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We know just how difficult a time it can be when someone close to us dies. The feelings of shock, sadness, loss and bewilderment can take over our lives. It is also a time when there are so many things to be done, just when we feel least able to do them.
In the following pages you will find all of the information that you are likely to use in the next few weeks and months. Suggesting what the first priorities are; explain how, when and where you register the death; offer help with arranging a funeral ceremony and sorting our the estate and provide lists of organisations and agencies you may need to contact, what is required by law and what your choices are within it.
The council are happy to provide this information as a paper guide, large print, braille, another language, on audio cassette, computer disk or by email. Please telephone 01803 208888
Bereavement Guide Torbay Registration Service
For further information please go to the Torbay Council Website
One in four people will experience anxiety or low mood at some point during their life. You’re not alone, there is help available.
The Depression and Anxiety Service are a free, confidential, NHS talking therapy service, offering effective treatments and therapies, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which can help you get your life back on track.
The service is available for people aged 18 years and over and can be accessed directly using the online self referral form, contacting by phone or sending an email. You can also be referred by your GP.
To find out more information, please CLICK HERE
Depression and Anxiety Service – Torbay
306 Torquay Road
Paignton
TQ3 2ER
Tel: 01803 696600
Email: dpn-tr.TorbayDAS@nhs.net
The link below provides signposting & support for anyone facing challenges around cost of living pressures with a focus on connecting people to organisations in their community who can help provide ongoing help.
DMHA Cost of Living Service Leaflet (Web)
How to allow your ears to naturally get rid of wax
We recommend the use of Olive Oil (at room temperature) to be instilled into the ear canal morning and evening until the wax clears.
Ideally lie on your side with the affected ear facing up.
Instill 3 drops of olive oil into the ear canal.
Hold the tip of your ear and gently pull it backwards and upward
Stay lying down for 5 minutes. DO NOT put anything at all in your ear, other than the drops.
Repeat the process for the other ear.
Over the counter preparations can be used. An olive oil spray is very helpful.
The pharmacist can help if further advice is needed.
This process may need to be repeated for around 3 weeks.
The Health and Care Video Library has been professionally produced by Health and Care Innovations (HCI), an innovative partnership formed between Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and Rocklands Media Ltd.
Each video has been designed to offer a practical alternative to written information and cover topics and conditions from pregnancy to podiatry.
The link to the Trust’s dedicated library of hundreds of videos containing localised advice is on our web site at this link: http://videos.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk/
The link to the national library is www.healthandcarevideos.uk
Physiotherapists are experts in muscle, bone and joint problems.
MAKING AN APPOINTMENT IS EASY!
either visit the website http://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk/physiopkb
OR call 0300 456 9987 (local rate).
Lines are open Monday to Friday, 08.30-12.00.
To access a number of self-help videos available that you may find useful, follow this link http://videos.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk/physiotherapy
Devon and Cornwall Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) provides help and support after rape or sexual assault for people in Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We do this through our sexual assault referral centres in Exeter, Plymouth and Truro.
We offer medical assistance, forensic assessment, guidance, support and access to an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) through a single point of contact.
To contact the SARC please call 0300 303 4626 or follow the link below.
All staff are specially trained to support people who have been sexually assaulted.
Torbay Pregnancy Advisory Service (ToPAS)
Pregnancy test positive? ToPAS – Helping you make the right decision. Offering free, confidential support and counselling from our experienced doctors and nurses.
Call us, Monday to Saturday, on 01803 656500.
Everyone deserves the right to choose. We have been helping women and men with their reproductive options for over forty years”
Patients can self-refer to Marie Stopes services without the need for a GP appointment.
The confidential telephone line – One Call 0345 450 3964 – is fully operational, day or night, 7 days a week.
Patients can call this number to talk through their options, book treatment or receive specialist clinical advice from the nursing team and counsellors.
Clinics are open and running as normal, offering medical abortions up to 9 weeks and 6 days and surgical abortions up to the legal limit of 23 weeks and 6 days. We are observing social distancing within our clinics, keeping patients and staff as safe as possible.
In addition, following the recent change in legislation our “tele-medicine” service (at home abortion pills) is fully operational. This refers to the use of telemedicine to deliver early medical abortion with the home use of mifepristone. Eligibility for this abortion option means the woman meets the safety criteria to allow for a medical abortion without a scan and is assessed during our consultation process. These “at home abortion pills” are posted to the patients home address or can be collected from our clinic if that is the patient’s preference. Patients who are not eligible for this service (i.e. those with safeguarding or more complex clinical needs) are still able to receive face-to-face care at a clinic of their choosing. This service is available free of charge.
The aim is to provide initial consultations within 48 hours and have capacity to provide treatment in clinics in Devon and Bristol.
Exeter clinic is in St Leonards Practice, Athelstan Road, Exeter,EX1 1SB – available every Tuesday and Wednesday 08:00 – 16:00
Paignton clinic opens in the Mayfield Medical Centre from 28th May – and will be available weekly on Thursdays and Fridays 08:00 – 16:00
Ability to offer patients a choice of clinic. A full list of clinic locations can be found here: https://www.mariestopes.org.uk/find-us/ or for more information please visit https://www.mariestopes.org.uk/
National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247 https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/
MIND: Mental Health Support with specific advice on ‘Coronavirus and your wellbeing’. www.mind.org.uk
YoungMinds: Supporting children and young people and their parents/carers with their mental health and wellbeing. https://youngminds.org.uk
ICON: Babies cry: You can cope.
http://iconcope.org/
Emergency SMS: The emergency SMS service lets deaf, hard of hearing and speech-impaired people in the UK send an SMS text message to the UK 999 service where it will be passed to police, ambulance, fire rescue or coastguard. For further information please follow this link 999 sms service or visit www.emergencysms.org.uk
NSPCC helpline: 0808 800 5000.
If you’re worried about a child, even if you’re unsure, contact NSPCC professional counsellors for help, advice and support.
Childline 0800 1111:
Offers free, confidential advice and support for any child 18 years or under, whatever the worry.
HANDi Paediatric app, advice for common childhood conditions, providing up to date advice a bout common childhood illnesses and how to treat them
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SEPSIS assessment & management. Help with ‘how ill is my child?’
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