Telephone
Numbers
Hospitals
- Tavistock
General Hospital 01822 612233
- Derriford
Hospital 08451 55 81 55
- Royal
Eye Infirmary 01752 315123
- Mount
Gould Hospital 01752 268011
- Plymouth
Nuffield Hospital 01752 775861
- Tavistock
Clinic 01822 615953
Chemists
- Boots 01822 612609
- Lakes 01822 612104
- Morrisons
01822 613153
- Yelverton
NCC 01822 852783
Funeral Directors
- Backwells 01822 612034
- Morris Bros 01822 612023
Local Helplines
- Harbour
Centre - Alcohol & drug dependence 01752 314222
- Age
Concern 01752 665424
- Alzheimer’s
Society 01752 255399
- Aids
Helpline 0800 567123
- Alcoholics
Anonymous 01752 791111
- Traumatic
Loss and Bereavement Service 01752 223332
- Childline
0800 1111
- Citizens
Advice 01822 612359
- Samaritans
01752 221666
- West
Devon Social Services 01822 614121
- Red
Cross 01752 768546
- Police
- non-urgent calls 08452 777444
- MyDevon
- Re: Blue Badge applications 0845 155 1007
Maternity
- Tavistock
Midwife 01822 616953
- Derriford
Hospital Central Delivery Suite 01752 763610
Web Links
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Age
Concern
Age
Concern is the UK's largest organisation working with and for older
people. We provide vital local services as well as influencing public
opinion and government. Every day we are in touch with thousands
of older people enabling them to make more of life.
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Arthritis
Reseach Campaign
This
website is for anyone who wishes to know more about arthritis, the
charity and how to help find the cure. Arthritis causes long term
health problems for more than one in seven adults and many thousands
of children. arc is the only UK charity wholly dedicated to curing
it.
- BBC
News - Health
- Best
Treatments
Clinical evidence for patients from the BMJ.
Get the facts about the top treatment options.
- Blood
Pressure Association
Fighting Blood Pressure to beat Stroke and Heart
Disease
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CancerBACKUP
- cancer information service
Cancerbackup is Europe's leading
cancer information charity. Its website contains over 4,500 pages
of up-to-date cancer information, practical advice and support for
cancer patients, their families, carers and friends.
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CARE
direct DEVON
Information and help for older people
and their carers
- Department
of Health
Providing health and social care policy,
guidance and publications
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DIPEx
-Personal Experiences of Health & Illness
DIPEx shows you a wide variety
of personal experiences of health and illness. You can watch, listen
to or read their interviews, find reliable information on treatment
choices and where to find support.
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Embarrasing
Problems.com
We hope we can help you deal with
health problems that worry you and that are difficult for you to
discuss with anyone.
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Fit
For Travel
'fitfortravel' is a public access website
provided by the NHS (Scotland). It gives travel health information
for people travelling abroad from the UK.
- Help the Aged
Advice and Support
- IBD and Me
IBD and Me is for young people aged 16 – 29 living with Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn’s Disease.
- Ménière's Society
Helping people with vertigo, tinnitus and deafness.
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National
Health Service
Providing you with the answers to
the most frequently asked questions about the NHS and general health
issues, bringing together access to a wide range of health related
websites.
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National
Osteoporosis Society Online
The NOS offers support to people
with osteoporosis, their families and carers through a range of
information booklets, a national telephone helpline and a network
of regional support groups. Increasing numbers of people develop
osteoporosis and more people need our help every year.
- NHS
Direct Online
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NSPCC
The NSPCC (National Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) is the UK's leading charity
specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to
children. We have been directly involved in protecting children
and campaigning on their behalf since 1884.
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Patient
UK
Comprehensive source of health and
disease information, mainly aimed at the UK general public, but
of interest to all.
- Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre
The Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre is a purpose-designed surgical facility serving the populations of Devon and Cornwall in the UK.
- Prostate
Cancer Charity
The largest and most comprehensive
of the charities working specifically in the field of prostate cancer.
We aim to provide ‘hope for tomorrow’ through the research
that we fund - and ‘practical support for today’ through
our information services.
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Prostate Help Association
A source of medical information mainly
in regard to
Prostate Cancer, Prostatitis and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
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Plymouth
Hospitals NHS Trust
A leading centre of clinical excellence for
a wide range of general hospital services and complex specialist
services for people living in the South West Peninsula.
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Resuscitation
Council
We provide education and reference materials
to healthcare professionals and the general public in the most effective
methods of resuscitation.
- South
and West Devon Health Community
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South
Hams & West Devon Primary Care Trust
The website that tells you about
health services in South Hams and West Devon. You can find out about
your rights to health services, search for a GP, read about developments
in the NHS locally, and much more.
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Stroke
Association
The Stroke Association provides support for
people who have had strokes, their families and carers. We campaign,
educate and inform to increase knowledge of stroke at all levels
of society.
- Tavistock Area Support Services
Provides
activities and support services for those over 55.
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