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Health Concern Advice Line

Help to find the right information and advice on your health and well-being

  

Knowing where to go to find help, information and advice on your health can be a nightmare, but with the Health Concern Advice Line taking control of your health is made a great deal more simple.

We can provide you with all the information you might need across a wide range of health-related issues so that when you call, we can point you in the right direction - with practical directions on where to go to find advice.

The Health Concern Information and Advice Line is a one-stop shop for advice and support on a vast range of health issues, including:

  • Pregnancy advice
  • Childbirth advice
  • Complementary or alternative medicine
  • Mental health - trauma, stress, phobias and anxiety
  • Giving up smoking
  • Weight loss
  • Drug and alcohol dependency
  • Travel health advice
  • Learning disabilities
  • Physical disabilities
  • Caring for disabled children
  • RSI
  • Arthritis and other bone problems
  • Lung problems
  • Accident support - including compensation and law-based advisory services.

You can access the Health Concern Advice Line immediately when you become a member.

Please have your membership number with you when you call.

Within the UK, dial 0845 052 5703.*

If you're abroad, dial +44 845 052 5703. Lines are open 8am to 8pm UK time Monday to Friday.

For further information, review the Guide To Society Services pdf.

This service is provided by a third party carefully selected by the Society. Essential data is shared between the Society and the provider.

There is no additional payment for the Health Concern Advice Line - and it can be accessed from wherever you are in the world.
Our advisers are not able to give medical opinions or clinical advice.
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For more information, or to join today, call:

0845 052 5733*

Lines open 8am - 5pm, Mon-Fri (excluding bank holidays)

Existing members call:

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Lines open 8am - 8pm, Mon-Fri (excluding bank holidays)

  
  

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*Calls may be recorded. Calls cost a maximum of 4p per minute for BT customers. The price of calls from non-BT lines will vary.

Benenden Healthcare membership is initially only available for current or former employees of the Post Office, Civil Service, BT, registered charities, public sector bodies and other approved organisations whose aims and objectives are deemed compatible with those of the Society. Some services have a six month qualifying period.

The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited is an incorporated friendly society, registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1992, registered number 480F. The Society’s contractual business (the provision of tuberculosis benefit) is authorised by the FSA. The remainder of the Society’s business is undertaken on a discretionary basis. The Society is subject to FSA requirement for prudential management. Registered Office: The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited, Holgate Park Drive, York, YO26 4GG.

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