Useful links & care service directory
North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group - responsible for commissioning (buying) of local health services
North East Lincolnshire Council - Local Authority North East Lincolnshire
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospital - Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby.
Health A-Z NHS - complete NHS guide to conditions, symptoms and treatments, including what to do and when to get help
Care Plus Group - social enterprise that provides adult health and social care services to people
Care Quality Commission (CQC) - The independent regulator of all health and social care services in England
NAViGO - social enterprise that provides health and care service
Saying it All - provides information for people with learning disabilities and their carers in North East Lincolnshire
NHS Choices - NHS health website and gives all the information you need to make choices about your health.
NHS 111 - NHS 111 can help if you have an urgent medical problem and you’re not sure what to do
Lincolnshire Care Services Directory (this link will open in a new window - popups must be allowed)
A-Z of charities/support organisations related to health
A
Addiction
Addiction - gambling
Tel: 0845 6000 133
Addiction - Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
Tel: 0845 769 7555
Age Concern
AIDS/HIV - Terence Higgins Trust
Tel: 020 7812 1600
Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
Tel: 0845 769 7555
Allergy UK
Tel: 01322 619898
Alzheimer’s Society
Arthritis Care
Tel: 0808 800 4050
Arthritis Research Campaign
Tel: 0870 850 5000
Arthritis - Rheumatoid Arthritis Society
Tel: 0800 298 7650
ASH (Action on Smoking & Health)
Asthma UK
Tel: 08457 01 02 03
B
Back Care
Tel: 0845 130 2704
B-eat (eating disorders)
Tel: 0845 634 1414
Youthline: 0845 634 7650
Bereavement Care
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Tel: 08444 77 94 00
Bereavement – road traffic accidents
Tel: 0845 4500 355
Bereavement - Child Death Helpline
Tel: 0800 282986
Blood donation
0845 7711 711
Blindness - Royal National Institute for the Blind
Tel: 0845 766 9999
Blood Pressure Association
Tel: 020 8772 4994
Breast Cancer Care
Tel: 0808 800 6000
British Diabetic Association
Tel: 0845 120 2960
British Heart Foundation
Tel: 08450 70 80 70
British Heart & Lung Transplant Association
British Lung Foundation
Tel: 08458 505020
British Red Cross
British Medical Journal
C
Cancer Bacup
Tel: 0808 800 1234
Cancer - Breast Cancer Care
Tel: 0808 800 6000
Cancer - Macmillan Cancer Support
Tel: 01522 573799 or 01205 446392
Cancer - Marie Curie Cancer Care
Tel: 0800 716146
Cancer Research UK
Tel: 020 7242 0200
Cancer Screening UK
Carers UK
Tel: 0808 808 7777
Carers - The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
Tel: 0844 800 4361
Cerebral Palsy (Scope)
Tel: 0808 800 3333
Child Death Helpline
Tel: 0800 282986
Child Line
Tel: 0800 1111
Children’s Heart Federation
www.childrens-heart-fed-org.uk
Tel: 0808 808 5000
Children - NSPCC
Tel: 0808 800 5000
Children - one parent families (Gingerbread)
Tel: 0800 018 5026
Children - Parentline Plus
Tel: 0808 800 2222
Citizens Advice Bureau
Tel: 08444 99 41 99
Cleft Lip & Palate Association
Tel: 020 7833 4883
Coeliac Disease
Tel: 0870 444 8804
Counselling - Relate
Tel: 08451 304016
Crash victim support - RoadPeace
Tel: 0845 4500 355
Cruse Bereavement Care
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Tel: 08444 77 94 00
Committee on Safety of Medicines
Tel: 020 7084 2000
Connexions Lincolnshire & Rutland (help & support for 13-19 year olds)
www.connexions-lincsandrutland.co.uk
Tel: 0800 163026
D
Deafblind - Sense
Tel: 0845 127 0060
Deafness - Royal National Institute for the Deaf
Tel: 0808 808 0123
Department of Health
Department for Work & Pensions
Dermatology
Educational videos to help patients manage their condition, covering: emollients, post op care, topical steroids. The videos can be accessed at: http://northandnortheastlincsdermatology.nhs.uk/self-education-videos/
Diabetes
Tel: 0845 120 2960
Dietary advice
Diet - eating disorders (B-eat)
Tel: 0845 634 1414
Youthline: 0845 634 7650
Diet - weight loss advice
Digestive problems
Disability Living/Attendance Allowance Helpline
Tel: 08457123456
Disabled children
Tel: 0808 808 3555
Disabled Living Foundation
Tel: 0845 130 9177
Donation – blood
0845 7711 711
Donation - organs
Tel: 0845 60 60 400
E
Eating disorders (B-eat)
Tel: 0845 634 1414
Youthline: 0845 634 7650
Epidermolysis Bullosa (DebRA)
Tel: 01344 771961
Epilepsy
Tel: 0808 800 5050
F
Family Planning Association
Tel: 0845 122 8690
Fertility
G
Gambling problems
Tel: 0845 6000 133
Gingerbread - one parent families
Tel: 0800 018 5026
Glaucoma Association
Tel: 0870 609 1870
H
HealthSpace
Heart UK (cholesterol charity)
Tel: 0845 450 5988
Heart - British Heart Foundation
Tel: 08450 70 80 70
Heart - Children’s Heart Federation
www.childrens-heart-fed-org.uk
Tel: 0808 808 5000
I
IBS
Tel: 0114 272 3253
Immunisations (children, travel & general)
Immunisations (children)
www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/your_kids/babies_immunisation.shtml
Immunisations - travel advice
IVF
J
K
Kidney Research
L
The Lancet
Learning disabilities - MENCAP
Tel: 020 7454 0454
Lincoln County Hospital
Tel: 01522 512 512
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
01529 222220
M
Macmillan Cancer Support
Tel: 01522 573799
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Tel: 0800 716146
ME Association
Tel: 0870 444 1835
Medicalert Foundation
Tel: 0800 581420
MENCAP (learning disabilities)
Tel: 020 7454 0454
Menieres Society (vertigo, tinnitus, deafness)
Tel: 0845 120 2975
Menopause
www.amarantmenopausetrust.org.uk
Tel: 01293 413000
Mental health (MIND)
Tel: 01933 22 35 91
Mental Health Foundation
Motor Neurone Disease
Tel: 08457 626 262
Multiple Sclerosis
Tel: 0808 800 8000
Muscular Dystrophy
Tel: 0800 652 6352
Myotonic Dystrophy Support Group
Tel: 0115 987 0080
N
National Library for Health
NHS Connecting for Health
www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk
NHS in England
NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence)
NSPCC
Tel: 0808 800 5000
O
One parent families (Gingerbread)
Tel: 0800 018 5026
Organ donation
Tel: 0845 60 60 400
Osteoporosis Society
Tel: 0845 450 0230
P
Parentline Plus
Tel: 0808 800 2222
Parkinson’s Disease Society
Tel: 0808 800 0303
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
Tel: 0844 800 4361
Q
Quit (smoking)
Tel: 0800 002200
R
Relate (relationship counselling)
Tel: 08451 304016
Rheumatoid Arthritis Society
Tel: 0800 298 7650
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Tel: 0845 766 9999
Royal National Institute for the Deaf
Tel: 0808 808 0123
Royal British Legion
www.britishlegion.org.uk/counties/lincolnshire
Tel: 01522 811634
S
Samaritans
Tel: 08457 909090
Scope (Cerebral Palsy)
Tel: 0808 800 3333
Sense (for deafblind people)
Tel: 0845 127 0060
Share the Care (Lincolnshire)
Tel: 01522 554989
Smokefree (smoking)
Tel: 0800 169 0 169
Smoking - ASH
Smoking - Quit
Tel: 0800 002200
Social Services – Lincolnshire County Council
Tel: 01205 310010
St Barnabas Hospice
Tel: 01205 359367
The Stroke Association
Tel: 0845 303 3100
SureStart (children’s centres)
T
Terence Higgins Trust (AIDS/HIV)
Tel: 020 7812 1600
Transplant support
www.transplantsupportnetwork.org.uk
Tel: 0800 027 4490 or 0800 027 4491
Travel advice
U
V
Victim Support Lincolnshire
http://lcjb.cjsonline.gov.uk/Lincolnshire/2863.html
Tel: 0845 30 30 900
Volunteer Centre
Tel: 01205 365588
W
Weight loss advice
X
Y
Young people (13-19) help & support
www.connexions-lincsandrutland.co.uk
Tel: 0800 163026