Council contacts
Adult social care
Social Care Direct
Tel: 0345 60 80 191 (Mon to Fri 8.30am to 5pm)
Emergency duty team
Tel: 01323 636399 (Mon to Fri 5pm to 8.30am, all weekends and bank holidays)
Children’s services
During office hours
Tel: 0345 60 80 192 (Mon to Fri 8am to 6pm)
Emergency duty team
Tel: 01273 335905/6 (available out of hours – Mon to Fri 5pm to 8am, all weekends and bank holidays)
Crime
Sussex Police
Tel: 0845 60 70 999 (24hrs, non-emergencies)
Crimestoppers
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Highways
Highways Contact Centre – phone: 0345 60 80 193 (Mon to Thurs 8.30am to 5pm, Fri 8.30am to 4.30pm)
Local area highways offices: Eastbourne – phone: 0345 60 80 193 Hastings – phone: 01424 781066 Eastern – phone: 0345 60 80 193 Western – phone: 0345 60 80 193
Out of hours emergencies
Tel: 01323 410051
Hospitals and health
Conquest Hospital, St Leonards-on-Sea
Tel: 01424 755255 (24hrs, has A&E)
Eastbourne District General Hospital
Tel: 01323 417400 (24hrs, has A&E)
Bexhill Hospital
Tel: 01424 755255
Lewes Victoria Hospital
Tel: 01273 474153
Uckfield Community Hospital
Tel: 01825 769999
Brighton & Hove A&E services
Tel: 999
Household
British Red Cross fire and emergency support service. Practical help and emotional support for vulnerable people affected by a domestic fire or similar incident.
Tel: 0800 587 8929 Community fire safety
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
Tel: 0845 130 8855 (non-emergencies)
Electricity
EDF Energy
Tel: 0800 783 8866 (24hrs)
Gas
National Gas Emergency Service
Tel: 0800 111 999 (24hrs)
Water and flooding
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Floodline
Tel: 0845 988 1188 (24hrs)
Drinking water, South East Water
Tel: 0845 602 1724
Waste water, Southern Water
Tel: 0800 820 999 (24hrs)
Water leak alert line (to report a leak from a water main), South East Water
Tel: 0800 028 3399