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Help and support available from many Local and National Organisations.

 

Abortion Services

What abortions services are available to South East London patients?

Please visit the South East London Clinical Commissioning Group for further information


Abuse

SafeLives
If you are experiencing domestic abuse or are supporting someone who is in that situation, immediate help is available.

National Domestic Violence Helpline
Are you experiencing domestic abuse? You are not alone. The Helpline can help you find a refuge vacancy for you and your children; call us them more information. They can also support you to find other specialist services in your community, which can provide support whether or not you have left your partner.If you are experiencing domestic abuse or are supporting someone who is in that situation, immediate help is available.

Survivors UK - Male Rape and Sexual Abuse Support
Survivors UK help sexually abused men, as well as their friends and family, no matter when the abuse happened, and challenge the silence and attitudes.

Rape Crisis
National organisation offering support and counselling for those affected by rape and sexual abuse.

Victim Support
As an independent charity, we work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and the respect they deserve. We help people feel safer and find the strength to move beyond crime. Support is free, confidential and tailored to your needs.

Refuge
Every single day Refuge works tirelessly to support thousands of women and children experiencing domestic violence and other forms of gender based violence.


Addiction

We are With You
We Are With You provides free, confidential support to people who have issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.We work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether.

Drug FAM
A lifeline of safe, caring and professional support to families, friends and partners who are struggling to cope with the nightmare of a loved one’s addiction to drugs or alcohol and to those who have been bereaved by addiction or related causes.

Be Gamble Aware
Free, confidential help for anyone who is worried about their or someone else’s gambling. If you need help right away, call or live chat with an Adviser now through the National Gambling Treatment Service - available 24/7 for advice and help finding the right support.

Talk to Frank
If you have a problem with drugs Talk to Frank for friendly, confidential drugs advice.

Turning Point
Every 30 minutes someone leaves Turning Point's services drink or drugs free. Turning Point offer you or a loved one a range of services depending on what you need, from detox and residential rehab to supported living and aftercare support.

Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.


Autism & ADHD

National Autistic Society
Founded in 1962, they are the UK’s leading charity for autistic people and their families. Their goal is to help transform lives, change attitudes and create a society that works for autistic people.

Autism Independent UK
Autism Independent UK helps to increase awareness of autism to the notice of all, together with well established and newly developed approaches in the diagnosis, assessment, education and treatment.

Dimensions
They support people with learning disabilities and autism to have a louder voice, choice and control in their lives.

ASD Helping Hands
ASD Helping Hands will support all service users affected by an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) regardless of age or what stage of life they are at. We aim to offer guidance, practical advice and support whether you are personally affected or you are an associated family member, carer, friend or professional. We will actively champion the rights of all people affected by an ASD and aim to make a positive difference to their lives while delivering a service that is accessible, reliable and trustworthy.


Bereavement

Child Bereavement UK
Child Bereavement UK help children and young people (up to age 25), parents, and families, to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. They also provide training to professionals, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.

Sands Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Charity
Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity in the UK. Sands exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to ensure that anyone affected by the death of a baby receives the best possible care and support for as long as they need it.

Compassionate Friends
TCF offers many different kinds of support for bereaved families. Whatever the cause of your loss, wherever you are in the UK, and whatever your circumstances – they are here to help.

Brake
Brake’s helpline is a quality accredited, Freephone, confidential support service, providing information and advocacy, emotional support and a listening ear for survivors of road crashes.

Scotty's Little Soldiers
Scotty’s Little Soldiers is a charity dedicated to supporting children and young people who have lost a parent serving in the British Armed Forces

Child Death Helpline
The Child Death Helpline aims to provide a quality freephone service to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age. Callers to the helpline might be parents, grandparents, siblings, other family members, friends or involved professionals.

Cruse - Bereavement Support
We help people through one of the most painful times in life – with bereavement support, information and campaigning.

Hope Again
Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Care. It is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone.


Cancer Support

Orchid - Fighting Male Cancer
Orchid exists to save men's lives from testicular, prostate and penile cancers through pioneering research and promoting awareness

Macmillan Cancer Support
Physical, financial and emotional support to help you live life as fully as you can.

Cancer Research UK
Free information service provided by Cancer Research UK about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families.

Live Better With Cancer
Making day-to-day life a little bit better for people living with cancer.


Carers

Lambeth Carers’ Hub
If you're an unpaid carer and live in Lambeth, or care for someone who lives in the borough, you can register with Lambeth Carers' Hub. They are an independent local charity based in Brixton and work with carers aged five upwards.

You can also get in touch via phone, between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday.

Call 020 7501 8970 for Adult Carer Services, or 020 7501 8972 to get in touch with our Young Carers team.

Lambeth Carer's Hub Self-Referral Form

Carers UK
Caring will affect us all at some point in our lives. We’ll be here for you when that happens. With your help, we can be there for the 6,000 people who start looking after someone each day.

Carers Trust
Carers Trust is a major charity for, with and about carers. They work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems. Their vision is that unpaid carers count and can access the help they need to live their lives.


Child Health

NSPCC
If you’re worried about a child, even if you’re unsure, contact NSPCC professional counsellors for help, advice and support.

Childline
Offers free, confidential advice and support for any child 18 years or under, whatever the worry.

Contact: For families with disabled children
Contact support families with the best possible guidance and information. For every shape and size of family, whatever they need and whatever their child’s disability.

Dyspraxia Foundation
The helpline is available to help you with problems and issues you may encounter; offering help and advice to people with dyspraxia, parents, carers, and families about or on the subject of dyspraxia.

Cleft Lip and Palate Association
The helpline is available to help you with problems and issues you may encounter; offering help and advice to people with dyspraxia, parents, carers, and families about or on the subject of dyspraxia.

Change4Life
Change4Life aims to help your family be healthier and happier. Find out more about what’s really in the food your family eats.


Cost of Living and Housing Support

Lambeth Council have information on their website about helping you through the cost of living crisis: 

  • Food banks 
  • Emergency Support Scheme 
  • Warm Spaces 
  • Benefits advice 
  • The Lambeth Larder   

If you have a housing enquiry and feel you may be threatened with homelessness, or need assistance to retain their housing please contact the Housing Advice Team

Living in a cold home is bad for your health and quality of life. The South London Stay Warm and Well Network offers practical support for vulnerable households at risk of the cold. They can help you cut the cost of heating your home and stay warm this winter. Self Refer to South London Healthy Homes


Counselling and Mental Health

Lambeth Talking Therapies (IAPT)

A self-referral offers you access to a specialist without the need to see your GP first. A self-referral may also reduce your wait to access an expert opinion, advice and treatment of your condition and puts you in control of your care. 

Lambeth Talking Therapies is a part of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service (IAPT). Their service is avaible to anyone 18 years and older registered with a GP in Lambeth.

They offer talking therapies for people experiencing mild to depression, anxiety, worry, panic attacks, traumatic memories and obsessive compulsive disorder. They also offer help with other problems including anger, eating and relationship or sexual difficulties.

If their service isn't right for you, they'll suggest alternatives that are more likely to meet your needs and put you in contact with an appropriate service. 

Self refer to Lambeth Talking Therapies, or alternatively, you can self-refer by calling on 020 3228 6747. They will take some brief details about youself and book a 25 minute telephone assessment which is usually within a few days

VISIT LAMBETH TALKING THERAPIES


Diabetes

NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme
Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme is part of the national programme which is expected to provide support to 100,000 individuals each year.Those referred to the service will receive tailored, personalised support to reduce their risk of Type 2 diabetes including education on healthy eating and lifestyle, help to lose weight and physical exercise programmes, all of which together have been proven to reduce the risk of developing the disease.

Better Living
Find practical help with managing Type 2 diabetes through this informative toolkit.

Diabetes UK
Contact support families with the best possible guidance and information. For every shape and size of family, whatever they need and whatever their child’s disability.


Disabilities

Guide Dogs
Anxiety UK was formed in 1970, by Katharine and Harold Fisher as a result of Katharine’s experience of agoraphobia and her desire to develop support for others similarly affected.

Deafblind UK
Deafblind UK supports people with combined sight and hearing loss to live the lives they want. Losing your sight and hearing can be frightening. The charity’s team of experts is here every step of the way to show you life beyond sight and hearing loss.

Limbless Association
A support group for amputees or those about to become amputees and their families, carers and friends to seek answers to common problems.

Contact: For families with disabled children
Contact support families with the best possible guidance and information. For every shape and size of family, whatever they need and whatever their child’s disability.

Disability Rights UK
Disability Rights UK is the UK’s leading organisation led by, run by, and working for Disabled people where everyone can participate equally.

Action on Hearing Loss
As the largest charity for people with hearing loss in the UK, Action on Hearing Loss understands how hearing loss can affect everything in your life from your relationships, to your education and your job prospects. They are there to support and help you, so you can take back control and live the life you choose.

National Autistic Society
Founded in 1962, they are the UK’s leading charity for autistic people and their families. Their goal is to help transform lives, change attitudes and create a society that works for autistic people.


Elderly Care

Dementia UK
Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.

Age UK
Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Age UK believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.

The Silver Line
The Silver Line is the only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year

Cinnamon Trust
Cinnamon Trust is the only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets, thereby saving a great deal of human sadness and animal suffering.


Family Support

Family Lives
Family Lives is a national charity providing support in all aspects of family life.


Hearing Tests and Hearing Aids

To schedule a Free NHS hearing assessment call 020 7297 4488. Audiology clinic appointments and home visits are available. The service provide free NHS hearing aids and typically have appointment slots available within 7 days.

Visit South London NHS Audiology for further information


Help With Using Digital Services

There’s lots of support in Lambeth to learn how to start using the internet to manage your health appointments, access your medical records online and much more

Visit the Lambeth Together website to find out more


Home Modifications Due To Health

If you have problems getting around your house because of your health you can contact Social Services and OT (SSOT) by telephone on 0207 926 5555 to arrange a home visit and assessment.  

Alternatively, you can complete the form online 

You do not need a GP referral. 


Housing

Crisis
At Crisis we understand what you need to find your way out of homelessness. We can help you get set up for a more stable future.If you are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless, we can help you.To us, homeless means sleeping on the streets or living in a hostel, shelter or refuge. It also means living in supported housing because you have been homeless, sofa surfing, or living with friends/family as you have nowhere else to go. And it can mean living in a B&B, or squat.

Shelter
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help.


Keep Fit

Walking for Health
Walking for Health offers over 1,800 free, short walks every week. Find your nearest health walk scheme.


Maternity & Parenting Services

The National Childbirth Trust
Their mission is to support parents through the first 1,000 days, to have the best possible experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

ICON
Baby crying is normal, you can cope. Please follow the ICON guidance for coping with crying.

The Lullaby Trust
The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies and offers emotional support for bereaved families.

TAMBA (Twins and Multiple Births Association)
Tamba is a UK based charity helping people around the world. They were set up by parents of multiples and interested professionals in 1978.

Baby Centre
BabyCentre® reaches more than 45 million mums globally each month in nine different languages, including eight in 10 new and expecting mums online in the UK.


Men's Health

Prostate Cancer UK
Have you or any of your loved ones recently had prostate surgery and are experiencing issues? Are you interested in meeting others who, like you, are coping with these issues?


Mental Health

Mind
Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through a network of local groups and services, expert information and successful campaigning. The goal is to make sure everyone affected by severe mental illness has a good quality of life.

Anxiety UK
Anxiety UK was formed in 1970, by Katharine and Harold Fisher as a result of Katharine’s experience of agoraphobia and her desire to develop support for others similarly affected.

Samaritans
Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

Combat Stress
Combat Stress is the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health. For a century, they’ve helped former servicemen and women with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

CALM (Campaign against living miserably)
The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK.

Young Minds
Young Minds is leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever their challenges.


Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS)

If you’re living in the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark you can now access a new service called MECS that provides assessment for many common eye conditions through your local optician. 

Medical eye conditions that can be treated by MECS: 

  • Sudden or recent reduction in vision in one or both eyes 
  • Red eye(s) or eye lids 
  • Pain and / or discomfort in the eyes, around the eye area or temples 
  • Recent onset or sudden increase of flashes and / or floaters in one or both eyes (appears like a fly, black specks or a cobweb moving across your vision) 
  • Mild trauma, for example a scratch to the outer surface of the eye(s) or lid(s) 
  • Suspected foreign body in the eye 
  • Recent onset of double vision 
  • Significant recent discharge from or watering of the eye 

If you are unsure whether your symptoms qualify, please contact one of the approved opticians who can offer help and advice. 

Please contact any of the approved opticians yourself to make an appointment and ask to be seen under MECS


Minor Illnesses

It is government policy to reduce the amount of money the NHS spends on prescriptions for treating minor conditions. GPs do not generally give prescriptions to treat minor health conditions that usually get better on their own.

Instead, over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are available to buy in a pharmacy or supermarket. Find your nearest pharmacy.

Your local pharmacy offers help and clinical advice to manage minor health concerns. If your symptoms suggest it’s more serious, they will help you get the care you need.

Many pharmacies in Lambeth are part of the Pharmacy First Scheme. All advice is free and medicines may be free to people on low incomes.

Find out more about medicines and treatments you can buy without seeing your GP. ​


Money Worries

Back On Track

Back on Track is a new service supported by your local GP for working age people living with health problems and money worries in Clapham Park, Stockwell, South Bermondsey, and Peckham.

Visit the Back on Track website for further information


Parenting Support

Find out about services and support for children, young people and families, including childcare, the SEND local offer and early help services.

Visit the Lambeth Council website for more information


Physiotherapy

For any pain that you feel could benefit from physio, please select an option below to refer yourself. Alternatively, ask reception to make an appointment with the First Contact Physio (must be over 17 yrs)


Podiatry Self-Referral

What is a Self-Referral?

A self-referral offers you access to a specialist without the need to see your GP first. A self-referral may also reduce your wait to access an expert opinion, advice and treatment of your condition and puts you in control of your care. 

The community podiatry (foot health) clinics offer a range of services to assess, treat and advise people on any foot condition.
They aim to help you to:

  • Prevent future foot problems through health promotion
  • Relieve pain
  • Maintain function and mobility
  • Prevent or minimise deformity
  • Reduce the risk of ulceration and amputation

Self-referral and for more information about Podiatry Services


Pregnancy and Antenatal Care

A self-referral offers you access to a specialist without the need to see your GP first. A self-referral may also reduce your wait to access an expert opinion, advice and treatment of your condition and puts you in control of your care. 

If you are pregnant and would like self-refer for antenatal care, you can do so by completing one of the below self-referral forms at your desired hospital:

Having a baby is a life-changing event that is different for everyone. It is important to get the right care for you and your baby. That means arranging referral to an antenatal clinic as soon as possible after you discover you're pregnant.


Routine and Emergency Contraception

We offer a number of contraception services at the practice. You can find our more about which sort of contraception is right for you here

At Beckett House we run special clinics to provide Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) which offers 3 years or more of effective contraception that doesn't depend on you remembering to take or use them. These are:

More information is available on our Contraception page


Sexual Health

Please visit our Sexual Health page for more information


Stop Smoking

Did you know smoking is the UK’s single greatest cause of preventable illness and avoidable death. Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do for your health, and the health of your family. No matter how long you've smoked for, quitting can help improve your health straight away.

When trying to quit we know you are 4 times more likely to succeed with treatment which combines behavioural support and medication than if you ‘go it alone’. Thankfully there is lots of support available for Lambeth smokers who want to quit:

  • The London Stop Smoking Helpline on 0300 123 1044.
  • Stop Smoking London for help, advice and personalised methods of quitting smoking.
  • NHS: One You for a personal quit plan. This is a free and easy-to-use digital tool that helps smokers find alternatives such as e-cigarettes (vaping). It takes into account how much someone smokes and any quitting support they have used before.
  • NHS Smokefree also offers free proven support at every step of the process to help someone give up smoking. One option is to download the free NHS Smokefree app. 
  • Some local pharmacies in Lambeth can support you. Find our which is your nearest by visiting the Lambeth local government website

Well Centre For Young People

Find Out More About The Centre

The Well Centre is a youth health centre where you can see a youth worker, counsellor or doctor to discuss any of your health concerns or worries in a safe and confidential space.

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