Health
If you have any worries about your health, talk to your mum or dad or your doctor or nurse. On the bottom of this page you will find useful contact details for health services in Gloucestershire. If you don’t know who to contact just call us at The Key on 08456 583857.
Health Action Plans – Health Action Plans (HAPs) are aimed at young people with learning disabilities, or with profound multiple learning disabilities. A Health Action plan is a personal plan about how to stay healthy and the help you need to this. For more information, contact The Health Facilitation Team on 01452 321015 or Freephone 0800 019 3346.
GUiDE & PALS - GUiDE is the health, social care and disability information service for Gloucestershire. They can help with enquiries about health conditions, accessing services and support groups, funding (through Funderfinder, a search of charities), benefits, advice and support for anyone using NHS services in Gloucestershire. PALS (Patient, Advice and Liaison Service) can help you if you have a concern about your NHS Service. PALS offer individual support to anyone using Community, Mental Health and Learning Disability NHS Services in Gloucestershire. They can act on your behalf to resolve difficulties as quickly as possible and can guide you towards other services too. If you a health related query and you don’t know who to go to for help phone GUiDE & PALS on 0800 0151 548 (Freephone) or 08456 583888. www.guide-information.org.uk or www.guide-pals.glos.nhs.uk
NHS Choices is a website full of health information, including links to local health services.
If you have a specific health related query and need medical advice, talk to your doctor or phone 
NHS Direct on 0845 46 47
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