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Hospitals
- Barnsley Hospital
  01226 771912
- Barnsley Hospice
  01226 244244
- Kendray Hospital
  01226 434228
- Northern General/Sheffield Hallam
  0114 243 4343
- Sheffield Children's hospital
  0114 271 70 00
- Barnsley acute paediatrics
  01226 435873
Admissions/Advice
- 2 week wait help desk
  01226 432000
- A&E
  01226 432371
- Ambulance Control
  01709 828829
- SDEC units (previously AMAC)
  01226 436099 (Surgical)
  01226 432452 (Medical)
- Cancer Nurse Specialists
  Link to contacts
- Children's Assessment Unit
  01226 432664
- Community MSK Service
  01226 644858
- Diabetes services SPA
  01226 240086
- DVT/ Thrombosis referrals
  01226 644575
- Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
  01226 433972
- Gastro Consultant advice
  01226 436156
- PallCall (out of hours hospice)
  01226 244244
- Rheumatology advice
  Rheumatology tel numbers
- Right Care
  01226 644575
- Spectrum: Genitourinary Medicine
  08000556442
Laboratories/Radiology
- Biochemistry
  01226 432733
- Biochem Consultant Advice
  01226 432772
- Haematology (consultant advice via switchboard)
  01226 432862
- Microbiology ( consultant advice via switchboard)
  01226 432687
- Xray/CT/MRI/US/ Appointments/results
  01226 434340
Community Nursing Services

RightCare Barnsley Integrated Single Point of Access

01226 644575
- BREATHE
- Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab
- Diabetes
- District Nurses
- Community Matrons
- Continence
- Heart Failure
- Macmillan Nurses
- Neighbourhood Rehabilitation
- Parkinson's Nurse
- Urgent Community Response
Specialist Nursing Services Administration Hub

01226 719789 / 645180
- Adult Epilepsy
- Paediatric Epilepsy
- Lymphoedema
- Tissue Viability
BMBC-Led Services

Substance Misuse - 01226 705980

0-19 Nursing Service (Health Visitors and School Nurses)

01226 774411

Mental Health

CAMHS - 01226 644829

Branching Minds - Children - 01226 107377

Crisis Support (Adults) - 01226 645000

Crisis Support (Children's) - 0122644829

Crisis Support (LD) - 01226645237

Barnsley Recovery Steps (Substance Misuse - Adults)

01226 779066

Young People's Substances Misuse Services

01226 705980

NHS Barnsley Talking Therapies

01226 644900

Hey! The Mental Health Charity (Children)

01226 872120
SAFEGUARDING
- Head of Safeguarding: Angela Fawcett
  07887 530291
- Safeguarding Children: Sharon Tyne
  07584 143655
- Safeguarding Adults: Gillian Pepper
  07769 367725
- Safeguarding Emergency Duty Team (out-of-hours)
  01226 787789
- Independent Domestic Abuse Service (IDAS)
  01226 320112
- Modern Slavery Helpline
  08000 121700
Other
- Barnsley Place ICB Hillder House
  01226 433600
- Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
  Adults - 01226 433634 / Children's - 01226 433656
- Infection Prevention and Control
  0114 2734004
- Coroners' Office / further info
  01142 738721
- IT Helpdesk
  0114 3051030
- Medicine Information Service
  01226 432857
- Medicines Management
  01226 433798
- Public Health- Infectious Disease Reporting
  03003 030234
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- GFF Weight Watchers / Slimming World
- Home Blood pressure monitoring chart
- Taking Iron supplements / Ferinject information
- IAPT Prescription Pad
- MHAT - workshops / The Exchange
- Periods information for young people
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- Sick children - general advice for parents
- Xray-patient info sheet
  
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- Breast pain diary/ Menstrual diary /Pre Menstrual Symptom Diary
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- Oral Fluids for child with vomitting
- Ovarian Cancer symptoms
- Stool Diary / Kids stool diary
  
  Sound Doctor Video library
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Diet sheets /Dietician information sheets
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- 2ww referral criteria/ patient 2ww letter
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- DNACPR form
- Exercise- Health Referral Scheme- information / referral form/inclusion criteria
- My Best Life
- Long covid referral checklist
- Optometry First
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- SYB Commissioning for Outcomes ( old clinical thresholds) / Get Fit First
- X ray patient info sheet
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  ENT
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  Respiratory
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- Abnormal LFT- gastro consultant advice tel-01226436156
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- Food allergy reporting commercial premises
- Iron Deficiency Anaemia
  
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  MSK/Dermatology
- Autoantibody test interpretation-to refer or not to refer
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- First Contact Physio referral criteria
- Giant Cell Arteritis/Temporal Arteritis Pathway
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica Pathway
- MSK Community Service
- Monoarthritis
- Osteoporosis Management in Primary Care
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica Pathway
- Rotherham MSK Pathways
- Rotherham Red Legs Pathway
- Rheumatology Referral Guidance
  
  Palliative Care
- EPaCCS electronic palliative care system
- palliative care hand over form
- Pallcare referral form
  
  Biochem
- Hypercalcaemia / Hyperkalaemia
- Hypocalcaemia / Hypokalaemia / Hyponatraemia
- Iron deficiency anaemia
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PIL: Unlicensed and off-label medicines patient information sheet

Approved by the Barnsley Area Prescribing Committee in April 2022

Key documents

Patient Information Leaflet Unlicensed and off-label medicines

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Cancer, Palliative Care, Pain and Older People
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