Local NHS Hospitals
            
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - This is the website for the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General and Glenfield Hospitals.

University Hospitals Coventry - The website for the New University Hospital, Coventry and The Hospital of St Cross, Rugby

Primary Care Trust

Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust – Providing Community health care for Leicestershire and Rutland

Private Hospitals

BUPA– Leicester offers specialist treatment.  Site has a virtual tour

Nuffield Hospital – Leicester offers specialist treatment

BMI Healthcare – Nuneaton offers specialist treatment

General Health Information

BBC.co.uk/Health – Features current news plus archives and guides by subject

BUPA.co.uk – Directory of health information, diet, exercise, and health quizzes

Childhood Immunisations - Useful information regarding childhood vaccinations from the PCT

Health Advice for Travellers - Useful DoH website with independent advice

Healthsites.co.uk – A portal to medical and health information for patients.

NHS Direct – Information about health problems, operations, tests and treatments

NHS Health Encyclopeadia - access to information and advice on a range of conditions, surgical procedures, medications and health issues.

Patient.co.uk – Directory of information on health, medicines, healthy lifestyle and patient experiences

Teenage Health Freak – A useful interactive health information site for teenagers

Specific Health Issues

AIDS – Terence Higgins Trust, HIV/AIDS information, safer sex, online leaflets

Addiction - Alcohol – Fact sheets, leaflets and contact information

Addiction - Drugs – Local advice on where to find help and contact numbers

Age Concern - information on aging issues, campaigns, and list of local services

Asthma - UK Charity with information on asthma and how to deal with the symptoms

Back Pain  - UK Charity working to reduce the impact that back pain has on our lives

Bereavement - CRUSE, charity that offer free confidential help to bereaved people.

Breast cancer - Charity providing information on breast cancer and how to be ‘breast aware’

Bullying—help and advice for victims of bullying, also information on bullying in the workplace and related issues such as stress and PTSD

Counselling Directory - A website which contains a number of sections on emotional disorders, types of therapy and links to private counselling.

Diabetes - self help charity for diabetics—information, diet advice and teen zone

Diets - Government website with useful information on diets with information on food safety and labelling

Eating disorders - advice and support for those suffering from anorexia, bulimia, binge eating as well as other eating related problems

Fibromyalgia - UK Fibromyalgia society bringing together information and resources on this condition

Heart Disease - British Heart Foundation is a UK charity fighting Heart and Circulatory disease.   This site has information on most topics preventing and also coping with heart problems

Infertility - Support and information for people with problems conceiving

Immunisations - NHS Website of accurate and up to date information on vaccines, disease and immunisations in the UK

ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)/CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) - Information on signs and symptoms of ME/CFS.  Also provides support for sufferers

Migraine - Migraine Trust offers supprt and information for sufferers

Multiple Sclerosis - MS Society providing information on research, symptoms and how to cope with MS

Osteoporosis - provides information on what osteoporosis is and prevention

Parkinson’s Disease - Support, advice and information for people with Parkinson’s In the UK, their carers, families and friends

Sexual Health - Information on contraception, sexual health, sexually transmitted infections and planning a pregnancy

Sexual Problems - Charity which provides information on all forms of sexual problems, including lack of desire, pain, impotence etc

Samaritans - providing confidential, emotional support online
            
Saneline - UK mental health charity dealing with all aspects of mental illness including depression, manic depression, schizophrenia and anxiety

Smoking - Giving up or wanting to give up smoking - this site has advice and information on successfully giving up smoking, alternatively we offer a smoking cessation clinic within our surgery.

Young Minds - Promotes child and adolescent mental health, it has a useful section on all aspects of young peoples mental health problems including abuse, bereavement, bullying, behavioural problems, divorce, self harm and many other things

Government departments
                       

Department of Health – Official website of the UK Government department responsible for health care.  This site gives information on health policy, health advice and statistics

Department of Social Security – Government website giving information on welfare and employment issues

Leicestershire Care Online – A comprehensive site for access to care information in Leicestershire