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Useful English- language numbers

Helplines with English-speaking staff

French state health insurance advice line (run on behalf of the Cpams):
08 11 36 36 46, Monday - Friday 9.00 - 18.00 (local call cost)

Elizabeth Finn Care (grants and advice for Britons and Irish in financial need)
France-based contact: Mary Hughes: 04 68 23 43 79

SOS Helpline: English-speaking telephone listening service in France, affiliated to the Samaritans
01 46 21 46 46 (daily 15.00 - 23.00)

France Telecom:
09 69 36 39 00 (free from FT landlines)

Cancer Support France
05 45 89 30 05

Hertford British Hospital (an English-speaking hospital for the Paris area, run as a French association and British charity)
01 46 39 22 22

EDF International Customer Service
05 62 16 49 08

CLEISS (social security advice when moving between countries)
01 45 26 33 41

British Embassy: (Paris)
01 44 51 31 00

Consulates:
Bordeaux 05 57 22 21 10
Lyon 04 72 77 81 70
Lille 03 20 12 82 72
Marseille 04 91 15 72 10

Passport advice
0044 208 082 4729
(cost of international call plus £0.69/minute on your credit card)

Funerals information (AFIF):
01 45 44 90 03 or 06 08 24 42 71

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