Get help at home

Find out if you can access local support at home with everyday tasks and help after leaving hospital.

This page is available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Sometimes people need help at home. This could be help after a hospital stay or at other times.

People who need our health and care services can access some of them directly.

For some services, a health or care professional needs to refer you. Often, these health and care professionals will be working in an NHS hospital where we have a service that supports their patients.

If we can’t support you, we’ll do our best to give you details of other organisations that may be able to help.

Support services we can offer

Depending on availability, our typical services might include:

  • help getting home after treatment in hospital
  • connecting you with activities in your community
  • support with rebuilding your confidence
  • assistance with everyday tasks like essential shopping or collecting your prescriptions.

A photo of a Red Cross staff member, wearing a branded red coat, holding the hand of a woman in the hallway of her home.

Find support near you

The support available varies across the UK. 

Find out if you can access our support in your area by contacting one of our teams:

Wales

Cardiff@redcross.org.uk
02920 695740

London

London_enquiries@redcross.org.uk
0208 944 0246

Scotland

HCScotlandBST@redcross.org.uk

Northern Ireland

Reception.Belfast@redcross.org.uk
028 9073 5350

Central England

AdminCentral@redcross.org.uk
0345 054 7171

For support in: Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire.

 

South East England

HealthandCareSouthEastAdmin@redcross.org.uk
01622 690011

For support in: Bedfordshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey, Sussex.


Southern England and Channel Islands

HealthandCareSouthciAdmin@redcross.org.uk
01235 552 665

For support in: Avon, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Jersey/Guernsey, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Wiltshire.


North of England and Isle of Man

HealthAndCareNorthIomAdmin@redcross.org.uk
01482 499830

For support in: Durham, Cheshire, Cumbria, East Riding of Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, North East Lincolnshire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Yorkshire.


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