Choose well poems
With winter here, we wrote some poems for Twitter highlighting the importance of choosing the right NHS treatment for your symptoms. It's important for people to choose the most appropriate treatment for their illness so that A&E is only used by those who need it.
We have shared these messages with other NHS and health organisations. Please feel free to retweet these messages to spread the word about choosing well.
Headache, cold, cough & snot?
Feeling rough & a bit grot?
Call in at your local #pharmacy.
For good advice and sympathy! #choosewell
If u've grazed ur knee, don't head str8 for casualty.
Go along & get a plaster on,
you'll feel better before today's gone #choosewell
You wouldn’t believe it #epicfail.
She called 999 for a broken nail.
Time wasted that was really needed,
for pple truly impeded #choosewell
There ws a young man from Devon,
whose face did really redden.
He'd gone to A & E,
when he should have rung 0845 4647 #choosewell
Ear pain that won’t go away?
Leave A&E well at bay.
Make the right choice, see ur GP
& leave casualty for the needy #choosewell
Too much beer & dodgy kebab,
making you feel very bad?
Don’t go to casualty,
it’s the pharmacist you must see #choosewell
Thr 1ce ws a lady called Pippa,
who liked 2 wear a big slippa.
It kpt her toes warm thro winter’s gr8 storm,
so she stayed v chippa #choosewell
The colour coded chart below will help you choose the right care.
