Helpful Information and Useful Links

If you need information or help accessing local health, social care or wellbeing services, our friendly team is available Monday to Friday 9am-5pm to point you in the right direction and support you.
Telephone: 01924 450 379
Email: info@healthwatchkirklees.co.uk

A-Z of helpful information and useful links

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• Accessing your medical records

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• Bereavement support

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• Carers:
  Helpful information for carers and young carers

• Complaints:
  How to make a complaint to the NHS about primary care services (GP, pharmacy, dentist, optician)

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• Dentistry:
  How to get an NHS dentist appointment in Kirklees, what to do if you need urgent dental care and how much you should be charged.
• Disability – KiNETIC network for disabled people in Kirklees, including ways to find support and have your say.

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• Eye tests, free NHS eye test entitlement information
• Eye problems, PEARS (Primary Primary Eye-care Acute Referral Scheme). For sudden new eye problems

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• Hospital travel and parking

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Medical records

Mental Health:

• Crisis support services can be found here.

• Mental health useful contact details, SPA, IAPT, Thrive

If you need help with your mental health now, the following services have 24/7 support:

• Click here for a quick 2-question NHS online assessment
• Samaritans. To talk about anything that is upsetting you, you can contact Samaritans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can call 116 123 (free from any phone), email jo@samaritans.org or visit some branches in person. You can also call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line on 0808 164 0123 (7pm–11pm every day).
• Shout. If you prefer not to talk but want mental health support, you could text SHOUT to 85258. Shout offers a confidential 24/7 text service providing support if you are in crisis and need immediate help
• Kirklees Council crisis support information

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• Parents – support with family/children’s mental health
• Pharmacy First Service – what you need to know
• Prescription costs

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Refugees:

• NHS guides for Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers

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• Sharps bin disposal
• Suicide prevention

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• Useful contact numbers

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• Waiting times NHS guidance

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#AskHealthwatch

In #AskHealthwatch our engagement officer Joanne shares helpful information on some of the questions you ask us most often like “How can I find an NHS Dentist? or How to find a new GP?” click the YouTube video below to see our full playlist of helpful How-to videos.