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Patient Information Resources   The list below includes only some of the many resources available. The search box above links to the Patient Information project which is one of the most comprehensive sites to try for anything not listed below. NHS Direct Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) ADD Information Services (ADDISS) - Attention Deficit Disorder Age Concern England National AIDS Trust Alzheimers Association - Alzheimer's Society Newcastle Arthritis Care Arthritis Research Campaign National Asthma Campaign National Autistic Society National Backpain Association Department of Work and Pensions Benefits section Royal National Institute for the Blind Breastfeeding Network Northern Cancer Network the site for the regional cancer treatment centre Cancer Research Campaign Imperial Cancer Research Campaign Colon Cancer Concern Carers UK Changing Faces for children or adults with facial or other disfigurements Coeliac Society National Association for Colitis and Crohn's (NACC) British Colostomy Association Cystic Fibrosis Trust Royal National Institute for Deaf People Diabetes UK Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) Down's Syndrome Association British Dyslexia Association National Eczema Society Epilepsy Action Gingerbread - for lone parent families Haemophilia Society Headway - UK national charity for head injury British Heart Foundation Help The Aged Huntingdon's Disease Association Immunisation information The gut trust- Irritable Bowel Syndrome UK National Kidney Federation British Liver Trust British Lung Foundation Lymphoma Association Macmillan cancer support Marie Stopes - for family planning ME Association MENCAP Meningitis Research Foundation National Meningitis Trust Mental Health Foundation Miscarriage Association MIND - for mental health problems Multiple Sclerosis Society NCT - National Childbirth Trust National Osteoporosis Society Patient Information project Perthes Association Rare Diseases for all those obscure conditions RELATE - for relationship problems Rethink, previously the National Schizophrenia Fellowship SCOPE - for cerebral palsy Sickle Cell Society Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (SIDS) - Cot Death UK Thalassaemia Society British Thoracic Society British Tinnitus Association Fit for Travel NHS site for travel advice Womens Aid Medical Journals BMJ BJGP The Lancet Medline (index of medical research papers) Bandolier - evidence based health care journal Colleges and Professional Bodies General Medical Council Royal College of General Practitioners Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Royal College of Psychiatrists British Psychological Society - The professional body for psychologists Prescribing National Prescribing Centre Medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency Prescription Pricing Authority Regional Drug and Therapeutics Centre Newcastle NHS Websites NHS choices - central site Newcastle Primary Care Trust Newcastle hospitals NHS Trust NHS North of Tyne Department of Health homepage NHS Connecting for Health site of the National Programme for IT in the NHS National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) National Electronic Library for Health General Centre for reviews and dissemination Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics Libraries Newcastle University BMA Medline Plus Local Information North East On Line North East England official tourism website Newcastle Journal and Evening Chronicle Newcastle City Council

Updated February 2010