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Dentists
To search online for your nearest dentist visit www.bda-findadentist.org.uk or, for details of where to get emergency dental care, call Guy’s Hospital’s Dental Emergency Care Service on 020 7188 0512.
Guy’s Hospital Dental Services provides free walk-in emergency treatment. The best time to visit the clinic is between 8.30am and 10am.
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Dental practices
The following practices have been recommended as offering a good, honest service, with friendly staff:
Bloomsbury Dental Practice, 7 Bury Place, WC1 (020 7916 8000/ www.bloomsburydental.co.uk) Holborn tube.
Cambridge Park Dental Practice, 19 Cambridge Park, E11 (020 8532 9990) Wanstead tube.
The Gallop Dental Surgery,3 Motcomb St, SW1 (020 7235 6531) Knightsbridge tube.
Harris & Millman, 52 Kennington Rd, SE1 (020 7928 5964) Lambeth North tube.
Shaftesbury Dental Care, 158 Kentish Town Rd, NW5 (020 7485 3711) Kentish Town tube.
Teeth@W2, 3-4 Norfolk Place, W2 (020 7402 4024) Paddington tube/rail.
Mental Health
Mind
Infoline is run by a team of specialists. (0845 766 0163/ www.mind.org.uk).
Sane
Support and advice for people experiencing mental health problems.
(0845 767 8000/www.sane.org.uk).
Sexual health
British Pregnancy Advice Service
Offers advice, contraceptives, the morning-after pill, pregnancy tests
and referrals to BPAS nursing homes for private abortions.
(08457 30 40 30/www.bpas.org).
Brook
Sexual health advice for under-25s with ten clinics across London.
(0800 0185 023/www.brook.org.uk).
Centre for Sexual Health
Walk-in clinic.
Centre for Sexual Health, Jefferiss Wing, St Mary’s Hospital, Praed St, W2 (020 7886 1697 ) Paddington tube/rail.
Marie Stopes
Contraception, morning-after pill, abortion and health screening.
(0845 300 8090/www.marie stopes.org.uk).
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