Community Health Councils
Mid Staffordshire CHC, Portsmouth and SE Hants CHC, Salisbury CHC, Wolverhampton CHC
Action for Victims of Medical Accidents.
Registered charity giving free advice about complaining about healthcare or clinical negligence litigation in the UK.
CareHealth -guide to private health care UK
Independent guide to private health care in the UK. Private hospitals, self-payment, medical insurance. Includes BMI Healthcare, BUPA Hospitals, Nuffield Hospitals, NHS Private Wings
Clinical Claims
Advice site to refer and handle clinical negligence claims. For patients who are the victims of medical accidents and those who support and advise them.
Discern Project
Tool for assessing the quality of health information found on the Internet. Designed for use by consumers and still under development by the University of Oxford.
Embarrassing Problems
Information and excerpts from the book to help you deal with health problems that are difficult to discuss, including shyness, baldness, acne, and sex.
Health Information for Wirral Area
This is the Wirral Health Services Web site for providing information about Health care, Health Information and support in Wirral
Healthsites
Find healthcare information and advice from medical conditions, health organisations, complementary medicine, local services and up to date health news.
Hip Replacement
The site provides information about hip replacement surgery, its advantages and disadvantages and what to expect in hospital before, during and after surgery.
Malcolm Rowley Trust
The story of Malcolm Rowley, as told by his mother, who died while in the care of Social Services. Site provides factual information about the rights and responsibilities of parents and carers.
Medical Claims
A site produced by Medical Litigation, the monthly Medico-Legal Journal. How to complain about medical treatment and advice on how to set about making a claim.
Medical Neglect UK
A site for raising public awareness of medical negligence.Contains resources for the making of complaints and latest medical news.
Medical Pages
Directory listing UK health sites. Hospitals, GP practices, specialist sites, support groups, medical and health products.
Medicdirect.co.uk
Extensive Web site containing a good collection of medical information.
Mediseek.co.uk
A directory of private health practitioners, searchable by postcode. Consists mainly of alternative practitioners.
Medway Carers Centre
Offers support with benefits, letter writing and dealing with professionals.
NetDoctor
Extensive collection of health information for paients, provided by an independent commercial company with a team of medical editors.
NHS Direct Online
Official Web site for the NHS 24 hour telephone helpline, NHS Direct. Information about health problems. How to keep healthy. Advice on when to call for help.
Patient Information Publications
directory of health sites with informative reviews.
Patient Protect
Unofficial organisation which aims to expose and prevent neglect and incompetence in the health service. Site details some examples of problems, contains useful advice on how to complain and provides a list of relevant organisations.
Private Healthcare UK
helps people find information about private health insurance, private hospitals, nursing and residential care, health screening and the private healthcare industry in general.
Student Health
Extensive information for students and young people on travel, sport, sexual and other health issues.
Surgery Door
Health information site produced by Intouch with Health Limited. Good range of information covering specific diseases, healthy living, alternative medicine and using NHS services.
The Medical Defence Union
Prepared by the body charged with defending doctors in claims of medical negligence. This site has many helpful pages of information for both the professional and the patient.
The Patients Association
A national voluntary organisation run by an elected Council and independent of government and health service organisations. Advises, supports and campaigns for better services for patients.
TheSite
YouthNet UK is a small registered charity, providing information on drugs, health, sex, housing and relationships for young people in the UK.
Webhealth
Information and advice to health professionals and patients with self-help groups, research, nutritional advice, alternative and complementary medicine.