Self Referrals

Minor Illness Services
Pharmacy First enables community pharmacists to supply prescription-only medicines, including antibiotics and antivirals where clinically appropriate, to treat 7 common health conditions.
What conditions can be treated?
- Sinusitis
- Sore throat
- Earache
- Infected insect bites
- Impetigo (a bacterial skin infection)
- Shingles
- Uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women.
If you require medical attention for any of the above, you can approach your local pharmacy for care and avoid the need for an urgent care appointment at the surgery.
You can find more information online via www.nhs.uk

Mental Health
IAPT Sheffield is a service that offers free courses and one to one talking therapies for people 18 years and older living in Sheffield for help with stress, anxiety and worry or low mood.
To contact them, find out more or refer yourself:
0114 226 4380
Sheffield Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT) | Sheffield Health and Social Care (shsc.nhs.uk) (information page)
NHS Sheffield Talking Therapies (self referral page)
Door 43 offers support to 13-25 year olds on a range of emotional wellbeing issues. They offer several services including: a drop in, one to one support, wellbeing cafes and social prescribing spaces and can support young people with lots of different things they may need advice on or are struggling with.
Contact them, find out more and sign up for one of their services:
0114 201 2800
Home – Sheffield Futures (information page)
Door 43 – Sheffield Futures (self referral page)
Kooth is an online mental wellbeing community for children and young people aged 11-18. They provide accessible and safe spaces with a range of therapeutic support and interventions.
Register for their online help:
https://www.kooth.com
Gold digger trust is a charity organisation working to equip young people with the confidence and skills to make positive choices for themselves and build up their positive wellbeing.
Contact them and find out more:
0114 327 1191
Golddigger Trust
My strength is an online mental health support service which helps people over 16 years old with managing anxious thoughts, reducing stress and improving relationships.
To sign up click:
pageTitles.signup (mystrength.com)

Sexual health and contraceptive Services
Sexual Health Sheffield offers services for contraception, STI screening and treatment, PrEP and emergency contraception.
Sexual Health Sheffield also run a walk-in youth clinic for anyone 18 years or under for information and advice on any sexual health issues, contraception and support. This service is open Mondays and Wednesdays 2pm – 6pm at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Entrance 11a, B road.
Contact them:
0114 226 8888
Sexual Health Sheffield – Meeting Your Sexual Health Needs (information page)
MSI Reproductive Choices is a service who can provide early medical abortion, surgical abortion, STI screening, contraception & counselling across South Yorkshire.
Their treatment centres offer the following services:
* Face to Face Early Medical Abortion, or the abortion pill (up to 9 weeks and 6 days gestation)
* Surgical Abortion (up to 23 weeks and 6 days gestation)
* Telemedicine up to 9 weeks and 6 days (abortion pill by post)
* STI screening, including HIV testing (as part of TOP treatment)
* Contraception advice and fitting post abortion
* Vasectomy
You can contact them on:
0345 300 8090
Their telephone line is open 24/7 and is free to use. Patients can call the telephone line for clinical advice, support, and information about the choices available to them.
MSI Reproductive Choices UK – Your Choice, Our Support (msichoices.org.uk)
Bereavement Services
The Sheffield Mental Health guide has a page to help signpost you to resources and support that you may find useful on your journey and experience of grief and loss
Bereavement Support | Sheffield Mental Health Guide
Their page also has more links for other mental health issues you may be facing and a handy toolkit: Join our community driven website, My Toolkit, which has been co-created to complement the Sheffield Mental Health Guide website. Sign up to create your own confidential space to put together ideas, services, and activities that interest you and support your mental health

Women’s Health
This Sheffield Teaching Hospital services is for help and advice for women with bladder, bowel and prolapse problems by giving them pelvic floor exercises and advice on healthy bladder and bowels to improve their symptoms and quality of life. They aim to prevent or alleviate the physical and emotional stresses of pregnancy and labour, and help the postnatal recovery.
To refer yourself you can complete this form (you will need your NHS number):
Substance support
Likewise is a drug and alcohol support service who promote services with no judgement. They provide information, advice and support for people with the aim to promote making better choices around alcohol and drugs. Likewise also support people to achieve and sustain recovery from problematic alcohol and drug use through a range of treatments.
Contact them or refer yourself online:
0114 308 7000
Likewise (likewisesheffield.org.uk)

Occupational Health
SOHAS is an occupational health service who provide help and support to people with workplace health issues and work related benefits. Contact them:
Home – Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service (sohas.co.uk) (information page)
Patients – Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service (sohas.co.uk) (self referral page)
Working win is a support service which helps people find meaningful employment or stay in their current jobs.
Get in touch:
03003033111
Working Win – Shaw Trust (st-wpmultisite.azurewebsites.net)

Social Prescribing
Social prescribing is a holistic, non-clinical and person-centred approach to people’s health and wellbeing. It involves being referred to a link worker who will work alongside you to connect you to relevant community groups, support and services.
There are community organisations around the city that provide social prescribing. Some of these lead organisations work in partnership with Sheffield City Council and provide People Keeping Well community support and activities.
To find a local Social Prescribing service near you click here.
Midwife
As soon as possible following your positive pregnancy test refer yourself to the Jessop Wing Midwifery team so that they can book you in for your first appointment in a timely manner.
You will normally be seen for your first appointment at 8–10 weeks.
If you haven’t been contacted within 10 working days, please call the Community Liaison Office on 01142 268301.
Please be aware that this referral form is only for people who live in Sheffield, have a Sheffield GP and want to give birth with us.
If referring from outside of Sheffield, contact your local hospital/GP who will refer on your behalf.