Health Outreach Service
Hands up who has experienced stress due to problems
relating to issues like Debt,
Redundancy, Bereavement,
Unemployment, Housing
Issues, Disability Issues,
Sickness Benefits, Consumer
Issues, Employment Issues,
Divorce / Separation
and Bullying in the work place.
Problems that cannot be easily resolved can potentially
affect your health. Often the stress will present itself as symptoms,
which will require you to seek advice from your GP. Although your GP
will be able to treat the symptoms, they can not always advise on the
issues that are causing them.
Health Outreach Advisers run regular advice sessions
in the surgeries below, where you will receive free confidential and
impartial advice on most issues. Referrals can also be made from other
medical professions in the area such as PALS, District Nurses, Macmillan
Nurses, Impact Team, and Health Visitors.
Don’t suffer in silence - seek
advice today, by making an appointment with the receptionist at your
surgery.
Doctor Shaw & Partners, 30,
Kingsway, Waterloo, Liverpool
Tel: (0151) 928 8668
Doctor Tatam & Partners, 20,
Kingsway, Waterloo, Liverpool
Tel: (0151) 920 9000
Doctor Ball & Partners, High
Pastures, 138, Liverpool Rd North, Maghull
Tel: (0151) 526 2161
Moore Street Clinic , 77,
Moore Street, Bootle, Liverpool
Tel: (0151) 944 1066
Kings Park Surgery, 83,
Stanley Road, Bootle, Liverpool
Tel: (0151) 476 7962
Park Street Surgery,
Park Street, Bootle, Liverpool
Tel: (0151) 922 3577 Dr Newman, 204, Stanley Road, Bootle
Tel: (0151) 922 5719
Seaforth Village Practice, 20 Seaforth
Road, Liverpool
Tel: (0151) 949 1717
Feel Good Factory,
Glovers Lane, Netherton, Bootle
Tel: (0151) 291 8010
Ainsdale Village surgery, 2,
Leamington Road, Ainsdale
Tel: 01704 566277
The LIFT Centre, Hatton
Hill Road, Litherland
Tel: (0151) 475 4007/8
The Macmillan Project
The bureau is pleased to announce that funding has been granted from Macmillan Cancer Relief for a new outreach project
to help people with cancer and their families.
When someone is diagnosed with cancer, the first thing that comes to mind is how to cope with the illness. However, the cost of
cancer can be expensive and that is where we can help.
We can help you to identify benefits that you may be entitled to , help with form filling, challenge any decisions if needed and
help with asking for reviews and appeals.
For example, you could be entitled to disability living allowance, incapacity benefit or other benefits and if anyone is looking after
you, they may be entitled to carer's allowance.
Our Macmillan outreach advisor will also identify any other problems that may be of concern: for example,
problems with employers, housing issues and debt.
There are also extra costs involved depending on your situation, such as :
* Personal expenses may increase to cover things like travelling to hospital,
increased heating bills and new clothes if you lose or gain weight ;
* You may need to stop work for a while ;
* Your partner may need to stop work or reduce their hours to take care of you.
Unfortunately, many people don't realise that there is money available to help you or
they may find it hard to ask for financial help.
We already work very closely with Macmillan nurses and other health professionals
and this funding will enable us to reach more people.
Our advisors can be seen at Woodlands Hospice located in University Hospital Aintree and Queens Court Hospice in Southport ;
if you cannot get out and about, you can request a home visit and, wherever possible, we will endeavour to do this.
Appointments are made with the health outreach team on 0151 944 2401.
The addresses for the two hospices are :
Queens Court Hospice
Town Lane
Southport
PR8 6RE
Woodlands Hospice
University Hospital Aintree
Longmoor Lane
Liverpool
L9 7LA
The Macmillan outreach advisers can be contacted on 0151 933 2390
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