Health Links
Key Links
- BBC Health - Extensive gateway site to a wide range of health issues.
- British Medical Journal - Features full text of the current issue, a searchable archive back to 1994, BMJ Careers for job advertisements and educational opportunities.
- Netdoctor- Comprehensive collection of health resources, including clear and simple guides to conditions and medicines.
- NHS Direct Online - Information on illness, disabilities, treatments and where to go for help
Alternative Therapies
- Alternative Guide - Guide to alternative and complementary healing in London and the South East.
- Complementary Therapist Guide - Directory of practitioners in acupuncture, homoeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic and herbal medicine.
- HerbMed - Database of scientific information concerning the modern and traditional uses of herbs in healthcare.
- Natural Health Consultancy - Complementary therapy clinic based in Crowthorne, Berkshire.
Child and Adolescent Health
- KidsHealth - Extensive resource about childhood health from prenatal to adolescence.
- MMR: The facts - Information for parents about the triple mumps, measles and rubella vaccine.
- SafeKids:- Information for parents on childhood health and safety.
Conditions and Treatment
- Aidsmap - News and information about HIV and AIDS from the British HIV Association.
- Best Treatments - Site from the BMJ giving accessible details of which treatments work, based on the latest clinical evidence.
- Contact A Family - A-Z of specific conditions and rare syndromes giving details of support groups. The emphasis is on conditions affecting children.
- Embarrassing Problems - "Straight talking, good advice" on a variety of hard-to-talk-about medical conditions.
- Merck Manual - Popular edition of the long-established guide to medical conditions, detailing signs and symptoms, prognosis, and non-surgical treatments.
Disabilities
- Disabled Living Foundation - News, information and links on all matters related to disability, with special emphasis on adaptive equipment to assist with disability.
Drugs and Medicines
- British National Formulary - The official guide to prescription drugs available to doctors in the UK (requires free registration).
- electronic Medicines Compendium - Database maintained by the pharmaceutical industry, covering areas such as dose, indications, contra-indications, side-effects and pharmacological properties.
Health Services
- Dr Foster Guides - Patient-centred guides on services provided throughout the UK relating to Birth, Infertility, Breast Cancer, Complementary Therapy and Diabetes. Also features the Hospital Guide and the Consultant Guide.
- General Medical Council - Information about the medical profession in the UK, including a searchable register of all doctors qualified to practice in the UK, and information about training for the profession.
- Hospice Information - Information about and directory of hospice services world-wide.
- Medicdirect - Health information on the Internet
- Patient UK - Medical information resource designed for patients.
Local Health Organisations
- Berkshire Health and Safety Liaison Group - Provides a forum for health and safety enforcement authorities in Berkshire that promotes consistent enforcement practice, uniformity and generally raises the profile of health and safety within the county.
- Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals
Mental Health
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - Information about counselling, including a searchable directory of therapists and collections of useful links.
- 3 Counties Counselling Service for Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey
- Internet Mental Health - Encyclopaedia of mental health information. Information about disorders includes descriptions taken from ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders.
- Mencap - The UK's leading learning disability charity.
Men's Health
- MaleHealth - News, information and advice about men's health and lifestyles
Older People's Health
- Bettercaring - Nursing, residential and care homes
- Care Homes Search - Guide to over 17,000 care homes nationwide with a variety of search options.
- CareUKnet - Care Information Service
- Nursing Home Fees Agency
- Saga Health - Health information from the company specialising in services for older people.
- Commission for Social Care Inspection - CSCI inspect and report on adult care services and councils to improve social care
Women's Health
- BBC Women's health - Comprehensive guide to women's health issues.
- Women's Health Information - A guide to women's health issues compiled by an obstetrician, particularly relating to pregnancy and childbirth.
Other
- Foodlink - Food safety tips and information
- MotivatingMates.com - Connects people of all ages and ability to forge social networks and to motivate others into activities for better health and learning.
- Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service
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