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- Benefit Support
- Blue badge scheme
- Continence services
- Dietetics
- Driving assessment
- Equipment
- Hospices
- Hospitals
- Inpatient rehabilitation
- Neuropsychology
- Orthotics clinics
- Palliative care teams
- Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation (neuro and generic)
- Podiatry
- Sensory support
- Speech and language therapy
- Specialist nurses
- Telecare
- Wheelchair services
Benefit Support
Citizens Advice Outreach Services
- Where: Chester-le-Street, Spennymoor, Bishop, Auckland, Seaham, Consett, Stanley and Sedgefield
- Durham advice line Tel: 0808 2787821
- Opening times: Monday to Friday 10am until 4pm
- www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
Darlington Citizens Advice
- The CORE, Church Row, Darlington, DL1 5QD
- Tel: 01325 266 888
Blue badge scheme
Darlington
- Tel: 01325 405222
You can apply for, or renew, a blue badge online at: www.gov.uk/apply-blue-badge
Continence services
Continence specialist nurses
- Merrington House, Merrington Lane, Industrial Estate, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 7UT
- Tel: 01388 825 696
Dietetics
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
- South Church Enterprise, Park Bishop Auckland, DL14 6XB
- Tel: 01388 455712
Darlington Memorial Hospital dietetics department
- Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, DL3 6HX
- Tel: 01325 743152
- For help to refer to a dietician email: [email protected]
Driving assessment
Drive Mobility
- Walkergate Park, Benfield Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 4QD
- Tel: 0191 2875090
Equipment
Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd
- Tel: 01325 524531
- Email: [email protected]
Equipment Advice Service
- Tel: 03000 265 667
- Email: [email protected]
Hospices
Butterwick Hospice
- Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JU
- Tel: 01388 603003
Willowburn Hospice
- Maiden Law Hospital, Howden Bank, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0QS
- Tel: 01207 529224
St Teresa’s Hospice
- The Woodlands, Woodland Road, Darlington, Dl3 7UA
- Tel: 01325 254321
- www.darlingtonhospice.org.uk
Hospitals
Darlington Memorial Hospital
- Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, DL3 6HX
- Tel: 01325 380100
- www.cddft.nhs.uk/
University Hospital of North Durham
- North Road, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5TW
- Tel: 0191 333 2333
Bishop Auckland Hospital
- Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6AD
- Tel: 01388 455000
Chester-le Street Community Hospital
- Front Street, Chester-Le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3AT
- Tel: 0191 333 2333
Sedgefield Community Hospital
- Salters Lane, Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS21 3EE
- Tel: 01740 626600
Richardson Hospital
- John Street, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8HT
- Tel: 01833 696500
Inpatient rehabilitation
Weardale Community Hospital
- Stanhope, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL13 2JR
Bishop Auckland Hospital Ward 16 – neuro-rehabilitation
- Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6AD
- Main tel: 01388 455000
- Physiotherapy tel: 01388 455330
- Occupational therapy tel: 01388 455116
- Speech and language therapy tel: 01388 455429 or 01388 455429
Eastbourne Care Home
- 5-7 Cobden Street, Darlington, DL1 4SF
- Tel: 01325 384646
- Email: [email protected]
Neuropsychology
Disablement Services Centre
- The James Cook University Hospital
- Access by neurologist only
- Tel: 01642 854123
Orthotics clinics
Bishop Auckland
- Tel: 01388 455523
Darlington Memorial Hospital
- Tel: 01325 743211
University Hospital Durham
- Tel: 0191 3332823
Palliative care teams
Durham and Chester-le-Street community palliative care team
- For nursing only
- Community Hospital, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3AT
- Tel: 0191 3876533
Durham Dales, Sedgefield and Darlington community Macmillan nursing team
- Innovation House, 26 Longfield Road, South Church Enterprise, Park, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6XB
- Tel: 01388 455100
The North Durham community Macmillan nursing team
- Includes Derwentside and Durham and Chester-le-Street
- The Greenhouse, Amos Drive, Greencroft, Stanley, DH9 7XN
- Tel: 01207 523673
Rehabilitation
Bishop Auckland out-patient neuro team neuro physio and occupational therapy
- Bishop Auckland, Hospital, County Durham, DL14 6AD
- Tel: 01388 455000
Darlington community team: Neuro physio and occupational therapy
- Hundens Lane Rehab, Centre, Darlington, DL1 1JE
- Tel: 01325 745633
Shottley Bridge neuro-physiotherapy and occupational therapy community rehab team
- Shottley Bridge, Consett, County Durham, DH8 0NB
- Tel: 01207 594532
Early Supported discharge TeamGeneric
- Includes neuro referrals For Bishop Auckland, Auckland Newton, Aycliffe, Stanhope and South Durham
- Tel: 01388 455676
Rehabilitation (neuro and generic)
RIACT – South Sedgefield and Dales
- 3a Market Place, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL1 7NJ
- Tel: 03000 265979
REACT- Darlington
- Hundens Lane Rehab, Centre, Darlington, DL1 1JE
- Tel: 01325 342111
REACT – North Consett and Stanley, Durham and Chester-le-Street
- Tel: 07967627888
Reablement services – County Durham
- Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5UL
- Social care direct tel: 03000 267979
Reablement services – Darlington
- Darlington Borough Council, Adult Social Care, Central House, Darlington, DL3 6SX
- www.darlington.gov.uk/
Podiatry
Social Care Direct – Spennymoore
- Merrington House, Spennymoore, Merrington Lane, Industrial Estate, Spennymoor, DL16 7UT
- Tel: 01388 825700
Sensory support
Social Care Direct – Durham
- Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5UL
Darlington Borough Council
- Vane House, Vane Terrace, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7AX
- Tel: 01325 346200
Speech and language therapy
Merrington House
- Merrington House, Merrington Lane, Industrial Estate, Spennymoor, DL1 7UT
- Tel: 01388 825700
- Email: [email protected]
Specialist nurses
Epilepsy specialist nurses
Neuro-oncology specialist nurses
Multiple sclerosis specialist nurses
Multiple sclerosis specialist nurse for Durham, Dales, County Durham and Darlington community health services
- South Church Enterprise, Park, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6WA
- Tel: 01388 452264
Parkinsons disease specialist nurses
Motor neurone disease specialist nurses
Telecare
Care Connect
- Durham County Council, Chilton Control Centre, Chilton Depot, Chilton, County Durham, DL17 0SD
- Tel: 03000 262195
Lifeline Services
- Darlington Borough, Council Adult Social Care, Central House, Darlington, DL3 6SX
- Tel: 01325 406888
Vocational rehabilitation
Momentum
- Momentum, Forth Banks House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
- NE1 3RH
- Tel: 0191 2320234
Wheelchair services
Medequip – wheelchair repairs
- Unit 19G, White Rose Way, Follingsby Park, Gateshead, NE10 8YX
- Tel: 0191 4155151
Lanchester Road Hospital
- Lanchester Road, Durham, DH1 5RD
- Tel: 0191 333632
Darlington Memorial Hospital
- Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, DL3 6HX
- Tel: 01325 743861