Health Information Advice Consortium (HIAC) brings to you

Free Advice sessions for patients at their local surgeries.

Generalist Advice & Casework on Welfare Benefits, Housing, Debt, Employment
issues, help at home for over 60s. Help with form filling including DLA, AA,
Housing/Council Tax Benefit, Tax Credits and more.
Homerton Hospital on Tuesdays from Nightingale practice on Tuesdays from
10am-1pm call 020 8510 5191 2.30-5.30pm call 020 8985 8388
Somerford Grove practice on Mondays Sanctuary practice on Tuesdays 2-5pm
9.30am-1pm call 020 7683 4888 call 020 7683 4766
Well Street surgery on Thursdays 2-5pm Neaman practice on Tuesdays 10.30 -1pm
call 020 8985 2050 call 020 7600 9740
London Fields Medical Centre on Fridays Queensbridge practice on
10am-1pm call 020 7923 8100 Wednesdays 10-1pm call 020 7254 1101
Lower Clapton Group practice on Whiston Road Practice (including Southgate Rd)
Wednesdays 10am-1pm call 020 8986 7111 on Fridays 10.30-1.30pm call 020 7739 8625
Cedar Practice on Thursdays 2-5pm Barton House Health Centre on
call 020 7690 1151 Wednesdays 2-5pm call 020 7249 5511

Dr Gangola practice (fortnightly) on Heron Practice (Carers only) on

Mondays 9.30am-1pm call 020 7254 1661
Elsdale Street surgery on
Fridays 2-5.30pm call 08444 778 763
Healy Medical centre on Fridays 10-1pm
call 020 8806 1550
Heron Practice (includes Statham Grove) on call 020 7739 7026 on Fridays 9.30-1pm to
Thursdays 10-1pm and
2-5pm call 020 7690 1172
Tuesdays 10-1pm call Carers Centre
020 7923 8750
Stamford Hill Group (Carers only)
on Fridays 10-1pm call Carers Centre
020 7923 8750
Telephone Service for Turkish/Kurdish
book an appointment for
Shoreditch park surgery (Turkish/Kurdish community
only) on Wednesdays 9-12pm

Sorsby Group practice on Fridays 2-5pm Cranwich Road surgery on Wednesdays

call 020 8986 5613
Lea practice on Wednesdays 1-4pm
call 020 8986 3106
Pitfield Medical Centre (includes Hoxton &
Shoreditch Park Surgeries) on
Tuesdays 2-5pm call 020 7739 3005
Head Office:
Social Action for Health
Unit C (First Floor) Ment House
1B Mentmore Terrace, E8 3SD
Tel: 020 8510 1969
9.30-12.30pm call 020 8802 2002
HIAC partner agencies providing advice are:
Age Concern, City & Hackney Carers Centre,
Hackney Citizens’ Advice Bureau,
Derman, Hoxton Trust Legal Advice Service,
Hackney Marsh Partnership,
Hackney Community Law Centre and Agudas Israel
The Health & Advice Links Project Provides Advice in GP
Practices across City & Hackney area. Find out more
about our work, visit www.safh.org.uk
HIAC provides Generalist Advice in GP Practices across Hackney
(please refer to service list;) however if you are not a patient of any of
those Practices, you can still access free Generalist Advice at our
Partner Agencies.
Contact individual agencies for details of their Advice sessions.
Citizens Advice Bureau Hoxton Trust Legal Advice Centre
236-238 Mare Street 156 Hoxton Street
London London
E8 1HE N1 6SH
Tel: 020 8525 6350 Tel: 020 7613 4174

Age Concern Hackney Hackney Marsh Partnership

22 Dalston Lane Kingsmead Kabin
London 8-9 Kingsmead Way
E8 3AZ London
Tel: 020 7249 7149 E9 5QG
Tel: 020 8525 6969

City & Hackney Carers Centre Derman

96-102 Springfield House The Basement
5 Tyssen Street 66 New North Road
London London
E8 2 LZ N1 6TG
Tel: 020 7923 8750 Tel: 020 7613 5944

Agudas Israel Hackney Community Law Centre

The Swan 8 Lower Clapton Road
73 Clapton Common London
London E5 0PD
E5 9AA Tel: 020 8985 5236
Tel: 020 8800 6688

For more information about the HIAC Project contact:

Ameena Rahman
HIAC Project Co-ordinator
Social Action for Health
Unit C (First Floor)
Ment House
1B, Mentmore Terrace
Hackney, E8 3SD
ameenar@safh.org.uk
Tel: 020 8510 1969
Martina Berti
HIAC Project Assistant
Social Action for Health
Unit C (First Floor)
Ment House
1B Mentmore Terrace
Hackney, E8 3SD
martinab@safh.org.uk
Tel: 020 8510 1968