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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 link to external website has a Substance Misuse Team who's aim is to provide a high quality, confidential and user-friendly service. The service offers information, advice link to external website, support, treatment and counselling for drug/alcohol users and training and consultancy for other agencies in the Borough.

Addiction Dependency Solutions link to external website  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 link to external website most convenient to you.

Health ImprovementA group of walkers

Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Trust link to external website offer a range of services link to external website to help you achieve a healthier lifestyle.  One of them is the Health Improvement Service link to external website which covers subjects such as stopping smoking, lifestyle courses and healthy eating.

In touch with Health

Reliable health information on local health and support services, medical conditions, surgical operations, healthy living and support groups.  You can either access In Touch with Health online link to external website or visit one of the Health Terminals at the addresses below.

Ashton Primary Centre link to external website
Hyde Library Address
Hattersley Library Address
Tameside General Hospital Patient Information Centre link to external website
Tameside Central Library Address

Local NHS Services

Dentists link to external website Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Trust is responsible for local NHS dental services.

Doctors link to external website Your local Doctors' surgery (or GP practice)  provides a wide range of family health services. 

Hospitals link to external website 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 link to external website 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 link to external website - is the Patient Information Centre based at Tameside General Hospital providing a variety of information to both patients and carers. 

Pharmacies link to external website (sometimes called Chemists) are experts in medicines and how they work.

Tameside General Hospital link to external website - 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 link to external website .

If you have would like some advice and help on resolving problems and issues with NHS Services please contact the relevant organisation.

Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust link to external website

Tameside & Glossop Primary Care Trust link to external website

Pennine Care NHS Trust (Mental Health Services) link to external website


Page last updated: 5 November 2009