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Useful Contacts


  • Adult Assessment and Customer Care Team, Stalybridge Resource Centre, Waterloo Road, Stalybridge
    Telephone Number 0161 342 2400 Fax 0161 342 2460 Minicom 0161 342 2577 Email Send a Message to AACCT
    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
    Telephone Number0161 342 3371/3315/3362

  • Age Concern Link to external website 131 Katherine Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7AW
    Telephone Number 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) Link to external website Unit 1, Tustin Court, Portway, Preston, PR2 2YQTelephone Number01772 730100 
    Registration and inspection of care homes

  • ChoicE, 206 Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 7LP
    Telephone Number 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.

  • Tameside Council and Pension Service Joint Team (Over 60)
    Telephone Number0161 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)
    Telephone Number0800 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.

  • Tameside Carers Centre, 50, Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7JX
    Telephone Number0161 342 3355 Fax 0161 342 3720 Minicom 0161 342 3721

  • The Department of Health produce a useful booklet called 'The Complete Care Home Guide'.Telephone Number0207 241 8555 for more details.

  • Transfer Service, Tameside General Hospital Link to External Website, Fountain Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9RW
    Telephone Number0161 331 5173
    Contact for information no what help you may be able to get when you leave hospital.


Page last updated: 10 December 2009