A
Aids
Map
All
about AIDS &
HIV
All
Cures
The
UK's first full-service
online pharmacy
All
Nurses
Information
for nurses
Alzheimers
Disease Society
The
Alzheimer's Society
is the leading care and research charity in the UK for people with all
forms of dementia, their families and carers
B
BBC
News: Health
Health
stories from
the BBC
Best Treatments
Medical Advice from the BMJ
BIOME
The
BIOME hub
Blackwell
Synergy
Medical
and nursing
journals
BNI
British
Nursing Index
Bristol
Biomedical Image Library
A
collection of medical,
dental and veterinary images for use in teaching.
British
Diabetic Association
Charity
supporting
people with diabetes and their carers
British
Medical Journal review
Published
criteria
for evaluating health related web sites
British
National
Formulary
Providing
UK healthcare
professionals with authoritative and practical information on the
selection
and clinical use of medicines
British
Nursing News
For
all the latest
nursing news
BUBL
- medicine
BUBL
- nursing
Catalogues
of selected
Internet resources
Bullied
at Work
Web
site of the UK
National Workplace Bullying Advice Line
C
Cancer
Help UK Home Page
A
free information
service about cancer and cancer care for the general public from the
University
of Birmingham
Cancer
Information Service
Cancer
links sponsored
by Which? Online
Care
Pathways database
Providing
details of
over 2,000 care pathways currently in use or under development in over
200 NHS organizations.
Cartoons
Some
medical (not for
the easily offended)
CESDI
Confidential
enquiry
into stillbirths and deaths in infancy
Cheshire
Hospices Education
A
joint venture in
palliative care education.
Chester
College
Nursing
links
CINAHL
Cumulative
index of
nursing and allied health literature
CPHVA
Community
Practitioners'
and Health Visitors' Association
Consumer
Health Information Centre
To
help you deal with
common ailments, such as cold and flu, and the minor symptoms of stress
Contact
a Family
Helping
families who
care for children with any disability or special need
Current
Controlled Trials
Register
of controlled
clinical trials
CTG
tutor
This
CTG Tutor is available
as a free download
D
Department
of Health
This
site contains
material produced by and for the Department of Health. It is primarily
for use by health and social care professionals, academics and other
interested
parties.
DISCERN
An
instrument of judging
the quality of written consumer health information on treatment choices
DMOZ
More
health links
E
ECG
Simulator
Dynamic
cardiac rhythm
simulator
Electronic
foetal monitoring
Guidelines
on the use
of electronic foetal monitoring from the National Institute for
Clinical
Excellence
Electronic
Textbook of Dermatology
Information
on dermatology
Electronic
Medicines Compendium
A
pharmaceutical compendium
(need to register first)
EPIC
Developing
national
evidence-based guidelines for preventing infections associated with
healthcare
interventions in primary and community care settings.
Essence
of care
Patient-focused
benchmarking
for health care practitioners.
Exeter
Medical Library
The
Library is an NHS
funded service supporting the education, training, research and
professional
development of health care personnel.
F
Family
Planning Council
For
reproductive health
issues
G
Galaxy
Medicine Section
Large
database of medical
links
Galaxy
Nursing Section
Large
database of nursing
links
H
Headstart
in Biology
Free
Internet course
in biology for Biology and Nursing Students
Health
e-learning
Australian
site with
courses that cover all major aspects of breastfeeding
Health
Evidence Bulletins: _Wales
Signposts
to the best
current evidence across a broad range of evidence types and subject
areas.
Health
Information on the Internet
Information
(for subscribers)
from the Royal Society of Medicine
Health
Sites.co.uk
Healthsites.co.uk
is
a leading medical portal for non-medical people and healthcare
professionals.
Health
Watch UK
Health
Watch promotes
the assessment and testing of treatments, whether 'orthodox' or
'alternative'.
Health
Web
HealthWeb
is a collaborative
project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region
(GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and
those
of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation. Currently there are
over
twenty actively participating member libraries.
HON
code
The
reliability and
credibility of health information on the net.
Hospital
Infection Society (UK)
Exists
to foster the
scientific interests of those hospital doctors who are interested in
nosocomial
or hospital acquired infections.
Human
Anatomy and Physiology
Test
your A&P understanding
with a variety of quizzes
I
Immunisation
All
about vaccination
and childhood immunisation for parents and health professionals
Infection
Control Nurses Association (UK)
The
ICNA maintains
its high political profile by working in collaboration with medical,
nursing,
professions allied to medicine (PAMS) and commercial companies in the
fight
to control infection.
Internurse
News
and links
J
JISC
National
academic mailing
list service
Journal
of Community Nursing
On
this site you can
view up to date articles from the current issues of the Journal as well
as all the back issues.
Just
for Nurses
Just
for nurses is
an online community - the place where nurses can find topical
discussions
within the health service and profession, as well as access and
exchange
information of relevance to their personal and professional lives.
L
Lymphatic
System
Introduction
to the
Lymphatic System
M
Macmillan
Cancer Relief
Information
about how
Macmillan Cancer Relief can help you, and for information about other
helpful
organisations
Medical
Breakthroughs
Medical
news
MedHunt
Search
the Internet
for medical information with MEDHUNT, an intelligent search-engine
Medical
Matrix
Medical
Matrix is a
free directory of selected medical sites on the Internet. The Medical
Matrix
search engine is available by subscription. Each site listing has been
carefully evaluated by reviewers from their panel of physicians and
medical
librarians.
Medical
News (48hours)
A
medical news service
devoted to health and medicine
Medical
Research Council
The
leading public
sector funder of medical research in the UK
Medisearch
The
UK medical search
engine
MEDLINEplus
Health
Information
from the National Library of Medicine
MedNets
International
medical
research
Meningitis
Research Society
Information
on the
symptoms and treatment of meningitis
Merck
Merck
Manual of Diagnosis
and Therapy
MIDIRS
Midwives
Information
and Resource Service
Mirago
Health
Search
health and medical
sites
Multiple
Sclerosis
Comprehensive
site
on Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple
Sclerosis (Utah)
This
site is designed
as an introduction to multiple sclerosis for medical students and
physicians
in training
N
National
electronic Library for Health
The
National electronic
Library for Health Programme is working with NHS Libraries to develop a
digital library for NHS staff, patients and the public.
Net
Doctor
Aims
to break down
the "medical language barrier" between the doctor and the patient.
NHS
This
is the official
gateway to National Health Service organisations on the Internet.
NHS
Careers
NHS
Careers currently
specialises in advice about Nursing, Midwifery, Health Visiting,
Scientists
and Technicians. However there are plans to extend the
service to
cover other careers opportunities within the NHS.
NHS
Direct
The
NHS gateway to
health information on the net
NHS
Information Authority
Use
this site to gain
access to the NHS Information Authority's Programmes of work
NMAP
A
guide to quality
Internet resources in Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied health
Professions
Nursing
and Midwifery Council
Protecting
the public
through professional standards
Nursing
Standard
News,
careers and features
Nursing
Times
Jobs,
news, information
and advice for nurses
O
OMNI
UK
guide to quality
Internet resources in health and medicine
P
Parkinsons
Disease
Information
and directory
of resourses
Pharmacy
2 U
Presents
low price
pharmaceutical products delivered to your door.
Offering
a wide range
of medicine, vitamins and health & beauty products.
Portfolio
of British Nursing Sites
Another
gateway to
the best nursing websites
Prodigy
Patient information and
guidance for
health care professionals.
Prostrate
Cancer Support
PSA
was set up by a
small group of prostate cancer patients in 1995 and has developed into
a national association of self-help and support groups.
Psychiatric
internet resources
From
the Royal College
of psychiatrists.
PubMed
PubMed
is the National
Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 10
million
citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with
links
to participating online journals.
Q
Quackwatch
Guide
to health fraud
R
RCN
Royal
College of Nursing
Resuscitation
Council UK
Basic
life support
Reuniting
Nurses
A
place to find old
friends
Royal
College
of Midwives
News,
views and events
from the RCM
Royal
College of Nursing
Research
& Development
Co-ordinating Centre
Royal
Society of Medicine
The
RSM is an independent,
apolitical organization of doctors, dentists, scientists and others
involved
in medicine and health care.
RxList
Internet
drug index
S
Scottish
Health on the Web (SHOW)
SHOW
is here to provide
a focal point for National Health Service in Scotland websites.
SIGN
The
Scottish Intercollegiate
Guidelines Network (SIGN) develops and publishes evidence-based
clinical
practice guidelines for use by the health service in Scotland
South
Cheshire Health Authority
South
Cheshire Health
Authority plans health services for residents living in Chester,
Congleton,
Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Macclesfield and Vale
Royal.
Surgeons
Net
This
site is aimed
at health care professionals interested in surgery.
Surgery
door
Claims
to be Britain's
most comprehensive health website.
T
The
Terrence Higgins Trust
The
Terrence Higgins
Trust has merged with four regional HIV and AIDS charities in England
to
form the biggest charity of its kind in Europe
U
UK
Health Centre
Claims
to be the web's
most comprehensive and up to date index of UK health and medical
internet
resources.
UK
Nursing Forum
A
forum dedicated to
nursing in the UK
Ulcers
A
quick reference guide
on assessing and grading pressure ulcers (from Nursing Standard)
W
WoMS
What
Is Multiple Sclerosis?
World
Health Organization
Library,
publications
catalogue, individual publications such as the Bulletin, Weekly
Epidemiological
Record, World Health Report, and much more besides.
Wound
care/tissue viability
Policy
update from
the department of health
News
Groups:
Newsgroups can be a
great source of useful information, but remember they may be frequented
by people who don't know what they are talking about. You
will need
to have a newsgroup reader (e.g. Outlook Express) set up to read
newsgroups
or go to Google
Groups.