Useful links to sites offering Health Advice

Below you will find an extensive list of links to organisations that provide advice on a wide variety of health-related matters.

This Council is not responsible for the content of External Web sites.

External Websites: 

• Age Concern Leicester
  Age Concern is the UK's largest organisation working with and for older people.

• Alcoholics Anonymous
  Alcoholics Anonymous was established in the 1930's in America and arrived in Britain 55 years ago.

• Alzheimer's Society
  The Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading care and research charity for people with any form of dementia and their carers.

• 5 a day campaign - Top tips for eating more fruit and vegetable

• BBC Health
  Your Health, Interactive Area, Healthy Living, Medical Conditions, Relationships, News, Message Board and more.

• Channel 4 Health
  Health advice from Channel 4

• Change4Life We all know it can be hard these days to live a happy, healthy life but Change4Life can help.

• Department of Health
  Their aim is to improve the health and well-being of people in England. Here you will find the latest on the Department's work, as well as health and social care guidance, publications and policy.

• DirectGov - Health and Well Being

• Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Surgeons

• Falls Community Resource - falls remains the biggest cause of accidental death for older people. About one third of people aged over 65 years of age will fall each year.

• HARP
  Health for asylum seekers and refugees portal.

• Health Advice for Travellers
  Whether you are going off in search of sea and sun, travelling on business, or trekking through the wilds, this site is designed to help you enjoy a healthy journey.

• The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) provides guidance, sets quality standards and manages a national database to improve people’s health and prevent and treat ill health.

• Healthy Leicester

• Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
  NHS Trust serving the people of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

• Love Food Hate Waste campaign

• MedicDirect
  The only interactive website hosted by leading UK medical consultants providing comprehensive consumer health information online.

• Medical information on the net

• Meningitis Trust

• BBC - Mental Health - Supporting and Caring
  BBC site - looks at the issues surrounding support, including how to build better relationships, how to deal with difficult situations, how to care for young people - and the importance of caring for carers

• National Chinese Healthy Living Centre
  The Chinese National Healthy Living Centre aims to promote healthy living, and to provide access to health services, for the Chinese community in the UK.

• 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.

• National Health Service - Making a Complaint
  How to make a complaint to the NHS.

• NHS Dental Leaflet
  This information is meant to answer some common questions about NHS dentistry and make it easier for you to make choices about your own health care.

• NHS Choices
  NHS Choices aims to put you in control of your healthcare.

• NHS Direct On-Line
  Your gateway to health info on the internet.

• PALS - Patients Advice and Liaison Service
  A new services that puts the patient at the very heart of the NHS and aims to make the journey through the NHS as smooth as possible.

• The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  The Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Health Service Ombudsman undertake independent investigations into complaints about government departments, a range of other public bodies, and the National Health Service

• University of Leicester Hospitals

• Voluntary Action Leicester
  Voluntary organisation supporting voluntary groups, community groups and charities in Leicester 

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