Basildon and Thurrock
MyHeart - www.mymhealth.com/myheart.
Hearts and Minds – Cardiac support group meet on the first Wednesday of the month at Steeple View Memorial Hall, Willowfields, Laindon, Basildon, Essex, SS15 4EQ. Contact committee@basildonheart.org.uk for more information.
Vitaminds - call 01268 977171 (1 to1 session either phone, face to face or computerised CBT) Covering Basildon, Wickford, Billericay and Brentwood.
Inclusion Thurrock - 1 to1 counselling session with various counsellors (Not just CBT) plus online CBT.
Mind Basildon - email infoline@basmind.org or call 01268 284130 (calls are followed up Monday to Saturday).
Thurrock and Brentwood Mind - email reception@tbmind.org.uk or call 01375 391411.
Smoking Cessation Advice - visit https://www.essexwellbeingservice.co.uk/lifestyle/stop-smoking.
Essex Wellbeing Support - a one stop shop for Wellbeing Support for Alcohol reduction, healthy eating, weight management and Physical Activity. Visit https://www.essexwellbeingservice.co.uk or call 0300 303 9988.
Mid Essex
Provide lifestyle services - for smoking cessation support, healthy eating advice, long term condition management, call 0300 303 9988 or email provide.essexlifestyles@nhs.net.
Talking Therapies (formally known as Health in mind) - call 01376 308704 or visit www.hpft-talkingtherapies.nhs.uk.
Pump up the volume — a local Essex patient support group. For more information call 01268 394082.
Southend
Everyone Health (Southend) – call 0333 0050095, email Clinical.contactcentre@nhs.net or visit www.everyonehealth.co.uk.
Provide (Castlepoint and Rochford) – call 0300 303 9988, email provide.essexlifestyleservices@nhs.net or visit www.essexlifestyleservices.org.uk.
Stress Management and emotional wellbeing – call 01268 739128 or visit www.therapyforyou.co.uk or https://www.therapyforyou.co.uk/courses/online/cbt-living-well-with-physical-health-problems.
Smoking cessation service – call 01702 212000 (Southend) or 0300 303 9988 (Castlepoint and Rochford).
Take Heart - Support Group on the second Thursday of each month arrival 7pm for 7.15 start at The Balmoral Community Centre Sailsbury Avenue Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 7AU (no meeting in January). Call 01702 311796 or visit www.takeheartsouthend.org.
National support services
British Heart Foundation - www.bhf.org.uk.
BHF Heart matters magazine www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-subscribe.
Heart Help Line - 0300 330 3311.
Heart UK - www.heartuk.org.uk.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest - www.suddencardiacarrestuk.org.
Pumping marvellous — a national heart failure charity. To find out more, visit www.pumpingmarvellous.org or call 01772 796542.
RELATE – The UK’s largest provider of relationship support. Call 0300 100 1234 or visit www.relate.org.uk.
NHS Smoke free helpline - call 0300 123 1044 or visit https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking.
Diabetes UK – call 0345 123 2399 or visit www.diabetes.org.uk.
DVLA drivers’ medical enquiries – call 0300 790 6806 or visit www.gov.uk.