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LOCATIONS
OF THE OUTREACH ADVICE SERVICE
THE BELMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

The GP practice is near Uxbridge shopping centre and is readily accessible by
public transport.
YIEWSLEY HEALTH CENTRE

The
GP practice is located in Yiewsley High Street
HAREFIELD
HEALTH CENTRE

Harefield Health Centre is the only GP Practice located in
the village. It is a particularly appropriate location for a CAB Outreach
Service because it is a semi-rural village and the residents do not have easy
access to any of the Hillingdon CAB offices.
GP
Surgeries Project aims are to:-
- Reduce GP workload by provision of a
source of help and advice to deal with patient’s problems which are
non-clinical and to which the GP often cannot provide a solution.
- Improve the overall health and well-being
of patient’s by giving access to a Citizens Advice Bureau Service in
health centres and GP Surgeries.
- Provide a holistic approach to health care
providing help and advice to relieve the stress and worry of the practical
side of life problems such as bereavement and relationship breakdown and to
reduce economic and environmental deprivation caused by debt, low income,
inadequate housing etc.
For more information: click below to
view or right click below and Save Target As... to download the GP Surgeries
Project Annual Report.
GP Report October 2009 to March 2010.pdf
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Case Study:-
A white, female, 73 years old, who has physical and mental
health problems living alone in Local Authority accommodation, attended
the GP outreach advice service at Harefield Health Centre. Her only
income was from Pension Credit of £124 per week and she had just received
a fuel bill for £365 which she could not afford to pay.

Our Adviser identified that the pensioner met
the qualifying criteria for Attendance Allowance (AA) and an increase in
her Pension Credit (PC). She assisted her to complete a claim and as a
result AA was awarded at the higher rate of £70.35 per week
totalling £3,658 per year and she received a backdated payment of £482.
She was also awarded the Severe Disability
Premium on her PC which gave her an extra £52.85 per week totalling
£2,748 per year and a backdated payment of £846.
Our Adviser also assisted the patient with an
application for a grant from the British Gas Energy Trust to help with
payment of the client’s fuel bill. She received a grant of £365
which cleared her outstanding gas bill.
 
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