Who can help now you are at home?
Here are a few organisations that can help when you are back home, following a stay in hospital.
If there is an emergency, call 999 immediately and contact the UK emergency services for urgent assistance.
Age UK Sutton
Visit ageuk.org.uk/sutton or telephone 020 8078 0002
Sutton Health and Care
Main provider of community healthcare services
Visit suttonhealthandcare.nhs.uk/adult-services
You usually need to be referred to access their services. This can be done by your GP, or through your hospital discharge.
Sutton Adult Social Care
For all enquiries around social services and social care in the community, including information on assessments, personal care, transport, home adaptations, meals on wheels, pendant alarms, visit: https://www.sutton.gov.uk/adult-social-care
Sutton Carers Centre
Providing information, advice and support to family or unpaid carers in Sutton. Go to www.suttoncarerscentre.org, or telephone 020 8296 5611.
Mobility Aids (Sutton Council)
Independent Living Aids: Equipment to help you live at home
Sutton Shopability: For short term hire or second hand purchase of wheelchairs and mobility scooters. Based in St Nicholas Centre, Sutton.
London Borough of Sutton
The London Borough of Sutton has links to lots of helpful local services: https://www.sutton.gov.uk/-/support-to-live-at-home
NHS 111
A free-to-call single non-emergency medical helpline, available 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Dial 111 for 'urgent but not life-threatening' health issues.
Age UK Sutton Community Support Team
Age UK Sutton Community Support Team can also help you to find information on other helpful services, for example, chiropodists who will visit someone at home or information on local day centres and facilities. You can contact them on info@ageuksutton.org.uk or call 0208 078 0002