Useful Telephone Numbers

Hospitals

Name Number
Pontefract Trust Hospital 0844 811 0010
Wakefield Hospitals 0844 811 8110
Dewsbury District Hospital Via Pinderfields
Leeds General Infirmary 0113 2432799
St James’s Hospital 0113 2433144
Barnsley General Hospital 01226 730000
Methley Park Hospital 01977 518518

Social Services:

Lupset/Ossett/Flanshaw/Wrenthorpe/Eastmoor/Portobello/Kettlethorpe/Horbury/Outwood 01924 294110
Health visitors 01924 294110
District Nurses (Single Point of Contact) 01924 327590
Midwife (via hospital switchboard) 0844 811 8110
Citizens Advice Bureau (inc Debt) 0844 499 4138
PALS – Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 01924 543686
PALS – Pinderfields General Hospital01924 543685
PALS – Pontefract General Infirmary 01924 543688
PALS – Dewsbury and District Hospital 01924 543687
NHS 111 Service (for out of hours clinicians and medical advice) 111
Samaritans 0845 790 9090
Police (Wood St) 01924 293277
Alcoholics Anonymous 0113 245 4657
Turning Point (Addictions Unit) 211121
GUM (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) Clinic 381261
West Yorkshire Central Services Agency (Registration Advice) 0113 295 2500

Booking appointments

When contacting the practice to book an appointment, please be aware that you will be asked for information by the Medical Care Navigators. They need to know, to help them ensure that patients are seen by the most appropriate service to deal with the situation. Anything you tell them will be treated in absolute confidence.