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Health and Social Care costs

to personal health budgets. Find out more. NHS: continuing healthcare . NHS: mental health after-care . NHS: personal health budget . NHS: personal wheelchair budget . NHS Sheffield: personal health budget . Contact the NHS Sheffield continuing healthcare team: email SheffieldCHC@nhs.net… this is arranged at the time the person moves into the home (including in an emergency), but it may also be arranged later by the home if nursing care is then required. Find out more. NHS Sheffield: funded nursing care . Money advice for carers Find out about support for carers and how to manage… Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs) have to register with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who regulate the financial services industry in the UK. Advisors must explain to you how much their advice will cost and should set out charges in a clear way, so that you understand how much you are paying…

Health and wellbeing

/ Optician When you move home you may need to register with a different GP and/or dentist due to moving out of the catchment area. You can Find a GP through your new postcode, this website will advise you of your closest GP Practice and if they are accepting new patients. If you need urgent medical… a waiting list as a new patient, a list of dentists accepting new patients can be found here . In an emergency you can call 111 to access an NHS dentist in an emergency or out of hours to request an emergency appointment. Moving from children’s to adult’s mental health services Your Personal Advisor… Flourish Gamblers Anonymous Hoarding Disorders UK Adult Mental Health Sheffield Health and Social care Website provides an A-Z of services where you can find out more information about services and how they can be accessed, some of these services are: Alcohol Service at Sydney Street…

Direct Payments

out your role as an employer of PAs with any problems or issues you might experience to make arrangements with providers/agencies and other third parties to meet and speak to other people who have Direct Payments How can I contact the Direct Payment Support Service? The Direct Payment…

Keeping well activities

for short). Qualified, experienced and supportive staff can help you develop a plan to improve your quality of life. Includes 1 to 1 support, and discounts to help with the costs. Find out more: talk to your GP or get more details from the Move More website. Move More: Move Well . Or you can get fit… about heating their home, feeding themselves and their families. As part of the City’s response to this crisis, Voluntary Action Sheffield (VAS) are working with the voluntary sector to find out what services and resources are available across the city to help people keep warm and safe…

Addiction support

minute quiz to find out how healthy you are and download a drinks tracker app. NHS: How are you? quiz . National Support Drinkline and Drinkchat are national alcohol support lines run by Drinkaware. Drinkaware: Drinkline . If you're worried about your own or someone else's drinking, you can… that of a parent. Alateen is not for teenage alcoholics, unless their lives have been affected by someone else's drinking. Al-Anon: Alateen . Alateen groups run in larger cities. Email: enquiries@al-anonuk.org.uk to find out if there’s a group near you. You can also call the helpline above to talk…

Cancer support

your independence. Maybe you can't do everything you’d like to after a recent hospital stay? Or maybe you’re finding it harder to get out and meet friends? Age UK’s Cancer Support Independent Living Service is a three-month package of support. Highly trained cancer support independent living…

Carers

carers Links and downloads Across the UK today 6.5 million people are carers, supporting a loved one who is older, disabled or seriously ill. That’s 1 in 8 adults who care, unpaid, for family and friends. Within our lifetime, there will be 9 million carers. Our loved ones are living longer with illness or disability, and more and more of us are looking after them. Whether round-the-clock or for a few hours a week, in our own home or for someone at the other end of a motorway – caring can have a huge effect on us, our lives and our plans. Caring is such an important part of life. It’s simply part of being human. Carers are holding families together, enabling loved ones to get the most out of life, making an enormous contribution to society and saving the economy billions of pounds. Yet many of us are stretched to the limit – juggling care with work and family life, or even…

The Herbert Protocol

the information on the wristband or tag to help the person get to safety. Find out more and download a form to complete. South Yorkshire Police: Herbert Protocol .…

Sheffield Safe Places

Sheffield Safe Places aims to support adults who may feel vulnerable when they are out and about in Sheffield. If someone needs help, for example they are lost, ill or frightened, then they can enter the nearest safe place to get help. Sheffield Safe Places: What is Sheffield Safe Places ?…

Dementia Support in Sheffield

Foundation Trust. They only take referrals from your GP or local hospital. You can find out more about their tailored approach to support. Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust: Memory Service . The service has a Nurse Helpline you can call for advice while you wait for a memory assessment. Call: 0114 271 8585 . It's open 8.30 am to 12 noon, and 1.30 to 4.30 pm, each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. You can also find out more about the memory assessment and what else you can do to take care of your wellbeing in the meantime from the Next Steps website. Next Steps: Waiting… via the Dementia Advice Sheffield Service. Age UK Sheffield: Dementia Advice Sheffield . Call: 0114 250 2875 . Email: dementiaadvice@ageuksheffield.org.uk . Or use our interactive map to work out which organisation supports your local area. Map of Dementia services and groups in Sheffield…

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