What is the Aberdeen Links service?

• The Links Service is based in GP practices across Aberdeen City and is designed to help people with anything non-medical impacting negatively on their general health and wellbeing.
• Link Practitioners help people identify and prioritise the issues that are currently affecting their quality of life.
• Depending on what the individual service user needs and wants, Link Practitioners ‘link’ them to those organisations, services and groups which can best support them.
• The Links Service is intended to be a short/medium term service.
• Although we receive most of our referrals from GPs, anyone formally attached to the GP surgery can refer people to us 

How can Aberdeen Links help?

• Link Practitioners can refer into services which have the expertise to provide advice and support for any non-medical issues currently affecting someone’s life. These include:
  • Local activities and social groups to help with loneliness and isolation
  • Care providers and carers’ support groups
  • Non-clinical mental health support for mild/moderate symptoms
  • Volunteering opportunities to help build confidence and combat social isolation
  • Money and benefits advice, debt management and budgeting
  • Getting into work, training and education

Please contact the Practice to be referred. 

We can all feel low, sad or be faced with challenges at some point in our lives where we need a safe place to talk. Open to anyone over the age of 18,
the Listening Service is confidential and free from judgement with face to face appointments that last around 50 minutes.

For more information, please follow the below link: 

The Listening Service

Please contact the Practice to be referred.