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Contact numbers for out of hours medical care, including 24 hour pharmacies, plus organisations which can help in the event of child abuse, violence against women, drugs issues, HIV/AIDS support and more...
Service | Telephone/Contact |
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Find a duty pharmacy (in French) Enter or validate your area postcode when prompted; then chosen the time a pharmacy is required when prompted. The details of available pharmacies are given. | Tel: 32 37 |
Find a hospital (use the map, enter department number and treatment required) | Website |
SOS Médecins France: After hours medical advice and help from qualified doctors | Tel: 36 24 Website |
Poison treatment: Centre anti-poison | Tel: 02 99 59 22 22 |
SOS Helpline: Crisis calls in English. Daily 15:00-23:00 | Tel: 01 46 21 46 46 Website |
Red Cross hotline: Croix Rouge Écoute, general confidential counselling service in French. Open daily 08:00-20:00 | Tel: 0800 858 858 Website |
Child Abuse hotline | Tel: 119 Website |
SOS Missing Children: SOS Enfants Disparus | Tel: 116 000 Website |
Battered Women: Femmes Info Service | Tel: 01 40 33 80 60 |
AA Europe: details of English-speaking meetings following the 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous programme in some French regions (available in Paris, the French Riviera and South West France. | Website |
AA France: Alcooliques Anonymes France, 24 hour helpline and 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous meetings throughout France (both services available in French only). | Tel: 08 20 32 68 83 Website |
Alcohol hotline: Écoute Alcool, confidential advice and help in French. Open daily 14:00-02:00 | Tel: 0811 91 30 30 |
Cancer Support France Free confidential support by highly-trained volunteers for English-speaking people in France affected in any way by Cancer. Contact via helpline or email. Details of local Associations and more information is available on the website | Tel: 0800 240 200 email Website |
Cannabis hotline: Écoute Cannabis, confidential advice and help in French | Tel: 0811 91 20 20 |
Counselling in France Directory of English-speaking counsellors and therapists in France | Website |
Drug abuse helpline: Drogues Info Service, confidential advice and help in French. Open daily 08:00-02:00 | Tel: 0800 23 13 13 Tel: 01 70 23 13 13 Website |
HIV/AIDS information: SIDA Info HIV and AIDS advice in French | Tel: 0800 840 8 00 |
Info for the Homeless | Tel: 115 Tel: 0800 306 306 |
Abused Women Helpline | Tel: 3919 |
Narcotics Anonymous: Narcotiques Anonyme, English-language meetings in several French cities with French-language helpline | Tel: 01 43 72 12 72 Website |
Overeaters Anonymous: (OA) offers a program of recovery from compulsive overeating, binge eating and other eating disorders using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. | Website |
Victims of terror attacks: The French Government provides detailed information on what to do if you are victim of a terror attack. | Website |