Medical
Travel and Health Insurance
All event participants (athletes, coaches, team support and volunteers) are recommended to obtain travel insurance prior to booking flights and health insurance before leaving your home country.
WFDF and the LOC do not provide coverage for participants outside of the general first aid administered at the fields. There are always risks associated with playing Ultimate and travelling. Although WMUCC will have medical staff on site to deal with first aid and assess critical injuries, there may be injuries or illness in which players need follow up medical attention or emergency visits to local hospitals.
There is general information about medical treatment and costs for visitors to the UK here. WFDF and the LOC kindly request that all players and event participants acknowledge these risks and understand that WFDF and the LOC cannot be held liable for any risk or cost associated with injury or bad health at WMUCC.
All event participants should alleviate some personal financial liability by purchasing your own travel and health insurance to make sure you are covered for any medical issues or event/travel cancellations that could arise. Participants will be required to sign an Event Participant Agreement published in advance of the event.
Frist Aid
First Aid providers will be on site throughout the event. They will be identified either in high-vis / green paramedic uniforms or in the red medical event staff shirts as shown below.
First Aid services are for players, volunteers and spectators. If you are feeling unwell or are injured, please seek medical advice. For serious injuries, the First Aid providers will ring for an external ambulance to transfer you to hospital.
Please note that the nearest hospital is Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH and is just a 10 minute drive from Highfields. Please be prepared to organise your own transport for minor or non-emergency cases.
For serious and life threatening injuries dial 999 and ask for ambulance.
Sports Therapy
We will provide a sports therapy service for all athletes participating at WMUCC. Therapy services are free and include injury assessment and evaluation, massage / soft tissue release, taping (strapping) and advice. We appreciate your patience and respect for all staff (or you will loose the privilege of being treated). There will also be a sports massage service available for a nominal fee operated, under supervision, by trainee massage therapists from University of Nottingham.
Any player with a pre-existing injury and / or who requires daily taping as part of their routine will need to provide their own tape. There will be a limited amount of basic tape available for purchase.
Medical stations will be marked on the field maps.
Nearest A&E department / Urgent Care
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - Queen's Medical Centre Campus
Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH
Tel: 0115 924 9924
You may need to call 111 to determine the most appropriate location for emergency/urgent treatment - depending on the circumstances.
Please note - except in the case of an emergency where the medical team deems it necessary to take a player to hospital in the ambulance, we are not able to offer the facility of driving players to the hospital, nor sending a volunteer to look after and stay with them.

