Health links

We hope you find these useful

Recommended

• Patient.co.uk: A wide and useful range of information by GPs for patients  
• NHS.uk  helping you take control of your health and wellbeing

General health websites

Sites that contain information about a range of conditions and health issues.

• BBC Health: information about health and news stories
• Embarrassing Problems: excellent site
• Medinfo: wide range of information and leaflets written by a GP
• Netdoctor: diseases, medicines and news promoted by Dr Phil Hammond
• StudentHealth: wide range of information aimed at students
• Surgery Door: good range of information, some quite complex

Specific health websites

Some websites that are specific to certain conditions or issues:

• Abdominal pain
  • see 'digestive'
• Allergies
  • All Allergy
• Arthritis
  • Arthritis Care
• Anxiety
  • Mental Health Net
  • Patient.co.uk
• Autism
  • National Autistic Society
• Back pain
  • Back Pain.org
• Bereavement
  • Coping with bereavement
• Cancer
  • Cancer Research Campaign
  • Cancer Support
  • Macmillan cancer
  • Breast Cancer
• Crohn's disease
  • see 'inflammatory bowel'
• Depression
  • Patient.co.uk
  • Mind
  • Counselling Directory
• Diabetes
  • Diabetes UK
• Digestive disorders
  [e.g. irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis)]
  • Core
  • Patient.co.uk
• Drug advice
  • Talk to FRANK (advice about drug use, how to get help and inspirational stories
• Eating disorders (e.g. anorexia, bulimia)
  • Eating disorders
• Eyesight
  • Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
• Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy UK
• Heart disease (e.g. hypertension, angina, heart attacks)
  • British Heart Foundation
  • Heart Disease Prevention (patient.co.uk)
• HIV / AIDS
  • National AIDS Trust
  • Aidsmap
  • Outreach Cumbria 
• Indigestion
  • see 'digestive'
• Infertility
  • National Infertility Support Network
  • Internet Health Resources
• Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis)
  • patient.co.uk
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Digestive disorders
  • patient.co.uk
• Kids healthy snacking
  • Change 4 life
• Liver disease (including hepatitis)
  • British Liver Trust
• Lung Disease
  • British Lung Foundation
• Mental health
  • Recovery college online- Providing a range of online educational courses and resources to people with experience of mental illness, from service users to their family, friends and staff.
  • Internet Mental Health.com
  • Depression Alliance
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Migraines
  • Mirgaine.org
  • World Headache Alliance
• Pregnancy
  • Women's Health Information
• Psoriasis
  • National Psoriasis Foundation
  • Patient.co.uk
• Repetitve strain injury (RSI)
  • RSI help
• Skin problems
  • Skin care campaign
• Smoking
  • Giving Up Smoking (NHS)
  • ASH
  • Quit Smoking
• Sports injuries
  • Medisport
• Stress
  • See 'anxiety'
• Stroke
  • Stroke Association
• Travel health
  • patient.co.uk
  • Department of Health
• Vetrans
  • Guide for Vetrans
• Young people
  • Kooth Free, safe and anonymous online counselling and support for young people

Sexual Health and Contraception

Sexual health, safe sex, contraception, STIs, sexual problems.

• Fresh Manchester: advice for young people [0845 120 0710]
• Sexually Transmitted Infections (patient.co.uk)
• Society of Health Advisers in Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Sexual problems (patient.co.uk)
• Contraception advice about different contraception methods and their effectiveness