On this page you will find links to websites containing useful health information which we hope will complement the services provided by the surgery. On the left-hand side of the page there is a box where you can link to sites with information about specific conditions.
Advice about specific health conditions
Useful Health and Social Care Information
- Adfam – help for family members faced with drug and alcohol problems
- Age UK – advice for older people
- Anglia Cancer Network – links for cancer services in East Anglia
- National Childbirth Trust – information & support for today’s parents
- Bandolier Healthy Living – sensible evidence-based advice
- BBC Health – health and fitness website of the BBC
- BestHealth – clinical evidence for patients from the British Med. Journal
- British Association of Dermatologists – information about skin diseases
- British Heart Foundation – information on heart disease & related matters
- British Nutrition Foundation – evidence-based nutritional advice
- British Pregnancy Advisory Service – advice about unwanted pregnancies
- Brook – sexual health & contraception advice for people under 25 years
- CancerHelp UK – information service about cancer by Cancer Research UK
- Cancer Screening – information on NHS cancer screening programmes
- Carers UK – support for informal carers
- Childline – helpline for children and young people
- Citizens Advice Bureau – help with legal, money & other problems
- Contact a Family – for families with disabled children
- DermNet – information about skin and skin diseases from New Zealand
- Department of Health – health & social care policies, guidance & publications
- DiabeteSuffolk – West Suffolk Diabetes Service
- DVLA – Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Embarrassing Problems – problems that are difficult to discuss with anyone
- Epilepsy Action – largest member-led epilepsy organisation in Britain
- Goingfora – information about going for an X-ray, a scan or radiotherapy
- Harmoni – NHS Suffolk Our of Hours Service
- Health Protection Agency – protecting health & well-being of the population
- Healthtalkonline – share other people’s experiences of health and illness
- Healthsites – health related information for non-medical people
- KidsHealth – health information from birth through adolescence
- Likeitis – information for young people on sex education and teenage life
- Macmillan cancer relief – information with practical & emotional support
- Marie Stopes International – sexual & reproductive health information
- Medinfo – easy to understand medical information written by a UK GP
- Men’s Health Forum – about all aspects of men’s health policy
- Mencap – support for people with learning difficulties & families & carers
- Mental Health Foundation – biggest website on mental health & illness in UK
- NaTHNaC – promoting clinical standards in travel medicine
- National Deaf Children’s Society – support, information & advice
- NHS Choices
- Information and guidance from the Department of Health
- NHS 111 – When you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency.
- NHS Choices – Find local services, reviews and feedback
- NHS Constitution
- NSPCC – charity for child protection and prevention of cruelty to children
- Parentline Plus – support for anyone parenting a child
- Patient UK – comprehensive, up-to-date information provided by GPs
- Quackometer
- debunking quack medicine on the web
- Quackwatch – your guide to quackery, health fraud & intelligent decisions
- Relate – information about relationship counselling & sex therapy
- Royal College of Psychiatrists – mental health Information
- Royal National Institute of the Blind – helping life with sight loss
- Royal National Institute of the Deaf – helping deaf & hard of hearing people
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents – awareness & prevention
- St. Edmundsbury Borough Council – local borough council services
- St. Nicholas’ Hospice – for patients & families living with terminal illness
- Samaritans – 24 hour support for those in distress or despair
- SANDS – stillbirth and neonatal death society
- Sex and young people – information about contraception and sex for teenagers
- Skeptic’s Dictionary – alternative medicine; it’s not all that it claims
- Suffolk County Council – county council services
- Surgery Door – general health information
- Teenage Health Freak – health information for teenagers
- Travel Advice – from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Travel Health – more travel information
- UK Self Help – links to hundreds of self-help organisations
- UpToDate
- medical conditions, management & treatment options from USA
- West Suffolk Headway – support & rehabilitation for those with brain injury
- West Suffolk Hospital
- local NHS hospital information
- West Suffolk CCG – Local clinical commissioning group
- Women’s Health Information – accurate health information for women
- YoungMinds – support and advice regarding the mental health of children
- YouthHealthTalk – young person’s real life experiences of health and lifestyle
- 4YP – Suffolk Young People’s Health Project for 12 – 25 year olds.
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