Refer yourself

You can contact these services yourself, without seeing a GP first. This is often the quickest way to get help.

Mental health

• NHS Manchester Talking Therapies, for adults with anxiety, depression, stress or grief: call 0161 226 3871 or refer yourself online (opens the Big Life Group website)
• South Manchester CAMHS, for children and young people up to 18: use the self-referral form (opens the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust website)

More mental health support, including urgent help

Pregnancy

Refer yourself to a midwife as soon as you know you are pregnant.

Sexual health and contraception

The Northern sexual health service: call 0161 701 1555 or book online (opens The Northern website). More about sexual health services.

Alcohol, drugs, smoking and gambling

• Drugs and alcohol, Change Grow Live: call 0161 823 6306
• Stopping smoking, Be Smoke Free: call 0161 823 4157
• Gambling, NHS Northern Gambling Service (opens the NHS Northern Gambling Service website)

More about these services

Breast symptoms

If you notice a lump or any change in your breast, contact us and we will arrange to see you. Do not wait for your next screening appointment.

If you are a woman aged 30 or over and are not pregnant, you can also refer yourself to a breast clinic using NHS 111 online, without seeing a GP first. This is for a painless breast lump, or changes to the skin or nipple.

Refer yourself to a breast clinic on 111 online (opens the NHS website)

Other services you can go to directly

• Pharmacy First (opens the NHS website): a pharmacist can treat 7 common conditions
• NHS dentists (opens the NHS website)
• Urgent eye care from an optician (CUES): for a red or painful eye, something in your eye, flashes or floaters, or a sudden change in vision. Free if you are registered with a GP in Greater Manchester
• Opticians (opens the NHS website), for eye tests and many eye problems