About Us

The National Minor Illness Centre (NMIC) is based in an NHS general practice in Luton, England. This is a training and research practice, accredited by the Royal College of General Practitioners. The tutors at NMIC are all practising primary care clinicians who see patients with minor illness on a daily basis and understand the problems which their management may bring. We are the authors of the standard text on minor illness, which is now in its third edition and has sold over 16,000 copies, and we provide clinical input to Clinical Knowledge Summaries / Prodigy. We accept no sponsorship; our advice is completely independent.

We are based in a modern purpose-built medical centre about 30 miles north of London, with a large conference room and plenty of free parking. We are close to London Luton Airport and the M1 motorway. For our location and contact details click here.

For the last ten years we have run our own educational courses in minor illness management, initially for nurses and more recently also for pharmacists, paramedics and ECPs. The six-month certificated course is accredited by the University of Bedfordshire for 45 CATS points at Level 3. This experience has given us a profound insight into the learning needs of health professionals in this field. For more information on our courses and update sessions click here; or to discuss commissioning a course at your place of work please contact us.

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