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The Welfare Benefits team

The Welfare Benefits team are Trust employees who assist and advise service users and carers on issues relating to benefits. Independent of the Department for Work & Pensions, we are a team of specialist welfare benefits advisers dealing with all queries including representing at appeals and further. For the year 2004 – 2005 we generated an estimated income of over £5 million for the residents of our catchment boroughs: Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton.

We have our main office at Springfield Hospital and outreach advisers at Queen Mary’s Hospital and Sutton Hospital available to assist you.

You are welcome to telephone us, visit us at Springfield, Queen Mary’s or Sutton Hospitals or write to us. See below for our address, telephone numbers and opening times.

 

Staff members:

Jeremy Coutinho                    Team Manager
Dave Coughlan                       Adviser
Josephine Ugboma                 Adviser
Mary Martin                            Adviser
Ravinder Birk                          Adviser
David Levy                              Trainee Adviser
Mary Martin                            Queen Mary’s Adviser
Ravinder Birk                          Sutton Adviser

 

Contact information

Springfield Hospital

Welfare Benefits Team
Admissions Building
Springfield University Hospital
61 Glenburnie Road
London
SW17 7DJ

Tel: 020 8682 6469

Fax: 020 8682 6876

Opening times: We are open Monday to Friday 10am to 12.30pm. Please feel free to contact us by telephone, visit us during opening hours or write to us at Springfield Hospital. We have a 24-hour answering machine if you would like to leave us a message.

 

Queen Mary's Hospital

This service is available for patients of Roehampton and Putney Community Mental Health Teams and the Addiction Treatment Centre:

Mary Martin
Benefits Adviser
Queen Mary’s Hospital
Welfare Benefits Team
2nd Floor
Queen Mary's Hospital
Roehampton Lane
London
SW15 5PN
Tel: 0208 487 6829
Fax: 0208 487 6858

Opening times: 9.30 – 5pm Tuesdays and Fridays

 

Sutton Hospital

This service is available for patients of the Trust in the borough of Sutton:

Ravinder Birk
Benefits Adviser
Welfare Benefits Adviser
c/o Vocational & Welfare Services
Cheviot House
Sutton Hospital
Cotswold Road
Sutton
SM2 5NF
Tel: 020 8296 4473
Fax: 020 82964379

Opening Times: 10 - 4pm Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays