This is a directory of local services, and is largely based on a document produced by PALS (Patient Advocacy and Liaison Services), who are now based at Victoria House, Eign Street, Hereford, HR4 0AN. Telephone 01432 262016

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Able Able - formerly known as Herefordshire Dial (Disablement Information Advice Line), The Warehouse, Coningsby Street, Hereford HR1 2DY
They have a comprehensive booklet detailing services, and also a website: www.ablehereford.com
01432 277770 (Minicom)
Abortion Support Around Termination for Fetal Abnormality (SATFA), 73 Charlotte Street, London W1P 1LB 0207 631 0285
Action Research Vincent House, North Parade, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 2DP 01403 210406
Age Concern Age Concern, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER 0208 7657200
Local telephone number Hereford

01432 350483

AIDS & HIV Herefordshire Health Authority Director of Public Health 01432 262023
National Aids Helpline 0800 567123
Advice re treatment and care facilities (Worcester) 01905 760239
Aids for Disabled People Wheelchairs - see under W  
British Red Cross, Blackfriars Street, Hereford 01432 272522
Social Services - Short term equipment hire 01432 261636
Herefordshire Primary Care Trust - Hire and supply 01432 344344
Shopmobility Worcester 01905 610523
Gloucester 01452 396898
Hereford - Open Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 5.00pm. Wheelchairs and scooters available for free loan. Free parking 01432 342166
Purchase of equipment for the disabled Boots the Chemist, High Town, Hereford 01432 274941
Chandos Pharmacy, St Owen Street, Hereford 01432 272065
TPG Disable Aids, 10 Plough Lane, Hereford 01432 351666
Active Equipment for Independent Living, Court House, Southend, Ledbury 01531 634084
Alarms for People Alarm Lifelines - Emergency support alarms for older/disabled people - Hereford Council 01432 260760
Albinism British Association of Behavioural Optometrists, 27 St Georges' Road, Cheltenham, GL50 3DT 01242 233500
Albino Fellowship, 9 Burnley Road, Hapton, Burnley, Lancs., BB11 5QR

01282 776145 (evenings only)

Genetic Interest Group, Farringdon Point, 29-35 Farringdon Road, London, EC1M 3JB 0207 704 3141
Alcohol Action on Addiction, 68 South Lambert Road, London, SW8 1RL 0207 793 1011
Alcohol Concern, 275 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8QF Enquiries 0207 928 7377
Alcohol Helpline 0345 32 02 02
Alcoholics Anonymous Hereford 01432 356336
Community Alcohol Service 01432 357825
National helpline 0845 769 7555
Alzheimer's Disease National Helpline 0845 3000336
Local Support Branch - Mrs Elizabeth Jones, 41 Breinton Road, Hereford 01432 343000
Ambulance Hereford & Worcester Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Bransford, Worcester, WR6 5JD 019886 834244
01886 834249
Emergency - 999
Amputees Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust - Lower Limb Clinic 01432 344344
Anorexia See E for eating disorders  
Arthritis & Rheumatism Local contacts Mrs Trevellyan 01432 273617
Mr J Lawes 01432 350765
Asthma Local information and support line 01432 354646
Autism Local support group 01562 851318