General
- NHS 111 – help and support line
- BBC Health – general information
- Patient UK – Numerous assorted leaflets
- Surgery Door – General health related advice
- DIPEx – Information about other people’s personal experience of health and illness.
- Goingfora.com – Information on treatments and tests your doctor might request
- Patient Information Leaflets – Access to a variety of patient information leaflets about various health issues
- Eat Well – Advice on healthy eating
- Embarrassing Problems – Ask here in privacy about any embarrassing problem
- Healthy Living – Information on healthy eating and physical activity
- Lab Tests Online UK – Understanding clinical lab tests
- Net Doctor – General health information
- Student Health – General health information
- Best Treatments – Evidence based best treatment
- DVLA – General information on safety to drive
- Electronic Quality Information for Patients
- Teenage Health Freak – General teen health issues
- Bullying Online
Samaritans – The Samaritans Tel: 08457 90 90 90 - Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust
- Cruse Bereavement Care
- Princess Royal Trust for Carers
- Talk to Frank (Drugs Information)
- ASH
- Free Directory of Doctors
Arthritis and Bone Problems
- Arthritis Research Campaign – Joint problems
- Osteoporosis Society – Bones disease information
Asthma / Respiratory
Asthma UK – Asthma support group
Action Asthma – Asthma education for patients
Allergies and Asthma – General information
British Lung Foundation – General respiratory information
Cancer
- Cancer Help
CancerBacup – Helping people live with cancer - MacMillan Cancer Relief
- Breast Cancer Campaign – Breast cancer information
- Marie Curie Cancer Care – For anyone looking for information about the charity’s work with cancer patients and their families across the UK
Child Health
Coeliac Disease
Coeliac Society – Information on coeliac disease
Immunisation Information
Deafness
- Royal National Institute for Deaf People – Hearing problems
Dermatology
- British Association of Dermatologists/Patients – Information on the skin and how it works, as well as skin diseases.
- National Eczema Society – Skin disorders
Diabetes
- Diabetes Insight
- Diabetes Portal
Diabetes UK – Information on diabetes
Heart
- British Heart Foundation – Heart Disease Information
- Family Heart Association – Family heart association
Mental illness
Travel advice/ information
- Travel Health – General travel health information
- Fit for Travel – Travel health information for people travelling abroad from the UK
- FCO Travel Advice – For local travel service/information please click here