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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
-
I
rritable Bowel Syndrome
UK National
Kidney
Federation
British
Liver
Trust
British
Lung
Foundation
Lymphoma
Association
M
acmillan 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
W
omens 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