Useful Contacts

Click on the links:

• BBC
• Berkshire West Primary Care Trust
• Chemists
• Children’s services
• Community services
• Cruse bereavement service
• Dentists
• Department of Sexual Health
• Earley Volunteer Care Bureau
• Elderly care
• Hospitals
• National Blood Service
• NHS Direct
• NHS Local
• PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service)
• Red Cross
• Thames Valley Primary Care Agency
• Wokingham Borough Council

BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/medical_notes/default.stm

Berkshire West Primary Care Trust: 949 5000 www.berkshirewest-pct.nhs.uk

Chemists:

• Boots, Crockhamwell Road, Woodley 969 5253
• Lloyds, Crockhamwell Road, Woodley 969 3573
• Boots Pharmacy, Asda Complex 931 1750
• Boots Pharmacy, Silverdale Road 926 2146
• Sainsbury's Pharmacy, Winnersh 978 0631
• Day Lewis Chemist, Maiden Place, Lower Earley 935 1848
• Morrisons Pharmacy, Woosehill 979 4288
• Vantage Chemist, Shinfield Road, Reading 987 2850

Children’s services:
Bringing up children: an excellent Australian website - http://raisingchildren.net.au/  (includes some nice video clips, eg Russell Crowe – http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/russell_crowe_video.html)

Children’s Centre: At Loddon School in Earley – www.wokingham.gov.uk Riverdale Children's Centre

Community Services
(formerly known as Social Services)

• For children & families: contact the Woodley office 944 5300
• Other enquiries: contact the Wokingham office 974 6800 / 6818

Cruse Bereavement Service: 958 8133

Dentists:
For local dental services, visit www.nhs.uk and search using postcode.
NB: not all of these dentists will have open lists.
For NHS dentists visit www.berkshirewest-pct.nhs.uk under 'Local NHS Services'

Department of Sexual Health: 322 7202

Earley Volunteer Care Bureau: 966 6234

Elderly care:

Age Concern: 959 4242 www.ageconcernberkshire.org.uk
Carers support: www.carers.org/berkshire
Care UK: www.careuk.com
Help the Aged: www.helptheaged.org.uk
Memory loss support: http://www.berkshire.nhs.uk/bhct/older-persons/

Hospitals - NHS

Royal Berkshire Hospital: 322 5111 – http://www.rbbh.nhs.uk/
Wokingham Hospital: 949 5000

Hospitals - Private:

Berkshire Independent Hospital: 902 8000
Dunedin Hospital: 958 7676 / 4711

National Blood Service: 0845 771 1711

NHS Direct 0845 4647 www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
NHS Direct is a 24-hour nurse-led helpline providing advice and information on health concerns for you and your family and local health services and self-help and support organisations.

NHS Local: www.berkshire.nhs.uk 'Your gateway to healthcare in Berkshire'.

PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service): 982 2829

Red Cross: 966 6645

Thames Valley Primary Care Agency: 918 3333

Wokingham Borough Council: www.wokingham.gov.uk