Self Referral

Our team of doctors and nurses provide Sexual Health Services across Blackpool and Lancashire. They deal with a variety of sexual health related conditions, providing testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STI’s), including HIV, in line with national guidelines.

We are a psychological therapy service offering a range of free talking therapies to people aged 16 and over in Lancashire and 18 and over in South Cumbria.

Our community midwifery teams offer a full range of antenatal services, parent education, aquanatal, birthing at home and postnatal care. As soon as you find out you’re pregnant, you can refer yourself directly to us by telephoning 01695 656924. There’s no need to see your GP. If you haven’t already, now is the time to start taking your folic acid (400mcgs a day).

We provide information, advice and a wide range of specialist support services designed to help Carers continue in their caring role for as long as they choose and reduce the impact the caring role can have on their own health and wellbeing.

If you are an unpaid carer of someone aged 18 years or over, you are entitled to your own carer’s assessment. You can have an assessment even if the person you care for isn't receiving any care and support from us. You can have a separate carer's assessment carried out on our behalf by Carers Lancashire, which is a service that specialises in supporting carers or, providing they agree, a combined assessment with the person you care for completed by us.

QuitSquad is a free service and can help anyone over the age of 12. We provide you with guidance on the stop smoking products available and support on changing your routines and behaviour, over a 12 week programme.

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. We believe that no young person should have to struggle alone with thoughts of suicide.

Self-referral web-based support for sleep problems.

Local stop smoking services are free, friendly and can massively boost your chances of quitting for good.

We offer abortion treatments and free pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted infection screening and a fully comprehensive contraceptive service.

You don’t need a GP referral to access NHS funded abortion care.We've been helping people with their reproductive health options for over 40 years. We provide NHS-funded and self-funded abortion and vasectomy care through our network of local clinics all over England. You can give us a call whenever you need us. Our advice line is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

You can refer yourself directly to a psychological therapies service (IAPT) without seeing your GP.These services offer therapies, such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), for common problems including: stress, anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and phobias

The Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) identifies those at diabetes high risk and refers them onto a behaviour change programme.