Directory - Telephone numbers you may need or find useful… Action on Elder Abuse - 080 880 88141
Mind (National Association for Mental Health)
Admiral Nurses - 0800 888 6678 Age UK - (Chester office) - 01244 401500 Alzheimer’s Society - (West Cheshire) - 01244 851 351 British Heart Foundation - (Chester office)
- 0300 123 3393 National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) -
0800 298 7650 NHS - 111 Parkinson’s Disease Society - 0800 800 0303
- 01244 345487
Patient Advice and Liaison Service - 01244 366066
Carer Network - 0800 085 0307
Red Cross (Chester) - 01244 349550
Care Quality Commission - 03000 616161
Rough sleeper advice and support - 0300 123 1562
Chester Citizens Advice Bureau - 03444 772121 Countess of Chester Hospital main switchboard
Royal Osteoporosis Society - 0808 800 0035
- 01244 365000
Royal Voluntary Service - 0330 555 0310 Social Services Chester - 0300 123 7034
Discharge Lounge - 01244 365433 GP out of hours - (please contact your local GP for this number)
Social Services North Wales - 01352 702000 Social Services Wirral - 0151 606 2006
Cruse Bereavement Care - 0808 808 1677 DIAL (Disability Information Advice Line)
Stroke Association - 01244 389264 St Werburgh’s Medical Practice for
- 01244 345655 Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC)
the Homeless - 01244 665834 Therapies (Rapid Response)
- 0800 377 7070
- 01244 365240
Hospital Pharmacy - 01244 365249
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