Useful Contacts

This is a list of some of the local health services we commonly use as a practice.  If you are having problems finding the right help, you can ring our receptionists, they have a very wide knowledge of our local health and social care agencies and the kind of work they undertake.

NHS Direct, now have a comprehensive list of national services.  They can be contacted on  0845 46 47

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Al Anon (alcohol services for families)        0161 343 2737

Alcohol and Drug Services in Tameside      0161 343 1133

Alcoholics Anonymous                             0161 236 6569 or 0845 769 7555 (24 hour)

Alexandra Hospital                                    0161 428 3656

Anger management scheme                       0161 832 3660

Benefits Office Advice line                        0161 253 3000/8200

Booth Hall Childrens Hospital                     0161 795 7000

Breast feeding help line                             0870 4448708

C D

Citizens Advice Bureau Tameside              0161 330 2156

Carers Centre Tameside                           0161 371 8963

Child Abuse Helpline                                0161 832 1070

Child Bereavment Counselling                   0161 834 6069

Child Protection Unit                               0161 342 4150

Children with disabilities team                   0161 371 2060

Childrens Social Services (Tameside)        0161 342 4150

Community Mental Health Team               0161 339 2627

Counselling (sexual abuse)                       0161 434 2224

                 (In Stalybridge)                     0161 338 3138

                 (Private 'Talk Shop')              0161 338 6026

Cocaine and Crack services                     07899 061439

Crisis Line (mental health)                        0808 808 2007

Debt Counselling Services                        0161 138 1111

Dentist Emergency                                  07813 290327

Dewsnap Lane Clinic                               0161 330 5266

Diabetes UK (patient self help and info)     020 7424 1030

Disability Benefits Centre                         0161 831 2000

District Nurses (Stalybridge)                    0161 338 7469

Domestic Violence Help Line                    0161 0800 328 0967

Domestic Violence (police)                      0161 856 9363

Drink Line                                             0800 917 8282

Drugs Team (Tameside)                          0161 339 4141

E F G

Educational and Welfare (Tameside)         0161 342 2682

Education advice line for parents              01394 380 518

Eye Hospital (Manchester)                       0161 276 5583

Family Support Unit                                0161 856 9361

Family Therapy (ash tree project)             0161 343 7818

Gingerbread (help for single parents)        0800 018 4318

GUM Clinic

(Sexually transmitted Disease)                   0161 342 7101

H I J

Health Visitors (Stalybridge)                     0161 338 2278

Highfield Hospital                                    01706 655121

HIV Awareness line                                 0161 339 2222

Homeless Housing Aid                             0161 331 2700

Hope Hospital (Salford Royal)                  0161 789 7373

Willow Wood Hospice                             0161 330 1100

Hyde Physiotherapy (NHS)                      0161 368 3391

Job Centre (Ashton)                               0161 253 2936/77

Jobcentre Plus                                       0161 429 2043

Kenyons Phamacy                                  0161 338 2533

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Learning Disability Team                         0161 342 2400 and 371 5623

Lifeline (Counselling)                              0161 839 2054

Lockside Pharmacy                                0161 338 6612

Manchester Medical School                     0161 275 3035

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital                 0161 276 5583

Manchester Royal Infirmary                     0161 276 1234

McMillan Nurses (Tameside)                    0161 336 2433

                         (Benefits worker)           0161 342 3068

MIND (Mental Health charity, Ashton)      0161 339 1100

Mobility Shop (private)                            0161 368 1476

Money Advice Team                               0161 331 2949

NHS Direct                                            0845 46 47

North Manchester General Hospital          0161 795 4567

O P Q

Off the Record (Young persons advice)   0161 355 3553

Oldham Royal Hospital                            0161 624 0420

Parentcraft (Antenatal advice)                  0161 338 2278

Primary Care Trust (Tameside)               0161 304 5300

Pendlebury Hospital (Children's)              0161 794 4696

Pharmacy at Lockside                            0161 338 6612

Physiotherapy (Hyde)                             0161 368 3391

                     (Ashton)                          0161 214 9924

Postnatal Ward (At Tameside Hospital)    0161 331 6180

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Rape Counselling                                   0161 276 6515

RELATE (Relationship Counselling)         0161 872 0303

Repeat Prescription phone line                 0161 303 8066

Samaritans                                            0345 909090

Self Harm Support group (youth)             0161 308 3388

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic       0161 342 7101

Shire Hill Hospital (Elderly Rehab)           01457 866021

Single Parents Help (Gingerbread)           0800 018 4318

Smoking Cessation Help (Fresh Focus)   0161 621 5937

Social Services   (Adult)                        0161 342 2400

                        (Children's)                  0161 342 4150

South Manchester Clinic (abortions)       0161 487 2660

St. Marys Hospital Manchester               0161 276 1234

Terminations of Pregnancy Clinic           0161 487 2660

Stalybridge Clinic                                  0161 338 2278

Stepping Hill Hospital                            0161 483 1010

Stress Management Group                     0161 908 6875

T U V

Tameside General Hospital                    0161 331 6000

TICAS (Stalybridge Counselling)           0161 338 3138/4106

Travel Clinic (Hospital)                         0161 720 2259

                   (GP Surrey Lodge)            0161 224 2471

Victim Support                                    0161 339 1190

Visual Impairment Centre                      0161 330 0014

W X Y Z

Welfare Rights (Tameside)                     0161 342 3068

Willow Wood Hospice                           0161 330 1100

Women's refuge Helpline                        0800 328 0967

Wythenshaw Hospital                            0161 998 7070

Young Peoples Healthy Living Project      0161 308 3388

Youth Service Enquiries                         0161 336 6615