Health
Comprehensive information and advice from the NHS on health-related matters. Includes information about
local NHS services and a
Health Encyclopaedia.
Choose and book lets you choose the hospital you wish to be treated in. The website allows you to make the appointment online. You will need the booking reference and password given to you by your GP when your referral was made.
OMD is a searchable dictionary of over 46,000 entries relating to health and biological science created by Dr Graham Dark of the Department of Medical Oncology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The dictionary is hugely comprehensive, and includes acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms and history.
Patient Opinion allows patients to share their experiences of health care in the UK. Share your story, either as a patient, a carer or friend. You can also search by postcode to see how services in your area have been rated.
Information within four sections; Your Body, Your Mind, Health Issues and You and Your Partner.
Information within six sections: Your Body; Your Mind; Health Issues, Wellbeing, Reproductive Health and Sexual Health.
Directory for practitioners and patients of over 1,000 links to sites about all things associated with dentistry, including individual dentist practices.
A US website and an extensive resource for children and young people in adolescence. Includes jargon-free information and advice about common illnesses and typical ailments, articles about lifestyle, drug, diet and development issues, glossary of medical terms, guide to the body, and games area. The major sections of the website are
Kids site,
Teens site and
Parents site.
The MHF describe this as "the biggest website on mental health (and mental illness) in the UK", providing information about mental health issues, and a gateway to other mental health resources.
