Advice and Information for a healthier lifestyle
Health Matters
Below is where you can get advice and information for a healthier lifestyle.
Drug/Alcohol awareness
The Pennine Care Trust
has a Substance Misuse Team who's aim is to provide a high quality, confidential and user-friendly service. The service offers information, advice
, support, treatment and counselling for drug/alcohol users and training and consultancy for other agencies in the Borough.
Addiction Dependency Solutions
if you need help with alcohol or drug problems, Addiction Dependency Solutions (ADS) offers a wide range of support and treatment. The first step is to make contact with the centre
most convenient to you.
Health Improvement
Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Trust
offer a range of services
to help you achieve a healthier lifestyle. One of them is the Health Improvement Service
which covers subjects such as stopping smoking, lifestyle courses and healthy eating.
In touch with Health Terminals
Reliable health information on medical conditions, surgical operations, healthy living, support groups, travel health and local health and support services. They are at;
Tameside Library
Tameside Third Sector Coalition ![]()
The Choice Shop, Ashton
Hyde Clinic, Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 1NX
Hattersley Library
Haughton Green Centre ![]()
Patient Information Centre ![]()
Local NHS Services
Dentists
Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Trust is responsible for local NHS dental services.
Doctors
Your local Doctors' surgery (or GP practice) provides a wide range of family health services.
Hospitals
NHS hospital services are run and managed by Acute Trusts, which make sure that hospitals provide high quality health care, and that they spend their money efficiently. They also decide on a strategy for how the hospital will develop, so that services improve.
Opticians
Optometrists will test your sight, examine the health of your eyes and check for any abnormalities and diseases that are revealed in the eye.
Infopatient
- is the Patient Information Centre based at Tameside General Hospital providing a variety of information to both patients and carers.
Pharmacies
(sometimes called Chemists) are experts in medicines and how they work.
Tameside General Hospital
- The hospital provides all the specialties associated with a District General Hospital, with the exception of Mental Health Services, which form part of the Pennine Care NHS Trust
.
If you have would like some advice and help on relsolving problems and issues with NHS Services please contact the relevant organsiation.

