.

Returns: medicine name, brand names, uses, key facts, suitability, dosing, side effects, pregnancy and breastfeeding, interactions, page link