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Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) Website
The Falkirk HSCP brings together a broad range of health, social care, and support services for people in Falkirk. The website provides key information and news updates with access to the Partnership’s publications, including the Strategic Plan 2019-2022. It also includes information on the HSCP’s governance arrangements and a timetable for future meetings.
Falkirk Council Website
Information for residents, businesses and visitors of Falkirk Council, council tax and what's on in the local area.
NHS Forth Valley mental health information
A self-help site for a variety of mental health, stress and anxiety related conditions. Read it, download it, listen to audio files or watch videos. You can also forward it on to others who you feel would benefit from it.
NHS Forth Valley Self-help website
Mental Health - useful contacts
This pdf contains a list of organisations you can contact for help or support in addition to any help you are getting from health professionals. If you are experiencing mental health issues, we recommend you seek medical advice.
Mental health useful contacts PDF
A Local Information System for Scotland (ALISS)
ALISS is a website that can be used to search for local resources. Each search can be done for a specific organisation or be done by location, with the search being narrowed or extended depending on the chosen mileage.
Scotland's Service Directory
SSD is a website that contains details of health and wellbeing services in Scotland. Includes GP practices, dental services and support groups and is being developed to include local services Health and Social Care Partnerships.
Scotland's Service Directory website
CVS Falkirk
As the Third Sector Interface for the Falkirk Council area, CVS Falkirk are a local, independent charitable company which exists to promote, develop and represent the third sector and volunteering.
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National Entitlement Card
The National Entitlement Card (Scotland) allows people aged over 60 years and people with a disability to free bus travel in Scotland on local or Scottish long distance buses. Contact your Local Authority for details on eligibility criteria and for an application form.
Please visit www.entitlementcard.org.uk for more information.
NHS Forth Valley self help for better mental health
NHS Forth Valley have created an extremely comprehensive self help site that provides information, advice, support and local services for a variety of mental health, stress and anxiety related conditions.
To view the user friendly online self help service visit www.selfhelpguides.ntw.nhs.uk/forthvalley.
Read it, download it, listen to audio files, watch videos, and you can also forward it on to others who you feel would benefit from it.
The site covers the following things:
- Abuse
- Alcohol
- Anxiety
- Bereavement
- Controlling anger
- Depression and low mood
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Food and healthy eating
- Health anxiety
- Hearing voices and disturbing beliefs
- Obsessions and compulsions
- Panic
- Post traumatic stress
- Postnatal depression
- Prisoner anxiety, depression, low mood and post traumatic stress
- Self harm
- Social anxiety
- Sleeping problems
- Stress
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