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Health and Wellbeing
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The
Lymphoedema Support
Network
is a registered charity and
the UK's national patient support
organisation for lymphoedema.
Telephone:
020 7351 0990
Email:
Macmillan Cancer Information
Service
in RCT Libraries provides
cancer information to everyone in RCT
Telephone:
01443 406050
Email:
Specialist support for people with
cancer and their Carers is available
through
Macmillan nurses
.
For the Macmillan Support Line Telephone:
0808 808 00 00
MAMSS
is a free NHS service to
support pregnant women quit smoking
(Rhondda Cynon Taf only).
Clients receive a programme of one-
to-one support from a trained
Maternity Support Worker, in their own
home, or at a convenient location.
Pregnant women can:
• Be referred directly to the Maternity
Support Worker by their Midwife (in
Rhondda Cynon Taf).
Mental health
see page 58.
Merthyr Eyelights
is a social group
for people with visual impairment.
They meet every Thursday.
Telephone:
01685 377800
Merthyr Talking Hands
is a group of
deaf and hard of hearing people and
their families in Merthyr Tydfil and the
surrounding area. People of all ages are
welcome to attend fortnightly meetings.
Telephone:
07967 106914
or fax:
01685 384198
NHS Direct Wales
provides health
advice and information 24hours a day.
It gives patients and the public easy
access to information about health
and care services, including an A – Z
health encyclopedia, an online
enquiry service, detailed health
information and many other local
services searches.
Telephone:
0845 46 47
If you are deaf or hard of hearing you can
contact NHS Direct Wales by textphone on:
0845 606 46 47
, available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week or call us through the
BT typetalk on:
1 8001 0845 46 47
.
