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This Medical Services section covers hospitals and medical services including complementary medicine. The aims to include the nearest suppliers of each of these services.
Vets are in the Businesses section.
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Acupuncture

  • S C Huart Grad.Dip.Phys. New Haven, Church End, Blewbury - Registered Acupuncturist (01235-850399)
  • At Woodlands Medical Centre Dr Delfosse and Dr Hart provide acupuncture to registered patients for certain conditions as part of medical services.

Alexander Technique

Veronica Beran MSTAT East Hagbourne - see www.stat.org.uk (01235-812493 email: vberan@oldboot.demon.co.uk)

Ambulance

Emergency: Dial 999 and ask the operator for AMBULANCE.
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Carer

Julie Williams - professional personal care for the elderly and disabled in your home (01235-851117, mobile 07801-688931)

Counselling

  • Jakki Thomson - Professional Therapeutic Counselling & Psychotherapy for both long term and short term work. Lowmans, South Street, Blewbury OX11 9PR (01235-851711 Email: jthomson@gotadsl.co.uk )
  • Life SupportGroup - providing a safe and confidential enviironment in which you can talk personally and honestly - Phone Jakki (01235-851711) or Wendy (01635-46703).

A list of Counsellors and relevant organisations in Oxfordshire is on the Counselling Directory web site

Dementia

DementiaWeb offers an all-age dementia information resource for Oxfordshire.

Dentists

  • Busby House Dental Centre 13 Hagbourne Rd, Didcot OX11 8DP (01235-816486)
  • Harwell Dental Practice Curie Avenue, Harwell International Business Centre OX11 0QQ (01235-831889)
  • Ladygrove Dental Practice, 8 Lostock Place, Didcot OX11 7XT (01235-815000 email enquiries@didcotdentist.co.uk )
  • Rex Dental Centre 1a, Vicarage Rd, Didcot OX11 8EL (01235-810380)
  • The Smile Practice, 200a Broadway, Didcot OX11 8RN (01235-813245)
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Disability

Dialability is Oxfordshire’s central point of access to impartial information about products and equipment for easier living. We also provide advice on a wide range of topics. Our service is freely available to anyone of any age.

It was established in 1982 as a helpline to give information to empower disabled and older people to make decisions personal to their own life. It recognises the huge need for information by individuals undergoing sudden life change, or when dealing with a long-term condition and has grown over the years to include other aspects that directly affect people's lifestyle. Equipment and the right "to try before you buy" is central to this.

Look at the website for topics about leisure, information for parents with disability and the range of equipment for easier living.

There is a range of equipment and aids on permanent display with free, impartial information and advice.
Dialability, Oxford Centre for Enablement, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Headington Oxford OX3 7LD
(01865-763600 FAX 01865-764730 email helpline@dialability.org.uk)
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Doctors' Surgery

The Blewbury Surgery is at the Village Hall. Dr. Alex Hart attends on Tuesdays and Dr Peter Rubin attends on Fridays.
Surgery hours in the Village Hall are 8.00am - 11am on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Repeat prescriptions may be collected from Blewbury surgery on Tuesdays and Fridays during surgery hours.

The Main Surgery of the same practice is at the Woodlands Medical Centre (0844-477-8664), Woodlands Road, Didcot OX11 0BB, next to Didcot Hospital. There is a Lloyds Pharmacy at the centre.
Surgery hours at the Woodlands Medical Centre are on Mondays to Fridays from 8.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 6.00pm. Individual clinics have specific times given on their web site.

The surgery operates a web site www.woodlandsmedicalcentre.com from which repeat prescriptions can be ordered for collection from the Blewbury surgery or from Woodlands. You can send emails to the surgery with the address woodlands.medical@nhs.net.

For appointments at the Blewbury Surgery or for an appointment with any doctor or the practice nurse at the Main Surgery or for any other query or information contact (0844-477-8664) on Mondays to Fridays between 8.00am and 6.30pm.

Out of Hours Cover. If you need urgent medical care outside normal surgery hours - this means before 8.00 am or after 6.00pm Mondays to Fridays, or 24 hours a day at weekends and on bank holidays - patients in any practice should call (08453-458995).
You can also get general health advice 24 hours a day by calling NHS Direct on (0845-46-47) or by visiting the NHS Direct helpful web site www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk.

Minor Injuries. A Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) is available at Abingdon Hospital, Marcham Road, Abingdon. The unit is run by specially trained nurses for patients with sprains and broken bones. The unit is open from 10am to 10.30pm seven days a week and can be contacted on (01235-208730). If an x-ray is required, an appointment must be made in advance.

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Family Planning

Didcot Health Centre, Britwell Road, Didcot OX11 7JN (01235-814240) The family planning service offers contraceptive advice and supplies and time to talk, particularly around sensitive issues like pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. You do not have to be referred by a doctor or nurse. The Clinic is open on Mondays and Thursday from 7.00pm - 9.00pm. No appointment is necessary.
The Blewbury Surgery also offers full family planning services. All the Doctors and Practice Nurses are happy to discuss the different methods of contraception available. For emergency contraception (‘the morning after pill’) please make an appointment with your Doctor or the Practice Nurse.

Foot Clinic

Mrs Lydia Smith operates a foot clinic for the elderly unable to get out of the village in the Methodist Chapel
on the first Tuesday of every month from 9.30am - 2.00pm. Cost £13.50 (07714-951591)

Homeopathy

  • S C Huart Grad.Dip.Phys. New Haven, Church End, Blewbury - Licensed Homeopath (01235-850399)

Hospitals

  • Abingdon Hospital Minor Injuries Unit - See details under Doctors' Surgery
  • Churchill, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LJ (all departments) (01865-741841)
  • Didcot Community Hospital, Wantage Road, Didcot (01235-205860 Fax: 01235 205866)
    The hospital also supports Occupational Therapy (01235-205873) and Physiotherapy (01235-205875)
  • John Radcliffe, Headley Way, Headington,Oxford OX3 9DU (all departments including Childrens Hospital) (01865-741166)
  • Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Windmill Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD For all general enquiries (01865-741155 Fax 01865-737632)
    Patient advice and liaison Service for advice and assistance in resolving any problems or concerns that you may have about the hospital's service. (01865-738126)
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Massage Therapy

Dianne Beechey VTCT Dip IHM - Indian Head Massage in your own home - Compton (01635-578446 mobile: 07818-026585)

Occupational Therapy

Didcot Community Hospital, Wantage Road, Didcot (occupational therapy) (01235-205873)

Osteopathy

Neil M J Swan DO, Natalie Beddoe BSc OST and Yvonne Ridguard Bsc OST
Goring & Streatley Osteopathic and Sports Injuries Clinic, Goring Community Centre, Station Road, Goring - Free Parking
(01491-873874 or free 0800-317527)

Physiotherapy

  • Didcot Community Hospital, Wantage Road, Didcot (physiotherapy) (01235-205875)
  • S C Huart Grad.Dip.Phys. New Haven, Church End, Blewbury - Chartered Physiotherapist (01235-850399)
  • Mannie Babington Smith MCSP RHPC, Etcom Postural Physiotherapy, 45 Wessex Road, Didcot, OX11 8BX (01235-814497 Fax: 01235-814497)

Samaritans

Whatever you're going through, we'll go through it with you. 60 Magdalen Road, Oxford OX4 1RB (08457-909090) Usual hours open to receive callers: 8am - 10pm.

Sports Injuries

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