Health & Social Care

ALCOHOL ISSUES

Alcoholics Anonymous

Local Helpline: 0113 245 4567
National Helpline: 0800 917 7650
Email: help@aamail.org
Web: alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

Al-ANON

(Support for anyone affected by someone else’s drinking)
Helpline: 0800 0086 811
Email: helpline@al-anonuk.org.uk
Web: al-anonuk.org.uk

ALZHEIMER’S / DEMENTIA

Alzheimer’s Society (Leeds Office)

Telephone: 0113 2311727
Email: leeds@alzheimers.org.uk

Burley Dementia Action Group (BDAG)

BDAG, a voluntary group, was formed in 2015 to help Burley become a dementia friendly community – a village where people with dementia are understood, respected and supported. We meet on the 4th Thursday of the month (not December), 2.00 – 4.00pm at the Parish Centre. Anyone who shares our vision is welcome to join us.
Contact: Susan Collins
Venue: Parish Centre
Telephone: 01943 864424
Email: dementiafriendlyburley@gmail.com
Web: burleydementiafriends.weebly.com
Facebook: facebook.com/burleydementiafriends.

The Memory Tree @ Burley

Launched in May 2017, this is a thriving support group for people with dementia and their carers meeting on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month, 2.00 – 4.00pm at the Parish Centre.
Contact: Susan Collins
Telephone: 01943 864424
Email: dementiafriendlyburley@gmail.com

Ilkley Dementia Cafe

(Informal activity group for those affected by dementia and their carers, family and friends).
Venue: Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Road, LS29 9DZ Times: Fortnightly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1:30 to 3:30 pm Telephone: 01274 586008
Email: bradford@alzheimers.org.uk
National Dementia Helpline
Telephone: 0300 222 11 22

ARTHRITIS

Versus Arthritis

(formerly Arthritis Research UK and Arthritis Care)
Telephone: 0300 790 0400 Email: enquiries@versusarthritis.org
Web: www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis

BEREAVEMENT CARE

Burley Cares Bereavement Service

Telephone: 01943 864405 Burley has its own confidential bereavement care group ‘Burley Cares’. Support is available to anyone who lives in Burley from the newly bereaved to those who have struggled with grief for months or even years. Please leave a message with your name and phone number at the Parish Office and someone will call you back.

Cruse Bereavement Care

Helpline: 0808 807 1677
Web: cruse.org.uk
Cruse offers support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and works to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.

BLOOD DONATION SERVICE

Give Blood

Telephone: 0300 123 23 23
Web: my.blood.co.uk/SessionFinder (For details of local sessions)

CARERS

Carers’ Resource

15 Park View Court, St Paul’s Road, Shipley, BD18 3DZ
Telephone: 01274 449660
Web: https://www.carersuk.org/search/carers-resource-bradford
Carers’ Resource provides information, advice and support to unpaid carers and is an independent Yorkshire charity which is open to everyone, offering emotional and practical support.

CHEMISTS AND PRESCRIPTIONS

Cohens Chemist

123 Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale, LS29 7JN Telephone: 01943 863158
Email: info@mycohens.net
Web: cohenschemist.co.uk

DENTISTS

The Burley Dental Suite

32 Station Rd, Burley in Wharfedale, Ilkley LS29 7JL
Telephone: 01943 865600
Email: office@theburleydentalsuite.com
Web: theburleydentalsuite.com

DISTRICT NURSES

Telephone: 01274 256131
The District Nurses provide general nursing care and advice to patients who are ill at home or housebound.

DOCTOR

Grange Park Surgery

Address: Grange Road, Burley-in-Wharfedale,
Telephone: 01943 862108
Times: 7:30 am to 6:00 pm Monday to Thursday
8:00 am to 6:00 pm Fridays
Web: grangeparksurgery.co.uk
All consultations normally by appointment. A Practice Nurse is available and can be seen, by appointment, during surgery hours. A Health Visitor works from the premises and a Midwife is available at certain times. Family planning and health screening facilities are available.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT

Refuge

Helpline: 0800 2000 247 (Freephone, open 24 hours)
Web: nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk

Women’s Aid

Helpline: 0800 2000 247 (Freephone, open 24 hours)
Web: womensaid.org.uk

DRUGS SUPPORT

National Helpline 0300 123 6600
Web: talktofrank.com

GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Good Neighbours in Burley in Wharfedale
Contact: Liz or Frances
Telephone: 07949 793355

GRANGE PARK PATIENT GROUP

The GPPG is a group of patients registered with the Grange Park Surgery, who work together with the doctors and staff at the surgery to try to maintain and improve local health provision for residents of Burley. The Health & Well-Being group is a friendly group of people who meet at St Mary’s Parish Centre on the first Friday of each month from April to December between 10.30 am and 12.00 noon.
Contact: Gill Bowskill
Telephone: 01943 863323
Email: gillbowskill@aol.co.uk

HEALTH VISITORS

A Breastfeeding Drop-in is held on a Tuesday between 2.00 pm and 2.30 pm and a Child Health Clinic between 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm at St Mary’s Parish Centre, 43 Station Road.

HOSPITALS

Airedale General Hospital

Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, BD20 6TD
Telephone: 01535 655129

Bradford Royal Infirmary

Duckworth Lane BD9 6RJ
Telephone: 01274 542200

St Luke’s Hospital

Little Horton Lane, Bradford BD5 0NA
Telephone: 01274 734744

Coronation Hospital

Springs Lane, Ilkley, LS29 8TH
Telephone: 01943 609666

Wharfedale Hospital

Newall Carr Road, Otley, LS21 2LY
Telephone: 01943 455522

A&E services are available only from Airedale General Hospital and Bradford Royal Infirmary.
Telephone: 111 if medical help or advice is needed urgently but it’s not a life-threatening situation.


PATIENT ADVICE AND LIAISON SERVICE (PALS)

PALS offers free confidential on the spot help and advice on health care issues to patients, and carers.

Airedale General Hospital

Telephone: 01535 294109
Email: PALS.Office@anhst.nhs.uk

Bradford Royal Infirmary, and St Luke’s Hospital

Telephone: 01274 364810
Email patient.experience@bthft.nhs.uk

Wharfedale Hospital

Telephone: 0113 206 6261 or 0113 206 7168 (outside normal working hours).
Email: patientexperience.leedsth@nhs.net

SAMARITANS

Helpline: 116 123 (free of charge, open 24 hours)
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Bradford: 01274 547 547 (Local call charges apply)
Leeds 0113 245 6789 (Local call charges apply)

SEXUAL HEALTH

National Sexual Health Helpline

Telephone: 0300 123 7123
Web: nhs.uk/live-well/sexual-health/where-can-i-get-sexual-health-advice-now

BASH – Bradford and Airedale Sexual Health

Telephone: 030 330 9500
Web: bashbradford.org.uk

Locala Community Partnerships

Telephone: 0300 304 555
Locala offers a free and confidential service providing contraception and STI (sexually transmitted infection) care in clinics across Bradford, Huddersfield and Dewsbury. It has three
main sites and six community clinics all offering appointments and ‘queue and wait’ clinics.

SMOKING CESSATION

Smokefree

Helpline: 0300 123 1044
Web: nhs.uk/smokefree

ST JOHN AMBULANCE

Telephone: 0303 003 0102
Venue: Otley HQ training venue
Address: Myers Croft, Otley, LS21 3JG
Web: sja.org.uk

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