USEFUL WEBSITES
This page has details of sites which will be of interest to GP's and members of the public.
Good Practice
- National Association of Primary Care Website http://www.primarycare.co.uk/
- Chief Medical Officer Reports http://www.doh.gov.uk/cmo/cmoh.htm
- National Institute for Clinical Excellence http://www.nice.org.uk/
- Cochrane Library http://www.update-software.com/ccweb/cochrane/cdsr.htm
- Bandolier: http://www.ebando.com
- National electronic library for health: http://www.nelh.nhs.uk
- E lectronic medicines compendium: http://www.emc.vhn.net
- Evidence based Mental Health http://www.ebmh-online.com
Local Sites
- Site set up by Dr Pitts, Southmead hospital. Has useful cardiology information and other resources : http://www.pitts.clara.net
- University of Bristol Dept of Orthopaedics: http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/OrthoSurgery
- Website dealing with General practice issues in Bristol area (Lots of useful links): http://www.physician.org.uk
Societies
- Royal society of medicine: http://www.roysocmed.ac.uk
- Toxicology information for GP's (password required) http://www.spib.axl.co.uk
- British Medical Association : http://www.bma.org.uk
- General Medical Council: http://www.gmc.org.uk
Search Engines
- Askalex: http://www.altavista.com
- Infoseek: http://www.infoseek.com
- Fast search: http://www.alltheweb.com
- Altavista:http://www.altavista.com
- Yahoo:http://www.yahoo.com
Searching the Literature
- Medline (via Pubmed): http://www4.acbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
- Healthworks (Free literature searches): http://www.healthworks.co.uk/
- Electronic BMJ:free searches of past BMJ full text:http://www.bmj.com
Miscellaneous Resources
- Virtual Hospital
- Docnet: http://www.docnet.org.uk
- Medscape: http://www.medscape.com
- Health Index UK: http://www.healthindex.co.uk
- Food and Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov
- UK Medics: http://www.ukmedics.com
- World Health Organization: http://www.who.org
- Medicines Control Agency: http://www.open.gov.uk/mca/mcahome.htm
- Medinet: http://www.medinet.co.uk
Sites of Organisations dealing with Specific Clinical Conditions
- Arthritis Research Campaign: http://www.arc.org.uk
- British Diabetic Association: http://www.diabetes.org.uk
- Cancer Research Campaign: http://www.crc.org.uk
- Breast Cancer Care: http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk
- British Heart Foundation: http://www.bhf.org.uk
- National Asthma Campaign: http://www.asthma.org.uk
- National Osteoprosis Society: http://www.nos.org.uk
- Prostate Cancer Charity: http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk
- Migraine Action Association: http://www.migraine.org.uk
- British Epilepsy Association: http://epilepsy.org.uk
- National Association of Colitis & Crohns Disease: http://www.nacc.org.uk
- Enuresis Resource & Information Centre (ERIC) - Bedwetting: http://enuresis.org.uk/
- Digestive Disorders Foundation: http://www.digestivedisorders.org.uk
- Pituitary Patients Foundation: helpline@pitpat.demon.co.uk
- Hypertension: http://www.hyp.ac.uk/bhs
- European Society of Cardiology: http://www.escardio.org/
- CardioNet: http:// http://www.cardio.net
- British hypertension society: http://www.hyp.ac.uk/bhs
- National refractory angina centre:http://www.angina.org
- Site explaining heart failure: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2571
- More information on heart failure:http://www.heartfailure.org
General Sources of Information and Self-help
- Multiple forums and information resource on health: http://www.londonhealth.co.uk
http://www.journalofwomenshealth.com - Embarrasing Problems: http://www.embarrasingproblems.co.uk
- BBC Health Check: http://www.bbc.co.uk/health
- Health Education Authority: http://www.hea.org.uk/campaigns
- National Carers Strategy: http://www.doh.gov.uk/carers.htm
Organisations
- Help the Aged http://www.helptheaged.org.uk
- Age Concern http://www.ace.org.uk
- Department of Health http://www.open.gov.uk/doh/coinh.htm
- Doctor Patient Partnership: http://www.doctorpatient.org.uk/
- BBC Radio4 - lots of useful stuff: http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/ask_doctor/
- Avon Health Authority: http://www.avonhealth.org.uk/
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