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Shrink Wrapped Lupus fact sheet

Thames Valley Lupus Group

Geraldine Jones (Marlow) - 01628 474736
Sally Baker (High Wycombe) - 01494 450317
Website:

Lupus UK

Lupus UK is the only national registered charity supporting people with Lupus - .

CALL on 01708 731251 between Monday to Friday business hours of 9am to 5pm.

St Thomas’ Lupus Trust – - Charity which supports research and raises awareness about Lupus.

NHS web page about Lupus

The Hibbs Lupus Trust - Provide support and information to anybody affected by or concerned about lupus. We raise awareness of the symptoms of Lupus to encourage early diagnosis and reduce life threatening complications associated with the condition. We raise funds to provide facilities, equipment and services for NHS hospitals and Foundation Trusts for the benefit of lupus patients. FREEPHONE 0800 633 5118 Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm

The Lupus site - :: A guide for lupus patients and their families

Lupus Patients Understanding and Support - a non-profit organisation providing free information and free psychological support for individuals-affected-by-systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus variant conditions and the antiphospholipid antibody (Hughes) syndrome.

Hughes Syndrome Foundation - - 020 7188 8217 Lupus is often the autoimmune condition most closely associated with Hughes syndrome, simply because the first ever group of patients found to have antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) were lupus patients.

Other useful links

::  Registered charity offering information and support for people who live with pain and those who care for and about them

:: University of Birmingham Anticoagulation site

:: The charity leading the fight against arthritis

:: Arthritis Care

Bedford Hospital – switchboard - 01234 355 122 -

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital – switchboard - 01582 49 11 66 -

Hemel Hempstead – switchboard - 01442 213141 - :

Lister Hospital – switchboard - 01438 314333 -

QE2 – switchboard  - 01707 328111 -

St Albans City Hospital - 01727 866122 -

Watford General Hospital - 01923 244366 -

Milton Keynes general - 01908 660033 -

Stoke Mandeville Hospital - 01296-315000

Amersham Hospital - 01494 434411

Buckingham Community Hospital - 01280 813243

Wycombe General Hospital - 01494 526161

Local signposting organisations

Disability Resource Centre Bedfordshire – 01582 470900

Buckinghamshire Disability Service - 01494 568 864

MK Centre For Integrated Living - 01908 231344 – info@mkcil.org.uk

Herts Action on Disability - 01707 324 581

Listen to Shrink Wrapped with Dr Chetna Kang and Toby Friedner, Sundays from midday on ´óÏó´«Ã½ 3CR