What about health?
Some universities rely on students registering with a local NHS practice, which may be okay, but is a bit of a risk for those who don’t bother or who keep meaning to but don’t get round to it.
Others have their own dedicated practices on campus or near one of their sites. Apart from a full complement of doctors, nurses and, occasionally (but rarely), dentists, many will have specialists including psychiatrists, family planning/sexual health advisers and even sports physiotherapists.
If you have an existing medical condition, you’ll want to be sure that arrangements are satisfactory — but with outbreaks of meningitis almost every year at universities, it’s wise to be prepared even if you’re as fit as Cinderella’s slipper.
Last updated on: 21 April 2008