Health

In the UK you will have to be registered with a medical or dental practice before you can see a doctor or dentist on the National Health Service - NHS. To find your nearest doctor and/or dentist, click here. However, note that you can register with a practice anywhere, not necessarily one nearest your term time address.

The nearest GP and Dental practice to the RCA is:

Imperial College Health Centre
40 Princes Gardens, London, SW71LY
Tel: 020 7584 6301

Imperial College Dental Surgery
Watts Way, Princes Gardens, London, SW7 1NA
Tel: 020 7589 6623

Please also look at our RCActive section for ideas of how you can keep healthy through excercise! www.rcasu.com/section/rcactive

If you are feeling down and need someone to talk to there is a student led service called nightline available

www.nightline.ac.uk

Other Useful links and numbers

• Abortion Help

  0845 300 80 90

  24-hour abortion information service run by Marie Stopes International clinics.

• Alcoholics Anonymous

  0845 769 7555

  For those who think their drinking is becoming a problem, Alcoholics Anonymous offers the chance to talk to someone who know the issues through personal experience.

• Beating Eating Disorders

  0845 634 1414

  Confidential helpline offering support and advice for anyone affected by an eating disorder.

• Beaumont Society

  01582 412220

  Advice and support for transgender, transvestite , transsexual and crossdressing people to reduce emotional stress and increase understanding.

• Breast Cancer Care helpline

  0808 800 6000

  Nurses and trained workers with personal or professional experience of breast cancer offer information and support on any aspect of breast cancer or breast health.

• Brook Advisory Centres

  0808 802 1234

  Free and confidential sexual health advice and services for under-25s.

• Cancerbackup

  0808 800 1234

  Information from nurses about all types and aspects of cancer - diagnosis, treatment, symptom control, clinical trials, support groups and where to get practical and emotional help.

• Cruse Day by Day

  0844 477 9400

  Help and support for people who are bereaved. Also offers a special line for young people on 0808 808 1677.

• Drinkline

  0800 917 8282

  Information and self-help materials, help to callers worried about their own drinking, support for family and friends of people who are drinking, and advice on where to go for help.

• FPA

  0845 122 8690

  For information and advice on contraception, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy choices, abortion, or planning a pregnancy

• Frank

  0800 77 66 00

  Call for confidential and friendly advice about drugs from professional advisers who will give you straight up, unbiased information.

• Macmillan CancerLine

  0808 808 2020

  Information and advice for anyone with concerns about living with cancer. Also offers a textphone service on 0808 808 0121.

• Meningitis Research Foundation

  0808 800 3344

  Trained staff and qualified nurses offer information on meningitis and septicaemia to anyone concerned about or affected by these infections.

• Mind Info Line

  0845 766 0163

  Mind's helpline gives confidential advice and help for people with mental health problems

• NHS Direct

  0845 4647

  Health advice, information and reassurance, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

• Sexual health line

  0800 567123

  Free confidential information and advice on sexual health

• The Samaritans

  08457 90 90 90

  Confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day, for people who feel distressed, despairing or suicidal.

• THT Direct

  0845 1221 200

  Information, support and advice from the Terrence Higgins Trust on all aspects of HIV and sexual health

www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk