24-Hour
Accident and Emergency ( A&E )
The
following hospitals have 24-hour A&E departments
which will treat serious injuries and sudden illness.
Diane
Princess of Wales Children's Hospital
Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH
Tel: 0121 333 9999
Birmingham
Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS
Tel: 0121 424 2000
City
Hospital
Dudley Road, Winson Green, Birmingham, B18 7QH
Tel: 0121 554 3801
Selly
Oak Hospital
Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6JD
Tel: 0121 627 1627
NHS
Direct
For immediate and confidential health advice and information,
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Tel: 0845 4647(calls charged at local rates)
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
First Aid Courses
For details of first aid courses in your area.
Red
Cross
Tel: 020 7235 5454 (London)
www.redcross.org.uk
St
John Ambulance
Tel: 020 7235 5231 (London)
www.sja.org.uk
Giving Blood
For more information on where to give blood in your
area.
National
Blood Service
Tel: 0845 7711 711(calls charged at local rates)
www.bloodnet.nbs.nhs.uk
Police Stations
Staffordshire
Police Headquarters
Cannock Road, Stafford, ST17 0QG
Tel: 01785 257 717
Warwickshire
Constabulary
PO Box4, Leek Wooton, Warwick, CV35 7QB
Tel: 01926 415 000
West
Midlands Police
Please call the following number if you live in any
of the areas listed below:
City
Centre, Digbeth, Edgbaston, Handsworth,Harborne, Highgate,
Hockley, Ladywood, Newtown, Quinton, Winson Green.
Tel:
0121 626 6000
Fire Brigade
For details of your local station, call the main HQ
below:
West
Midlands Fire Service
Fire service HQ, Lancester Circus, Queensway, Birmingham,
B4 7DE
Tel: 0121 359 5161
Utilities
If you have a problem with your electricity, gas, or
water supply which needs immediate attention, call one
of these 24-hour helplines:
Electricity
GPU Power UK(formerly Midlands Electricity)
Tel: 08457 331 331(Calls charged at local rates.)
Gas
Transco (Gas Emergency Service)
Tel 0800 111 999(Calls are free.)
Water
Severn Trent Water
Tel: 0800 783 4444(Calls are free.)
Environment Agency
Emergencies
(24-hour)
To report all enviromental incidents.
Tel: 0800 807060(Calls are free.)
Floodline
Advice and information on floods, and floods warnings.
Tel: 0845 988 1188(Calls are charged at local rates.)
Animal Welfare
24-hour
national contact number.
RSPCA
Tel: 0870 555 5999(Calls charged at national rates.)
Police
