Useful Contacts
Useful Contacts
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Adult Assessment and Customer Care Team, Stalybridge Resource Centre, Waterloo Road, Stalybridge
0161 342 2400
0161 342 2460
0161 342 2577
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Contact for information on how Adult Services (Finance) may be able to help you. -
Adult Services (Finance), Room 2.73, Tameside MBC Council Offices, Wellington Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6DL
0161 342 3371/3315/3362 - Age Concern
131 Katherine Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7AW
0161 308 5000
Have a range of information sheets on issues concerning care homes. Can also give assistance when filling in any financial forms.
- Care Quality Commission (Formerly CSCI)
Unit 1, Tustin Court, Portway, Preston, PR2 2YQ
01772 730100
Registration and inspection of care homes
- ChoicE, 206 Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 7LP
0161 339 5355 (Open 10.00am to 2.00pm Monday to Saturday)
Provides information about all aspects of care homes in Tameside. It also has details of current vacancies.
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Tameside Council and Pension Service Joint Team (Over 60)
0161 429 2071
Joint team will always notify you of any visits in advance they do not just turn up. -
Welfare Rights (Under 60)
Benefits Advice Line (Mon, Wed, Thurs 9.30am - 12.30pm)
0800 074 9985
Contact for information and advice
Both these services provide free information and advice about benefits and tax credits. Face to face benefit information support is available from advisors around the borough.
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Tameside Carers Centre, 50, Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7JX
0161 342 3355
0161 342 3720
0161 342 3721 -
The Department of Health produce a useful booklet called 'The Complete Care Home Guide'.
0207 241 8555 for more details. -
Transfer Service, Tameside General Hospital
, Fountain Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9RW
0161 331 5173
Contact for information no what help you may be able to get when you leave hospital.


