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Asbestos Support West Midlands
138 Digbeth
Birmingham
B5 6DR
Helpline: 0121 678 8853
Web: www.asbestossupportwm.org
A project of the charity "The West Midlands Hazards Trust".
Asbestos Support West Midlands provides free and confidential support and advice to those with asbestos related diseases including mesothelioma, asbestosis, diffuse pleural thickening and asbestos related lung cancer.
They operate right across the West Midlands and offer appointments either in your home or in their central Birmingham office in order to help with expert help and advice about state benefits and compensation schemes as well as practical assistance in the completion of all appropriat paperwork.
Their website has a lot of general information about asbestos related conditions.
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