For patients seeking advice or help, please consider the following services before booking a GP appointment. This helps save clinicians’ time and allows it to be allocated to another patient, while also providing you with direct 1-to-1 care tailored to your needs
Mental Health
- Mental health self-help information: Self-help therapies – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Find an NHS talking therapies service: Find an NHS talking therapies services – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Mind: Guides to mental health support and services – Mind
- You can also call Contact Us | Samaritans for free on 116 123 if you want to talk to someone now
- NHS Talking Therapies Nottinghamshire: Telephone: 0333 188 1060 Email: [email protected]
- Nottinghamshire Sexual Violence Support Services: Contact | Notts SVS Services
- Mental Health – Psychological therapy (IAPT) self-referral providers Talking Health Call 0333 188 1060 or visit Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies (notts-talk.co.uk)
- Every Mind matters: Every Mind Matters – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Self-Referrals
- Alcohol & Substance Misuse services: Nottingham Recovery Service call 0800 066 5362 to speak to a member of the team about your drinking or substance misuse. Or visit Home – Nottingham Recovery Network
- Midwife Call NG5-0115 876 1891 / NG3 0115 883 8712 to self-refer to Midwife.
- Continence Service: Call 0300 131 0300 Option 1 then Option 3 then Option 1
- Nottingham Health and Care point: Nottingham CityCare – Nottingham Health and Care Point Tel: 0300 131 0300 Service opening hours: Monday – Friday, 08:30 – 17:00 (excluding bank holidays) You can submit online referrals at any time although they will only be processed by the NHCP team during the above hours. The services listed here are for patients registered with a City GP. The exceptions are The Community Neurology Service and Community Nutrition and Dietetics Services who see patients with a diagnosis of Huntington’s disease who are registered with GPs in the following CCGs Nottingham City, Nottingham North and East, Nottingham West and Rushcliffe.
- BPAS- Termination Services- British Pregnancy Advisory Service Call 03457 30 40 30 or for more information visit: Abortion clinics, Information, Advice and Treatment | BPAS
- Podiatry services: Community Podiatry – Specialist Services | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Thrive tribe- Weight management, stop smoking, mental wellbeing, health checks, workplace health, integrated services: Thriving Nottingham | Helping you to live well and feel great
Young People and Teens
- Childline; Childline | Childline
- Base 51 – Face2Face counselling and drop-in service: Young People’s Charity | Base 51 | Nottingham
- KOOTH – Text-based counselling service: Home – Kooth
- CAMHS Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment: CAMHS Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- CASY- counselling and support for young people: Homepage – CASY
- PAPYRUS- prevention of young suicide: Papyrus UK Suicide Prevention | Prevention of Young Suicide (papyrus-uk.org)
- East Midlands Children and Young people’s sexual assault service: East Midlands Children and Young People’s Sexual Assault Service – East Midlands Children and Young People’s Sexual Assault Service (emcypsas.co.uk)
- Health for Teens: Health for Teens | Nottinghamshire
Self-Help
- National Bereavement Services: Bereavement Services: Free Support for Bereaved People (thenbs.org)
- Gambler anonymous: Gamblers Anonymous – England, Wales & Ulster
- Drug abuse- Talk to Frank UK 03001236600 or text 82111 or visit Honest information about drugs | FRANK (talktofrank.com)
- Breast Feeding Support: Breastfeeding and infant feeding support | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Healthy Family Team: Healthy Family Teams | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust / Additional support | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Notts Help Yourself: Nottshelpyourself | Families Information Service
- Your Health Notts: Home – Your Health Nottinghamshire (yourhealthnotts.co.uk)
- Self help guides: Self help guides – Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (cntw.nhs.uk)
- Find a Sexual Health clinic: Find a sexual health clinic – NHS (www.nhs.uk)