Health

For any deterioration in your health you may need to contact your GP.

NHS Choices
Telephone: 0845 4647

This website can help you find your nearest GP practice if you are not registered with a GP, and also offer medical advice via the NHS Direct website.

Or contact NHS Salford (also known as Salford Primary Care Trust) for help with registering with a GP in Salford.
Telephone: 0161 212 4800

Health Trainers
Contact: John Hudson (Health Trainers manager)
Telephone: 0161 743 0088

The health trainers service aims to improve the well-being by encouraging and supporting healthy lifestyle choices, by helping people to make changes they want in their lifestyle. Offering practical advice and good connections into services and support available locally.

Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
Greater Manchester West Mental Health
NHS Foundation Trust
Trust HQ
Bury New Road
Prestwich
Manchester
M25 3BL

Telephone: 0800 587 4793 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm)
Minicom: 0161 772 3614
Email: pals@gmw.nhs.uk

Primary Care Mental Health Team
The Angel Healthy Living Centre
1 St. Philips Place
Salford
M3 6FA

Telephone: 0161 212 4981

We aim to provide an easily and quickly accessible service for people suffering from depression and/or anxiety. The idea is to help people to help themselves as far as possible.

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation
Telephone: 0161 773 9121

Mental health services are provided through the greater manchester west mental health nhs foundation trust. The trust provides a range of mental health and substance misuse services for people living in the Salford area, including: inpatient, outpatient, assertive outreach and community services.

Social workers are based in a variety of settings including Community Mental Health Teams, an assertive outreach team and a rehabilitation service. They are able to provide advice and assistance to people experiencing mental health difficulties on a variety of issues including assessment, care planning, counselling (including psychosocial therapies), hospital admission and community support.

Community Mental Health Teams

Cromwell House 
Cromwell Road
Eccles
M30 0QT

Telephone: 0161 787 6000

Ramsgate House
43 Ramsgate Street
Salford
M7 2YB

Telephone: 0161 708 9512

Prescott House 
Prescott Street
Off Hilton Lane
Little Hulton
Salford
M38 0ZA

Telephone: 0161 702 9368

Salford West Older People
Woodlands Hospital
Peel Lane
Little Hulton
Salford
M28 0FE

Telephone: 0161 703 1080

Salford East Older People
Humphrey Booth Resource Centre
16-18 Worsley Road
Swinton
M27 5WW

Telephone: 0161 607 7111

Specialist Mental Health Team
Prestwich Hospital
Bury New Road
Prestwich
M25 3BL

Telephone: 0161 772 3572

Salford Assertive Outreach Team
Pendleton House
Broughton Road
Salford
M6 6LS

Telephone: 0161 351 5300

There are support workers based in the community mental health teams who cover the whole city and provide care and support on both a short term and long term basis. If you have severe and enduring mental health needs, we may be able to support you at home or in the community. We can only provide you with community support if you have been assessed as having mental health needs. A qualified mental health professional (Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN), social worker or psychiatrist, etc) must contact us on your behalf. You can also contact us directly at the above addresses.

This page was last updated on 16 August 2011