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
My Devon - Re: Blue Badge applications 08451 551007
Maternity
Tavistock
Midwife 01822 616953
Derriford
Hospital Central Delivery Suite 01752 763610
Web
Links
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.
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.
CancerBACUP
- cancer information service
Welcome to CancerBACUP, Europe's leading
cancer information service, with over 4,500 pages of up-to-date cancer
information, practical advice and support for cancer patients, their families
and carers.
CARE
direct DEVON
Information and help for older people and their
carers
Department
of Health
Providing health and social care policy, guidance
and publications
Department
of Health - Immunisation
This site is for any parent, carer or health
professional who would like to know more about immunisation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prostate
Help Association
A source of medical information mainly in
regard to Prostate
Cancer, Prostatitis and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
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.
Resuscitation
Council
We provide education and reference
materials to healthcare professionals and the general
public in the most effective methods of resuscitation.
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.
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.
UK
Self Help
An index to many on-line Self-Help resources
FOSS (Friends of Stannary Surgery)
Our
Aims
To
give patients a voice in the organisation of their medical care.
To solve problems and bring suggestions to the notice of the doctors.
To hold health education sessions throughout the year on patients’ choice
of subjects. Fundraising
to purchase equipment for the Association that may be loaned to the
doctors or patients.Your
doctor would like you to take an active interest in this group -
please support the Association, which offers you the opportunity of participating
in your health care.
If
you would like to be kept informed of events etc., please contact:
Mrs
Dene Medland
Chairman of F.O.S.S.
c/o Stannary Surgery
Abbey Rise
Tavistock
PL19
9BB
