Core services
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Health services
NHS Direct
Call 0845 4647
Emergency dental treatment
There is an emergency dental clinic at Kidlington Health Centre, Oxford Road, Kidlington OX5 1AP. Phone 01865 842609. Opening hours 5.15pm-8.15pm Monday-Friday and 9.00am-12 noon Saturday.
If you don't have your own dentist, there are also dental access centres, at:
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- Kidlington Health Centre
- Oxford Road, Kidlington OX5 1AP.
- Phone 01865 374533
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- Raglan House
- 23 Between Towns Road, Cowley OX4 3JH.
- Phone 01865 264980
Hospital Accident & Emergency
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Headley Way, Headington OX3 9DU.
- Phone 01865 741166
Transport
Information about local bus services can be found under area headings.
For detailed transport information, including trains, buses and taxis, go to http://web2.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oxinfo/timetables/
Council services
Oxford City Council website provides local information and links for all areas of Oxford, including how to claim housing and council tax benefit
Go to www.oxford.gov.uk
Oxfordshire County Council website provides information on all services provided by the county council, including adult education.
Go to www.oxfordshire.gov.uk
Government services
Directgov is a useful website providing links to central government services, including JobCentre Plus
Go to www.direct.gov.uk
Don't forget to check out your local library: the county council website has all the details about locations and opening times. Libraries are a fantastic source of local information and provide free access to the internet too.
Other
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- 95 St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DA
- Tel: 0870 2200608
- www.citizensadvice.org.uk
- The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by influencing policymakers.
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- 24 Paradise Street
- Oxford OX1 1LD
- Tel: 01865 242373
- www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
- Narcotics Anonymous
- To find your nearest meeting, go to www.ukna.org/meetings/
- Freecycle Oxford
- The local group is one of the busiest in the country, where people can recycle anything from a sofabed to a Gameboy. For details of how to join Freecylce Oxford, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OxfordFreecycle/