General Health Information Portals and Gateways

 National

BBC Health News - Health News
Citizens Advice Bureaux - advice on every subject in 700 bureaux in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 70 bureaux in Scotland
Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Group - international not-for-profit research organisation that aims to help people make informed decisions about health care

Department of Health- Government site for Health and social care
DISCERN - questionnaire which provides users with a valid and reliable way of assessing the quality of written information on treatment choices for a health problem
NICE- National Institute for Health & Clinical Care Excellence
NHS Website- A comprehensive information service that is intended to help public make choices about their health

Pateint UK- links to information about health issues primarily from UK sources

Scottish Health on the Web - sponsored by the Management Executive of the NHS in Scotland, and provides cost effective, readily available health service Specialistinfo.com- You can search for medical specialists by region or by specialty or interests here. Registration is required but some areas are free for non-commercial users.  Info
Symptoms Analyser - from Pocket Doctor 

UK Health Centre - comprehensive index to UK health resources on the internet 
 

International 

Diseases Explained - from Lexi-Comp Inc (US)
Medical Encyclopaedia - from National library of Medicine (US)
Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition -  Merck & Co Inc (US)
MEDLINEplus - health information for consumers, National Library of Medicine (US)
 

National Organisations

Action for ME

 Age UK

 Alzheimer's Society

Asthma+ Lung UK

 Brain and Spine Foundation

 British Heart Foundation

 British Nutrition Foundation

 Contact a Family

 DiabetesUK

 guts UK

Headway The Brain Injury Association

MIND The Mental Health Charity

 Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Deaf Children's Society

National Epilepsy Society

Royal National Institute for the Blind

Royal National Institute for the Deaf

Stroke Association

The British Medical Association

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