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This section cover health and Community Care and Housing.

Health Services


Many health services are the same as those provided for everyone. These services are provided by the National Health Service.

You will find details of how get information about health services for everyone from the NHS Gateway website at www.nhs.uk

 

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Click on the blue words below to go direct to the following parts of the NHS Gateway website.

Self Help Guide

Your first step to getting the right treatment.

Best Treatments

Find out what treatments really work for a range of conditions.

Health Encyclopaedia

Find out more information about a condition or illness.

NHS Direct - 0845 46 47

A 24-hour nurse led advice service for England and Wales.

NHS 24 - 08454 24 24 24

In Scotland NHS 24 provides a health advice and support service.

 

 

Community Care and Housing Services

 

General Community Care and Housing Services are services which help anyone who is vulnerable or has specific needs. These services help them to live as full a life as possible.

You can get information about general Community Care and Housing services from the Community Care and Housing Department at South Gloucestershire Council.

 

You can contact South Gloucestershire Council:

By telephone: 01454 868686

By the South Gloucestershire Council Web Site at
www.southglos.gov.uk and then go to the Health & Care theme page.

There are Health and Community Care and Housing Services particularly for people with learning difficulties. These are provided by South Gloucestershire Learning Difficulties Service.
Health and Community Care and Housingservices are working together as the South Gloucestershire Learning Difficulties Service.

Click here for more information about the South Gloucestershire Learning Difficulties Service CCH92 December 2006

Click here for more information about the Learning Difficulties Partnership Board

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Plain Facts

You will find these Plain Facts sheets about Health and Community Care and Housing helpful.
Plain Facts makes the findings of research easier to understand.

The Norah Fry Research Centre at Bristol University produces Plain Facts.

Issue 11 (July 1998) - Being a parent (having children)

Issue 13 (July 1999) - Services for older people with learning difficulties

Issue 15 (February 2000) - Making decisions about healthcare

Issue 35 (December 2003) - Dementia and people with learning difficulties