| Useful Websites |
This page is separated into various easy to use section, please follow the links below.
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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
Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust – Providing Community health care for Leicestershire and Rutland
BUPA– Leicester offers specialist treatment. Site has a virtual tour
Nuffield Hospital – Leicester offers specialist treatment
BMI Healthcare – Nuneaton offers specialist treatment
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
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
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
Govt departments
Please read the disclaimer before using any of the website links
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