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Warning to Brits on Pancake Day as doctors braced for surge in burn cases
DOCTORS are braced for a surge in burns cases today — as clumsy cooks injure themselves on Pancake Day.
The number of visits to the NHS advice website surge from 3,200 to 5,300 a day on Shrove Tuesday as the kitchen injury toll mounts.
Mishaps while flipping pancakes lead to someone looking at the site once every 16 seconds, data from the past two years shows.
NHS England’s Robert Cleary said: “The NHS website is often the first port of call for anyone seeking health advice.
“This is evident in the spike we see in visits to our burns page on Pancake Day each year.”
About 250,000 people suffer a burn every year in Britain, with nearly 175,000 having to visit A&E for medical treatment.
Just over 16,000 are admitted to hospital for specialist burn care.
If you or a loved one suffer a burn, medics advise running the affected area under cool or lukewarm water for 20 to 30 minutes.
Any clothing or jewellery near the burnt skin should be taken off.
Once the burn has cooled, the skin should be wrapped in cling film or a clean plastic bag.
Painkillers like paracetamol can be taken, but avoid ice packs, creams or butter.
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Martin Lewis show: Money saving expert reveals how to avoid massive 14% mobile phone bill surge in April
BRITS could avoid huge increases on their mobile phone bills thanks to these genius hacks.
Cheeky providers are set to hike their prices by 14 percent from April – leaving up to nine million Brits at risk of losing hundreds of pounds.
Money expert Martin Lewis said that’s because many are out of contract and now overpaying on their current deal.
But speaking on his Martin Lewis Money Show on Tuesday, he said Brits have a number of options to avoid a phone-shaped hole in the wallet.
The first trick is to work out if you are out of contract or have termination fees to leave your contract.
To do this, the saving whizz said: “Free text INFO to 85075 on your current phone.
“Sometimes they can’t do it, but it’s worth checking.”
He stressed that anyone who had termination fees and was within their contract may have to wait it out in order to save money.
The next hack is to switch networks to enjoy “huge savings”.
“All you do is change the SIM in your phone”, the savings expert said, before using a comparison site to see what deals are out there.
And if you’re worried about giving up your old number, you can keep it by texting PAC to 65075 on their current phone.
Doing this is also a good opportunity to start haggling with your provider to get a better deal on your phone contract.
Importantly, you should not be worried about changing phone providers based on phone signal you get.
Only four networks operate in the UK – EE, O2, Three and Vodafone, with all other firms like Orange and Tesco Mobile “piggybacking” on signals.
While you may not get certain services like WiFi calling, these other providers may be cheaper.