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Diseases and Medical Conditions
Carers and Care Homes
Complementary Medicine
Dentists
Disability
Doctors
Government Departments and Agencies and the NHS
Health and Safety
Learning Disabilities
Medical Journals
Medicines
Mental Health
Smoking
World Health
Diseases and Medical Conditions
General
Cancer
Dyslexia
General
BBC Health: Ask the Doctor
A-Z list of health topics.Extremely user-friendly web site and very comprehensive.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/ask_doctor/index_az.shtml
BBC News:Health
Includes background briefings on health topics of contemporary interest.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/default.stm
Contact a Family
Select the 'CaF Directory of Specific Conditions and Rare Syndromes' and then the 'Index of-' for information and links to organisations that can give advice and support to families of children with disabilities, rare conditions and special needs.
http://www.cafamily.org.uk
Embarrassing Problems
This sites aims to help people deal with health problems that are difficult to discuss with anyone.
http://www.embarrassingproblems.co.uk/
HARP
Health information for asylum seekers and refugees.
http://www.harpweb.org.uk/
Health Info Plus
An NHS site aimed at members of the public this is easy to use and provides information on conditions and medications, care support groups, lets you search for doctors and dentists by postcode, gives access to medical dictionaries and more. Best of all it is up to date and provides reliable information.
http://www.healthinfoplus.co.uk
Health Protection Agency
A-Z of infectious diseases. Factsheets and statistics. From athletes foot to whooping cough.
http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/list.htm
Healthline
Gateway site to health information, search by topic or browse by category.
http://www.healthline.com/
Healthsites
The Healthsites portal provides a quick route to medical and health resources covering the following areas for patients, doctors and other healthcare and medical professionals: National Health Service organisations, local NHS services, patients leaflets, health news, medical advice, complementary medicines, diagnosis sites, and alternative therapies.
http://www.healthsites.co.uk/index.php
Institute for Child Health - Great Ormond Street Hospital
Information for families factsheets covering a wide-range of conditions, treatments and medications. All have been written by health professionals and are regularly updated ensure they are current.
http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/factsheets/index.html
National Electronic Library for Health
Government initiative to improve access to health knowledge and know how. Includes a useful 'Hitting the Headlines' feature which provides an analysis of the research behind - sometimes sensational - newspaper headlines. There are also links to virtual branch libraries covering areas such as cancer, child health, learning disabilities, primary care and rare diseases. The reference section leads to categories including anatomy and medicines.
http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/
NetDoctor
This site is put together by over 250 doctors and health professionals. The site includes health information and an 'Ask the Doctor" service.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/
NHS Direct
NHS Direct Online is a gateway to NHS Internet health information sources. It is supported by a telephone helpline.
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
Online Medical Dictionary
Search over 46,000 medical terms and definitions.
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
Organising Medical Network Information (OMNI)
This site is one of several developed by the Electronic Libraries programme to help people locate quality information on the Internet. OMNI is a gateway to resources in medicine, biomedicine, allied health, health management and related topics. It attempts to provide comprehensive coverage of UK resources and access to the best resources worldwide.
http://omni.ac.uk/
The Merck Manual
Full text edition of the Merck Manual. A comprehensive source of medical information and disorders.
http://www.merckhomeedition.com/home.html
Wired for Health
Wired for Health has been developed by the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills. It provides health information for teachers, health professionals and young people that relates to the National Curriculum and the National Healthy Schools Programme. There is information about alcohol, drugs, smoking etc.
http://www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/
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Cancer
Best Treatments
Find information on how to make decisions about health treaments, information on individual health conditions and operations and tests.
http://www.besttreatments.co.uk/btuk/home.jsp
CancerBACUP
Cancer information service, with over 4,500 pages of up-to-date cancer information, practical advice and support for cancer patients, their families and carers.
http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/Home
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Dyslexia
British Dyslexia Association
Fact sheets on all aspects of dyslexia aimed at parents, employers and teachers. Local contacts and associations are also listed.
http://www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk/
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Carers and Care Homes
Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care
Independent body responsible for the regulation of care services in Scotland.
http://www.carecommission.com/
Better caring
Web site launched by the Stationery Office to help people find suitable care homes. Includes fact sheets and frequently asked questions with information on financial help, benefits etc.
http://www.bettercaring.co.uk/
Care Homes
A-Z of care homes, details of 6,600 nursing homes and 14,600 residential homes.
http://www.carehomes.co.uk/index.htm
Carers Online
Information for carers and those supporting them.
http://www.carersonline.org.uk/
Enable
Charitable organisation supporting children and adults with learning disabilities and those caring for them to live and work in the community.
http://www.enable.org.uk/
Help the Aged
Help the Aged is an international charity fighting to free disadvantaged older people from poverty, isolation and neglect. Contains a section on advice and support for carers.
http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/en-sc/default.htm
Scottish Carers Alliance
A national alliance of carer, disability and children’s organisations working together to promote carers issues.
http://www.scottishcareralliance.org.uk/welcome/welcome.asp
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
Developed as part of the government’s drive to improve social care, SCIE’s role is to develop and promote knowledge about good practice in social care
http://www.scie.org.uk/index.asp
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
Brings together NHS bodies and voluntary and professional organisations to promote better understanding of palliative care, to make it available to all those who need it, and to improve standards of care for patients and families.
http://www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers is the largest provider of comprehensive carers support services in the UK.
http://www.carers.org/
The Princess Royal Trust East Lothian Carers Centre
Local centre for East Lothian
http://www.carers.org/local/scotland/musselburgh/
Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
Building respect in the Scottish community by enabling people with learning disabilities and family carers to take up roles as trainers, research champions and advisers.
http://www.scld.org.uk/
Community Care Providers Scotland
CCPS is the association of voluntary sector organisations providing care and support services in Scottish communities.
http://www.ccpscotland.org/
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Complementary Medicine
BBC Health - Complementary Medicine
Excellent introductory site to complementary and traditional medicine. Information about Ayurvedic, Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan traditional therapies as well as acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy and more.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/complementary_medicine/
British Acupuncture Council
The British Acupuncture Council is the UK's main regulatory body for the practice of acupuncture by over 2500 professionally qualified acupuncturists.
http://www.acupuncture.org.uk/
General Chiropractic Council
Official organisation for the registration of Chiropractors in the UK under legislation passed in 2001.
http://www.gcc-uk.org/
Medic Direct - Complementary Medicine
Comprehensive information about different therapies and a list of web links for further information. The site covers therapies such as acupuncture, Alexander Technique, Ayurvedic medicine, aromatherapy, Chinese medicine, flower remedies, herbalism, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, meditation, naturopathy, osteopathy, pilates and Tai Chi and gives details on how to find qualified therapists.
http://www.medicdirect.co.uk/alt_medicines/default.ihtml
National Association of Medical Herbalists
Organisation representing qualified herbalists.
http://www.nimh.org.uk/
Register of Chinese Medicine
The Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine was set up in 1987 to regulate the practice of Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) in the UK.
http://www.rchm.co.uk/
The Reiki Association
Information on Reiki and Reiki practitioners.
http://www.reikiassociation.org.uk/
The Shiatsu Society
Information on Shiatsu and Shiatsu practitioners.
http://www.shiatsu.org/
The Tibet Foundation
Information on Tibetan traditional medicine.
http://www.tibet-foundation.org/
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Dentists
British Dental Health Foundation
Free dental helpline and e-mail service. Also frequently asked questions section relating to common dental problems.
http://www.dentalhealth.org.uk/helpline/
British Dentistry Association
You can search this site for dentists by name or postcode as well as check dental charges and procedures, dental statistics and careers information.
http://www.bda-dentistry.org.uk/
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Disability
General
Hearing Impairment
Older People
Visual Impairment
Jobs and Careers
Transport and Tourism
General
RADAR (The Royal Association for Disability And Rehabilitation)
Click on 'Q & A' to find a list of frequently asked questions. Also has a good list of useful links.
http://www.radar.org.uk
Disability Benefits
Information on a wide range of disability benefits.
http://www.disabilitybenefits.co.uk
Disability Information Services
This site is designed to provide up-to-date contact details for key disability information and service providers. You can search for local information (by postcode, town or county) or for national information.
http://www.diss.org.uk
Disability Rights Commission
Information on the rights of disabled people and downloadable versions of Disability Discrimination Act publications and factsheets on disability.
http://www.drc-gb.org
Disabled Living Foundation
Provides an extensive guide to disability equipment and suppliers, factsheets on choosing equipment (such as wheelchairs, personal alarms) and a very large and well organised links section.
http://www.dlf.org.uk/
Ricability
Research and information for consumers with disabilities. Includes a list of fact sheets on subjects such as mobility and household products.
http://www.ricability.org.uk/
Youreable.com
Information, products, services and shopping for disabled people.
http://www.youreable.com
Hearing Impairment
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
The largest UK charity representing deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
http://www.rnid.org.uk
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Older People
Age Concern
Information and advice for older people. Includes fact sheets on a wide variety of subjects e.g. care homes, wills, pensions and benefits and a very comprehensive list of links. Also find here statistical data and information about Age Concern's campaign issues, programmes and activities
http://www.ace.org.uk
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Visual Impairment
a-sites.org
National Library for the Blind list of accessible web sites.
http://www.nlb-online.info/ searchpage.asp
Action for Blind People
Information and advice for visually impaired.
http://www.afbp.org/
Calibre
Free postal cassette library service for the visually impaired.
http://www.calibre.org.uk
National Library for the Blind
Details of services, searchable catalogue and reference links to accessible sites.
http://www.nlb-online.org/
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Information on all aspects of blindness including topics such as mobility, leisure, Braille and housing as well as information on different types of eye conditions, legislation, statistics and organisations.
http://www.rnib.org.uk/
TNAULK
Talking newspapers and magazines for the blind and partially sighted.
http://www.tnauk.org.uk/
Visugate
Visugate is a National Library for the Blind service enabling users to search for visual impaiment information on the web and access online learning resources.
http://www.visugate.org/
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Jobs and Careers
Employability
Advice, support, legislation and benefits information for people with disabilities seeking job and career information.
http://www.nrec.org.uk/employability/
Jobability.com
Job search, information and advice service for disabled people.
http://www.jobability.com
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Transport and Tourism
Department of Transport
Government policy relating to transport and disabled people.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_mobility/documents/sectionhomepage/dft_access_page.hcsp
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
Informtion about all types of transport, news and a links page.
http://www.dptac.gov.uk
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Doctors
General Medical Council
Search the medical register listing some 200,000 doctors to check who is properly qualified to practice medicine in the UK. Site also contains information on standards of practice including confidentiality, consent and the duties of a doctor.
http://www.gmc-uk.org/
Scotland’s Health on the Web (SHOW) Health Service Finder
Find a GP or Dentist using your postcode.
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/findnearest/healthservices/
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Government Departments and Agencies and the NHS
Scottish Executive
Links to information on health and community care in Scotland from the Scottish Executive.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health
Food Standards Agency
Information on healthy eating, food labeling, hygiene and legislation.
http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/
National Health Service
NHS in Scotland.
www.nhsscotland.com
National Library for Health
NHS Health Library.
http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/
NHS Direct
NHS Direct Online is a gateway to NHS Internet health information sources. It is supported by a telephone helpline.
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
The Patients Association
Organisation acting as a focus for consumer complaints and suggestions to the NHS.
http://www.patients-association.com
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Health and Safety
Health and Safety Executive
Includes frequently asked questions about health and safety, as well as full text of many Health and Safety Executive leaflets.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/scotland/index.htm
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Learning Disabilities
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Fact sheets on different learning difficulties, information about different issues, statistics and news.
http://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/
Mencap
Information about services available to people with learning difficulties.
http://www.mencap.org.uk/
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Medical Journals
British Medical Journal
Includes text of current and past BMJ articles.
http://bmj.com/
British National Formulary
Searchable version of the British National Formulary. Information on medicines.
http://www.bnf.org
Health Service Journal
Archive of articles, current jobs, dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms used by the health service, web links.
http://www.hsj.co.uk
Pubmed/Medline
PubMed provides access to bibliographic information that includes Medline. Medline is a bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. The database contains over 12 million citations dating back to the mid-1960's . Coverage is worldwide, but most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
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Medicines
British National Formulary
Searchable version of the British National Formulary. Information on medicines.
http://www.bnf.org
Medicines.org.uk
Contains daily updated information on prescription and over the counter medicines available in the UK. The documentation on each drug includes a summary of product characteristics and the patient information leaflet, both of which form part of the information submitted to the Government's Medicine Control Agency.
http://www.medicines.org.uk/
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Mental Health
Mental Health Foundation
Information on different types of mental health problems, treatments and therapies and where to get help and advice.
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
MIND
Factsheets and booklets (adobe acrobat format) on a wide range of mental health issues as well as links to other organisations and information about local MIND associations.
http://www.mind.org.uk/
National Electronic Library for Mental Health
The NeLMH is primarily developed for mental health and primary care professionals working in the UK health service. However, the site also features a huge amount of content that is relevant to the general public, patients, survivors, caregivers, social care professionals, and anyone else with an interest in mental health.
http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/
Psych-Net UK
Lists over 8,000 weblinks on subjects such as mental health, psychiatry, psychology and counselling.
http://psychnet-uk.com/index.html
Well Scotland
The Scottish Executive's National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being
http://www.wellscotland.info/index.html
Youth in Mind
As well as reviews of resources and websites the site also offers the opportunity to complete online a questionnaire which was designed by Robert Goodman, and used by the Department of Health to assess the emotional, behavioural and concentration difficulties of children and young people.
http://www.youthinmind.co.uk
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Smoking
Ash (Action on Smoking and Health)
ASH is a campaigning public health charity working for a comprehensive societal response to tobacco aimed at achieving a sharp reduction and eventual elimination of the health problems caused by tobacco.
http://www.ash.org.uk
Clearing the Air
Information and advice from the Scottish Executive about Scotland’s ban on smoking in public places and how to stop if you want to.
http://www.clearingtheairscotland.com/
East Lothian Council Smoking and Health Partnership
Information on support services available locally to help you stop smoking.
http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/content/0,,3102,00.html
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World Health
World Health Organisation
The W.H.O. site contains the World Health Report series, information on world health issues, information about the organisation and current health matters in the news.
http://www.who.int/en/
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