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Below are a selection of links to resources held on other sites on the Internet. If you know of any other links that our patients may find helpful then please contact us and we will add them to the list.

A-Z of Healthcare Links

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Addictions

• Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (US)
• UN International Drug Control Programme
• ASH

AIDS

• HIV/AIDS Information Centre
• The Terrence Higgins Trust

Alternative/Complimentary Medicine/Ageing

• Homeopathy Homepage
• UW Medicinal Herb Garden (US)
• Age Concern
• Alzheimer's Disease Society
• Tea Council

Asthma

• National Asthma Campaign

Athritis

• Arthritis & Rheumatism Council for research

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Biomedical

• Biomedical Resource Page

Birth Control

• Marie Stopes International
• The history of Birth Control (entertaining!)
• Aberdeen Sexual Health & Grampian Family Planning

Blind

• Royal National Institute for the Blind

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Cancer

• Association for International Cancer Research
• Cancer BACUP
• Cancer Research Campaign
• Christie Hospital NHS Trust
• Imperial Cancer Research Fund
• Oncolink
• British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

Cerebral Palsy

• Scope

Child/Youth Health

• FAQs on Childhood Diseases
• BBC Education - Childrens Health
• National Autistic Society
• Children’s Liver Disease Foundation
• FRAXA Research Foundation (Fragile X)
• Juvenile Diabetes Foundation

Clinical Governance

• Guidelines for Clinical Governance

Commissioning Groups

• Ipswich Consortium of Non-Fundholding Practices

Community Health Councils

• Chester & Ellesmere Port Community Health Council
• Salisbury Community Health Council
• Wolverhampton Community Health Council

Councils

• Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Crohn's Disease

• Crohn's Disease
• Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America

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Databases and informatics

• Database Library

Deafness

• Defeating Deafness

Dental

• Dental Education Resources (Univ of Sheffield)
• Dentanet
• Eastman Dental Institute Home page

Department Of Health

• DOH Home Page
• Information Management Centre
• Information Strategy - Information Policy Unit
• NHS Executive
• Northern & Yorkshire Regional Office Of The NHS Executive
• National Service Framework for Mental Health
• The White Paper-Executive Summary
• The White Paper-Full Version
• The Green Paper-Summary
• The Green Paper-Full Version
• Our Healthier Nation

Depression

• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Depression

Dermatology

• Department of Dermatology UWCM: WWW Links (UK)
• Dept of Dermatology (IOWA)

Diabetes

• DIARD, Diabetes Insipidus And Related Disorders
• Juvenile Diabetes
• British Diabetic Association

Diet

• The British Dietetic Association
• Center for Research and Information on Nutrition

Doctor

• Doctor Online
• North Yorkshire and Bradford Local Medical Committees

Down's Syndrome

• Down's Syndrome Organisation

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Education Establishments

• Bradford University
• Brunel University (Health Economics Research Group)
• Dundee University
• Huddersfield University
• Hull University
• Leeds University
• Leeds School of Healthcare Studies
• Newcastle University
• Sheffield University
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Southampton University
• Wolverhampton University - Has a useful map for other establishments
• York University

 
• Health Education Authority

 
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Royal Society of Medicine
• Eastman Dental Institute Home page
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• Royal College of Pathologists
• Royal College of Physicians

Epilepsy

• British Epilepsy Association

Evidence Based Health / Audit / Reseach

• Cochrane Collaboration Home Page (Canada)
• NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (Univ of York UK)
• Essex EQUIP Web Page (UK)
• OMNI (UK)
• UK Statistics Sites

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Funding

• Digest of funding opportunities

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General (non-medical) Sites

• Welcome to the Internet Book Shop

General Practice

• GPNet
• UK Primary Care
• Primary Care Internet Guide
• AAH Meditel User Group
• EMIS
• North Yorkshire and Bradford Local Medical Committees

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Health Authorities/Commissions

• Avon Health Authority
• Buckinghamshire Health Authority
• Cambridge & Huntingdon
• Doncaster Health Authority
• Dorset Health Commission
• Dudley Health Authority
• East Surrey Health Commission
• East Sussex, Brighton & Hove Health Authority
• Fife Health Board
• Gwent Health Authority
• Isle of Wight Health Authority
• Kingston & Richmond Health Authority
• Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham Health Authority
• Leeds Health Authority
• Lothian Health
• Morecambe Bay Health Authority
• North Cumbria Health Authority
• North Essex Health Authority
• North Wales Health Authority
• St Helens & Knowsley Health Authority
• Shetland Health Board
• Southampton & South West Hampshire Health Authority
• West Kent Health Authority
• West Surrey Health Authority

Health Care Management

• FHS
• Centre for Health Economics (Univ of York UK)
• Health Economics Research Group (Brunel Univ UK)
• Health Economics (the journal) (Univ of York UK)
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies Update Home Page (UK)

Health Links

Health links in and around Bradford Area

Heart

• British Heart Foundation

Hernia Information

• Hernia Information Home Page (UK)

Hospitals/Trusts

• Ashworth Hospital
• Cardiff Community Healthcare Trust
• Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS Trust
• Chester & Halton Community NHS Trust
• Christie Hospital NHS Trust
• Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust
• Dewsbury Health Care
• Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust
• Fosse Health NHS Trust
• Hastings & Rother NHS Trust
• United Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
• Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust
• Grampian Healthcare Trust
• Guild Community Healthcare NHS Trust
• Brighton Health Care NHS Trust Home Page
• St Peters,Chertsey
• South Tees Community & Mental Health NHS Trust
• St James & Seacroft University Hospitals
• The Foundation NHS Trust

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Immunodeficiency

• Primary Immunodeficiency Association

Informatics

• Primary Care Specialist Group Home Page (UK)
• Sowerby Unit for Primary Care Informatics (UK)
• Centre for Health Informatics, Aberystwyth
• AAH Meditel User Group Home Page (UK)
• Emis National User Group Home (UK)

Information Links Various

• BBC Health Information Site
• CCTA Government Information Service Home Page
• Central Office Of Information (UK)
• ClearNET (Nation Wide Clearing Service)
• Cyber Hospital - signpost to other resources
• HMSO Publications
• Medicines Control Agency
• National Institute For Clinical Excellence (NICE)
• National Pharmaceutical Association
• UK Parliament Home page
• Pharmweb UK
• Public Record Office-The national archives
• Healthcare Events - Specialists in the organisation of healthcare conferences
• NHS Strategic Tracing Service

International Health Organisations

• World Health Organization WWW Home Page

Internet Catalogues (medical)

• WWW Virtual Library
• Health Related WWW Server
• Martindales Health Science guide
• Oxford University Press
• UK Med W3

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Journals

• Bandolier-Journal of the Oxford/Anglia NHS Region
• British Medical Journal
• British Medical Association
• The Electronic Journal of Informatics in Primary Care
• Health Service Journal
• JAMA Homepage (USA)
• The Journal Club
• New Zealand Doctor
• Nursing Standard
• Reuters health information service
• The Lancet
• PSI Publications - The knowledge centre for public sector

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Learning Resources

• Primary Care Teaching Topics, University of Chicago
• Primary Care Teaching Modules, Stamford University
• Server of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• Pictures of Health - The Body Politic
• Help for Health Home Page
• Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Library
• Beaufort Library
• National electronic Library for Health (NeLH)

Leprosy

• British Leprosy Relief Association

Leukemia

• Leukemia Research Fund

Listings

• MedWeb (US): biomedical internet resources listing
• Primary care informatics / telematics home page (UK)
• Medical Informatics and Medicine: Some useful links (UK)
• World Medical Schools Alphabetical Listing (USA)
• WWW Hospital Listings
• Medicine on the Web
• Healthnet (Different!!)

Lung

• British Lung Foundation

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Medical Assistance

• Web MD - Health has a Homepage
• NHS Direct

Medical Devices Agency

• Medical Devices Agency home page

Mental Health

• Evidence based Mental Health
• MIND
• Samaritans
• Ashworth Hospital
• Clifford Beers Mental Health Promotion
• The Institute for Mental Health Law
• Internet of Mental Health (encyclopaedia)
• Mental Health Act-Hyperguide
• Mental Health Foundation
• National Service Framework for Mental Health
• National Schizophrenia Fellowship
• Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
• Mental Health Foundation
• Mentality

Multiple Sclerosis

• The World of Multiple Sclerosis
• Multiple Sclerosis Society

Muscular Dysrophy

• Muscular Dysrophy Group

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Neurology

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Information Exchange (US)
• The Walton Centre for Neurology
• Migraine Trust

NHS

• NHS Confederation
• NHS Executive
• NHS Executive - High Security Psychiatric Services
• NHS Executive - West Midlands
• Northern and Yorkshire Region, R and D Office
• HealthCall
• NHS Walk-in Centres

Nursing Homes

• UK Care Homes
• Nightingale House

Nursing Sites

• Birmingham University Department of Nursing Home Page (UK)
• PENPAD Elderly Care Project (UK)
• CTI Centre for Nursing and Midwifery (University of Sheffield UK)
• English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (ENB)
• Royal College of Nursing

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Occupational Health

• British Occupational Health Research Fund

Opthalmics

• British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society

Orthopaedics

• Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Systems (Hull, UK)
• British Orthopaedic Association
• National Back Pain Association

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Pharmacology

• Medicines Control Agency
• PharmWeb - Pharmacy Information Resources (Manchester University)
• University of Cambridge Pharmacology Home Page
• Pharmacy Consortium for Computer Aided Learning (UK)
• Pharmaceutical Information Network (U.S)

Primary Care

• National Electronic Library - Primary Care
• National Database for Primary Care Groups and Trusts
• North Yorkshire & Bradford Local Medical Committees

Public Health

• Public Health Knowledge
• DOH Public Health Resources
• European Journal of Public Health
• European Public Health Association
• Saving Lives - Our Healthier Nation
• Cambridge Public Health Page (UK)

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Research

• Association for International Cancer Research
• Cochrane Collaboration Informatics Project, Canada
• Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
• Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
• U.K. Medical Research Council
• Biotechnology and Biological SRC
• East Grinstead Medical Research Trust
• Economic and Social Research Council
• FRAXA Research Foundation (Fragile X)
• Joseph Rowntree Trust
• Mental Health Foundation
• NHS Research & Development - Health Technology Assessment Programme

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Sexual Health

• Aberdeen Sexual Health & Grampian Family Planning

Search Engines(Health Specific)

• Yahoo Health pages (Very extensive search facility)
• Lycos Health and Medicine index page
• PubMed Search Engine
• HealthFinder
• Healthnet (Different!!)
• Medisearch (Very comprehensive)

Search Engines

• Ask Jeeves
• AltaVista
• Excite
• Lycos
• Yahoo
• WebCrawler

Self Help

• Selfcare Advisory

Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

• Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

Sports Medicine

• Dr. Pribut Sports Page (US)

Spinal Injury

• International Spinal Research Trust

Statistics

• Guide to official statistics
• Government Information Service
• The source of official UK statistics
• Office for National Statistics
• Statistics for students
• Hantsnet
• WHOSIS

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Travel

• Travel Health
• Journey Planner Using Public Transport
• Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive)
• Railtrack

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UK Government Sites

• Medicines Control Agency
• Medical Devices Agency
• The Irish National Virus Reference Laboratory WWW Home Page
• NHS Executive

Universities & amp; Medical Schools

• UMDS ISD World Wide Web Service
• University of Sheffield Medical School
• KCSMD (King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry) WWW server
• Birmingham University School of Medicine
• Southampton Medical School Prospectus
• University of Wales College of Medicine (UK)
• University of Sheffield School of Nursing and Midwifery
• The United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals
• University of York - Medicines Evaluation Group

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Women's Health

• Marie Stopes International
• Womens Health Place

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Year 2000

• NHS Executive Year 2000 advice
• Medical Devices and the Year 2000
• Year 2000 Testing Software (TF2000)
• Government's Year 2000 Programme
• Action 2000
• Microsoft-Year 2000
• Scottish Healthcare Supplies - Year 2000
• Home Office Yr2K Emergency Planning
• Winter 1999/2000
• HealthCall

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