Non-urgent advice: Please Note
This list is neither complete or representative and no responsibility can be held for the quality of the groups. We hope however that they may be helpful and/or informative. Links sometimes change or pages close.
General Health Information
General Practice Notebook – A UK Medical Encyclopaedia
Surgery Door – A patient advice site
National Institute for Clincal Excellence
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
WHO – The World Health Organisation
Equlity and Human Right Commission
King’s Fund – An independent health policy charity
National Associations, Groups & Information Pages
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
ADD Information Services (ADDISS) – Attention Deficit Disorder
AIDS/HIV:Terence Higgins Trust
Royal National Institute for the Blind
National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s (NACC)
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR)
Gingerbread – for lone parent families
Headway – UK national charity for head injury
Huntingdon’s Disease Association
IBS Network – Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Marie Stopes – for family planning
Meningitis Research Foundation
MIND – for mental health problems
NCT – National Childbirth Trust
Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Network (RASN)
RELATE – for relationship problems
RETHINK for severe mental illness formerly National Schizophrenia Fellowship
SANE – Charity concerned with mental illness
Shelter – A charity for the Homeless
Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (SIDS) – Cot Death
Twins & Multiple Births Association
Royal College of Psychiatrists Weblinks
Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Learning/Developmental Disabilities
Physical Activity and Exercise
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder