SDIG
Council & Government Departments

  

  
Department of Work and Pensions
District & Borough Councils
Education
Health Trusts
Hospitals
NHS Direct
Primary Care Trusts
Adult and Community Services
Children and Young People's Service
Suffolk Constabulary
Suffolk Fire Service


DEPARTMENT OF WORK AND PENSIONS (DWP)

  • Contact Centre for new benefit claims. Tel: 0845 603 2451
  • New claims line for disability benefits. Tel: 0800 882200
  • Speech/Hearing Problems (service by textphone): Tel: 0800 243355
  • Disability benefits helpline for existing claimants. Tel: 0845 7123456
  • Speech/Hearing Problems (service by textphone): Tel: 0800 243355

  

DISTRICT AND BOROUGH COUNCILS

  • Babergh District Council Corks Lane, Hadleigh.
    Tel: 01473 822801 Website: www.babergh.gov.uk
  • Forest Heath District Council College Heath Road, Mildenhall.
    Tel: 01638 719000 Website: www.forest-heath.gov.uk
  • Ipswich Borough Council Civic Centre, Civic Drive, Ipswich.
    Tel: 01473 432000 Website: www.ipswich.gov.uk
  • Mid Suffolk District Council Council Offices, High Street, Needham Market, IP6 8DL. Tel: 01449 720711 Website: www.midsuffolk.gov.uk
  • St Edmundsbury Borough Council Western Way, Bury St Edmunds.
    Tel: 01284 763233 Website: www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk
  • Suffolk Coastal District Council Melton Hill, Woodbridge.
    Tel: 01394 383789 Website: www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk
  • Waveney District Council Town Hall, High Street, Lowestoft, NR32 1HS.
    Tel: 01502 562111 Website: www.waveney.gov.uk

  

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

  • Endeavour House, Russell Road, Ipswich. Tel: 01473 583000
  • Shire Hall, Raingate, Bury St Edmunds. Tel: 01284 352000
  • Clapham House, Clapham Road, Lowestoft. Tel: 01502 405000

    Website: www.suffolk.gov.uk/EducationandLearning

HEALTH TRUSTS

  • Ipswich Hospital Trust Heath Road, Ipswich, IP4 5PD.
    Tel: 01473 712233
  • James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6LA. Tel: 01493 452452
  • West Suffolk Hospital Trust Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds. Tel: 01284 713000

   

HOSPITALS

  • Aldeburgh & District Tel: 01728 452778
  • Beccles & District War Memorial Hospital Tel: 01502 719800
  • Felixstowe Tel: 01394 458820
  • Lowestoft & North Suffolk Hospital Tel: 01502 587311
  • Newberry Clinic (for children's services) Tel: 01493 442322
  • Newmarket Hospital Exning Road, Newmarket. Tel: 01638 564000
  • Patrick Stead Hospital (Halesworth) Tel: 01986 872124
  • Southwold Hospital Tel: 01502 723333
  • West Suffolk Hospital. Tel: 01284 713000

 NHS DIRECT Tel: 0845 4647 Website: www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

 PRIMARY CARE TRUSTS
These look at how the local health services can be made more effective for local people and have patient liaison services to help resolve complaints.

  • Suffolk PCT Tel: 01473 770000
  • Gt Yarmouth & Waveney PCT Tel: 01502 719500

Independent Living Services

  • East & Mid Suffolk. Tel: 01473 603645
  • West Suffolk Tel: 01284 748840

ADULT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERVICE IN SUFFOLK

  • Tel: 08456 023 023 After hour emergencies only i.e. situations that cannot wait until the next day. Tel: 01473 299669.
  • If you have a hearing or visual impairment contact Social Care Services County Sensory Team. Tel: 01473 588143 Minicom: 01473 588110

SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY
To contact Suffolk Police call 01473 613500. In an emergency (When life is threatened or people injured, a crime is in progress or an immediate police response is necessary.) dial 999. Minicom users dial 01473 611160. Force Headquarters, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 3QS.

SUFFOLK FIRE SERVICE
Fire & Carers Together, Suffolk Fire Service with Suffolk Carers. Tel: 01473 835400 for information. Optional database to enable carers and/or people with special needs to be included on a fire service database, so information is at hand to the Fire Service to enable them to deal with emergencies appropriately and reduce risk.

 

Last Updated 4th September 2007 - SDIG