We provide a confidential service to all young people including under 16’s. This means that you can tell others about your visit but we won’t.
The only reason we might consider passing on confidential information without your permission would be to protect you or someone else from serious harm. We would always try to discuss this with you first.
You can be seen on your own or with a friend for support. We hold Patient Participation meetings and we would welcome any young person who would like to join.
Appointments
You can make an appointment by telephoing the surgery on 01325 380640 – 8:00am till 5:30pm – Monday to Friday or by calling into the surgery and speaking to reception staff.
We can assist with advice and treatment on: contraception, health eating and management, worries and anxieties, relationships, any other health issues.
Our Family Planning walk-on clinic is on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30pm till 6:00pm every week.
You can ask to see a male or female doctor or see one of our nurses. If you need a GP out of surgery hours you could ring 111, calls to this number are free.
Useful Websites:
www.talktofrank.com
www.youngminds.org.uk
www.brook.org.uk
Darlington CASH clinic – 01325 743203
Dr Piper House, King Street, Darlington
To book an appointment or for any further information please ring.
Kooth
Young people – we would like to remind you of the availability of our online service to support the wellbeing and resilience of young people.
Kooth is a web based confidential support service available to young people. Kooth provides a safe and secure means of accessing mental health and wellbeing support designed specifically for young people.
Kooth offers young people the opportunity to have a text-based conversation with a qualified counsellor. Counsellors are available fr…om 12noon to 10pm on weekdays and 6pm to 10 pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop-in basis. Young people can access regular booked online counselling sessions as needed. Outside counselling hours’ young people can message our team and get support by the next day.
When young people register with Kooth they will have support available to them now and in the future. Support can be gained not only through counselling but articles, forums and discussion boards. All content is age appropriate, clinically approved and fully moderated. To find out more visit kooth.com where young people can register and others can find out more about the service.