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Health and Wellbeing
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GPs
- Information about local
doctors’ surgeries is available from
Cwm Taf Local Health Board
Telephone:
01443 744800
For out of hours service, ring your surgery,
where there may be an answer phone
message containing another number to
ring. If you need to see a doctor you may
be asked to go to a central treatment
centre.
Alternatively, contact NHS Direct Wales.
Telephone:
0845 46 47
Headway
works for people with
acquired brain injuries, their families
and Carers.
Telephone:
029 2057 7707
Hearing Aids
For information and
assessment concerning hearing loss
ring your doctor. Replacement hearing
aid batteries can be collected from
various venues across Cwm Taf.
In Merthyr:
01685 728130
In RCT:
01685 728130
for Cynon Valley or
01443 443283
for Rhondda / Taf.
Hospitals
provide a mixture of in-
patient and out-patient services to
people living in their catchment areas.
Contact individual hospitals or visit
Cwm Taf Health Board’s website
.
Dewi Sant:
01443 486222
Pontypridd & District Hospital
(Y Bwthyn) -
01443 443758
Prince Charles:
01685 721721
Royal Glamorgan:
01443 443443
Keir Hardy Health Park:
01685 351021
Ysbyty Cwm Cynon:
01685 721721
Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda:
01443 430022
Ysbyty George Thomas:
01443 430022
Hospital Discharge
should be
provided when the person you care for
is coming out of hospital, in order to
assess their needs and provide extra
care if required. To help you make
decisions you need information about
what your rights are, what help you
may be able to get and how to get it:
• Hospital discharge planning
• The responsibility of the NHS for
continuing care
In Merthyr telephone:
01685 724500
In RCT telephone:
01443 425003
