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County Durham and Darlington

Contact details for benefit support and other health and welfare advice for people across Durham and Darlington.

Benefit support

Durham County Council

  • Revenues and Benefits, PO BOX 238, Stanley, County Durham, DH8 1FP
  • Tel: 03000 262000

Welfare Rights

  • Crook Civic Centre, North Terrace, Crook, County Durham, DL15 9
  • Tel: 03000 268968

Durham Citizens Advice Bureau

Darlington Citizens Advice Bureau

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Durham County Council

  • Children and Adults Services, PO Box 115, Green Lane, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6JQ
  • Tel: 03000 269425

Darlington Borough Council

  • Town Hall, Feethams, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5QT
  • Tel: 01325 346200

Continence services

Continence specialist nurses

  • Merrington House, Merrington Lane Industrial Estate, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 7UT
  • Tel: 01388 825 696

Dietetics

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

  • South Church Enterprise Park, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6XB
  • Tel: 01388 455712

Darlington Memorial Hospital

  • Dietetics department, Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, DL3 6HX
  • Tel: 01325 743152

Equipment

Home Equipment Loans Service

  • Unit 28, Enterprise City, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6JF
  • Tel: 01388 812 812

Hospitals

Darlington Memorial Hospital

University Hospital Of North Durham

Bishop Auckland Hospital

  • Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6AD
  • Tel: 01388 455000

Chester-le-Street Community Hospital

  • Front Street, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3AT
  • Tel: 0191 387 6301

Sedgefield Community Hospital

  • Salters Lane, Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS21 3EE
  • Tel: 01740 626600

Richardson Hospital

  • John Street, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8ET
  • Tel: 01833 696 500

Orthotics

Bishop Auckland Hospital

  • Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6AD
  • Tel: 01388 455523

Darlington Memorial Hospital

Durham Dales, Sedgefield and Darlington community Macmillan nursing team

  • Innovation House, 26 Longfield Road, South Church Enterprise Park, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6XB
  • Tel: 01388 455100

The North Durham Community Macmillan nursing team

  • Includes Derwentside and Durham and Chester-le-Street
  • The Greenhouse, Amos Drive, Greencroft, Stanley, DH9 7XN
  • Tel: 01207 523673

Podiatry

Merrington House

  • Spennymoore, Merrington Lane Industrial Estate, Spennymoor, DL16 7UT
  • Tel: 01388 825700

Rehabilitation teams

Early supported discharge team

  • Generic includes referrals for Bishop Auckland, Newton Aycliffe, Stanhope and South Durham
  • Tel: 01388 455676

REACT – South Sedgefield and Dales

  • 3a Market Place, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL1 7NJ
  • Tel: 03000 265979

REACT – Darlington

  • Hundens Lane Rehab Centre, Darlington, DL1 1JE
  • Tel: 01325 745600

REACT North

Durham County Council

  • Rehabilitation team, County Hall, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5UL
  • Tel: 03000 267979

Darlington Borough Council

  • Rehabilitation team, Adult Social Care, Central House, Darlington, DL3 6SX
  • Tel: 01325 745600

Vane House

  • Vane Terrace, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7AX
  • Tel: 01325 346 200

Speech and language therapy

Merrington House

  • Merrington Lane Industrial Estate, Spennymoor, DL1 7UT#
  • Tel: 01388 825700

Social care Darlington Borough Council

  • Adult Social Care, Central House, Darlington, DL3 6SX
  • Tel: 01325 346200

Durham County Council

  • Emergency duty team
  • County Hall, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5UL
  • Tel: 03000 267979

Telecare

Care Connect

  • Durham County Council, Chilton Control Centre, Chilton Depot, Chilton, County Durham, DL17 0SD
  • Tel: 03000 262195

Lifeline services

  • Darlington Borough Council, Adult Social Care, Central House, Darlington, DL3 6SX
  • Tel: 01325 388508

Vocational rehabilitation

Shaw Trust

Wheelchair services

Medequip

  • Wheelchair repairs
  • Unit 19G, White Rose Way, Follingsby Park, Gateshead, NE10 8YX
  • Tel: 0191 4155151

Lanchester Road Hospital

Darlington Memorial Hospital

  • Wheelchair services
  • Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, DL3 6HX
  • Tel: 01325 743861