Please browse the links below for websites you may find useful:

	Bone and Joint
	Cancer
	Carers - Are You a Carer?
	Children's Health
	Counselling and Mental Health
	Diabetes
	Drugs and Alcohol
	Elderly People
	Eye Problems
	Health Information
	Healthy Living
	Heart
	Hospitals and Organisations
	Neurological and Disability
	Pregnancy
	Stop Smoking
	Sexual Health
	Skin Problems

USEFUL LOCAL LINKS AND CONTACTS

Edinburgh Area Care Homes

For a list of private and council run care homes in the Edinburgh area, covering all types of care click here (Excel file)

Edinburgh Guided Self Help

Email: guidedselfhelp@health-in-mind.org.uk

Edinburgh mental health information

http://www.edspace.org.uk/

Life & Soul

Counselling for children, young people and adults. Couple counselling is also available.

Wellness Centre
Woodcroft
4 Bridge Road
Balerno
Edinburgh EH14 7AH
0131 451 5226
Email: lifeandsoul@stmungos.org

Free Routine Dental Treatment
 
Free routine Dental Treatment, for unregistered patients only, is available at the Edinburgh Dental Institute on the second floor of the Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place (the same building as the Blood Donor Centre). The treatment will be provided by trainee dental therapists supervised by senior staff.

• Fillings and fissures sealents
• Repair of fracture teeth
• Non-surgical gum treatment

More complex treatments such as tooth extractions, dentures, crowns, bridges or root fillings are not provided.

Please note that patients already registered with a dentist cannot be accepted for treatment.
 
Coming by bus?
The following Lothian buses stop on Lauriston Place: Routes 23, 27, 35 and 45.
 
Information For Survivors of Rape or Sexual Assault
 
Edinburgh Woman’s Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre (EWRASAC)
helpline: 0131 556 9437
administration, outreach & training: 0131 557 6737

Minicom: 0131 557 6757 
Fax: 0131 558 1612
 
c/o P.O. Box 120
Brunswick Road
Edinburgh, EH7 5WX
 
Edinburgh Crisis Centre
24-hour helpline for adults who have used mental health services 0808 801 0414
 
Rape and Abuse Line
Helpline for male and female survivors
0808 800 0123 (answered by women)
0808 800 0122 (answered by men)
 
Rape Crisis Scotland helpline
Freephone helpline open daily: 6pm – 12midnight
08088 01 03 02
www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk

The Amethyst Team
(Police Family Protection Unit)
0131 316 6600
 
Web resource for male survivors:
www.survivorsuk.org