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Health and Social Sciences
Local health care services, health and medical information including medicines, helplines and self-help groups, social care resources, humanities, philosophy and psychology.
Advice and Support
Campaign Against Living Miserably - help, information and advice for young men aged 15 - 35
Care Quality Commission - find out how your local health care services are performing
Dr Foster Health - information about local NHS and private health services
Midwives Online - information and advice about conceiving, pregnancy and birth
Patient Opinion - find local NHS services and share experiences
Patient UK - details of 2,032 UK patient support organisations and self help groups
Patients Association - experiences of health care, a helpline and publications
Mental Health Foundation - latest information and a directory listing 2000 organisations offering support and information
Sane - a 24 hour email support service aimed at young people but open to everyone. Users can email for help and support, treatment advice, details of other mental health services or therapy information, email: sanemail@sane.org.uk .The telephone service is open daily from 1pm - 11pm, call 0845 767 8000.
Telephone Helpline Association Directory - contact details of over 1,000 helplines in the UKUK Self Help - a directory of more than 800 self-help groups and support organisations
Health
Best Treatments - thousands of medical treatments rated, by the British Medical Journal, based on how well they work
British National Formulary - details of medicines prescribed in the UK, including uses, cautions, side effects and dosage
Food Standards Agency - information on healthy eating, food safety, food labels and health issues
Health Information - find up-to-date health information from recommended web sites
Information Prescription Service - create a package of health information to print, email or save
Medline Plus - topics include evaluating health information
Medicines - electronic medicines compendium which includes contact details for drug companies, composition of drugs and contraindications.
NHS Direct - health and medical information
NHS Evidence Health Information Resources - the digital library for NHS staff, patients and the public
Surgery Door - useful health resources including a medical dictionary and a help and advice database
Local Services
General Dental Council - check to see if your dentist is registered to practice
General Medical Council - Up-to-date register of qualified doctors
NHS Choices - local NHS services and health information
NHS Waiting Times - Department of Health official NHS waiting times
Register of Psychotherapists - search the register to find a local therapist
Tower Hamlets Mental Health & Well-Being Services Directory - local mental health services
Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust - help and advice about local NHS services, including local doctors, dentists and pharmacies
Medicine
Electronic Medicines Compendium - information about pharmaceutical medicines in the UK
Medical Encyclopedia - find answers to all your medical questions
PubMed - search for medical and life sciences journal articles from the 1950's onwards
Social Science
Encyclopedia of Psychology - various fields of psychology
Erratic Impact - philosophy resources categorised by history, subject and author
Expert Guides - background information on social care topics
glbtq - encyclopaedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender culture
Intute:Social Sciences - provides access to Web resources for education and research, evaluated by subject specialists.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - ethics, logic, philosophies and philosophical texts and treaties
Social Care Online - UK's most complete range of information and research on all aspects of social care
Social Psychology Network - one of the largest Internet sites devoted to psychological research
