Self Help Topic A - C

ALLERGY
British Allergy Foundation: 020 8303 8583 www.allergyfoundation.com

BABIES AND SMALL CHILDREN
BLISS – (Premature Baby Charity): 0870 770 0337 www.bliss.org.uk
Birth Defects Foundation: 01543 468 888 www.bdfcharity.co.uk

BLADDER AND BOWEL
Bladder Zone: www.bladderzone.co.uk
Continence Foundation: 0845 345 0165 www.continence-foundation.org.uk
Digestive Disorders Foundation: 020 7486 0341 www.digestivedisorders.org.uk
Gastro Club www.gastroclub.co.uk
In Contact: 0870 770 3246 www.incontact.org
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Network: 0114 261 1531 www.ibsnetwork.org.uk
National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease: 01727 844 296 www.nacc.org.uk

CANCER
Breakthrough Breast Cancer: 08080 100 200 (free phone) www.breakthrough.org.uk
Breast Cancer Care: 0808 800 6000 www.breastcancercare.org.uk
CancerBACUP: 0808 800 1234 www.cancerbacup.org.uk
Cancerline UK: www.cancerlineuk.net
Cancer Research UK: 020 7061 8355 www.cancerhelp.org.uk
Colon Cancer Concern: 08708 50 60 50 www.coloncancer.org.uk
Leukaemia Care: 0800 169 6680 www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Lymphoma Association: 0808 808 5555 www.lymphoma.org.uk
Macmillan Cancer Relief: 0808 808 2020 www.macmillan.org.uk
Ovacome (Ovarian Cancer): 020 7380 9589 www.ovacome.org.uk
Prostate Cancer Charity: 0845 300 8383 www.prostate-cancer.org.uk
Sargent Cancer Care for Children: 020 8752 2800 www.sargent.org
Tenovus the Cancer Charity: 0808 808 10 10 www.tenovus.com

CHILD AND TEENAGE HEALTH
Addiss – Attention Deficit Disorder: 020 8906 9068 www.addiss.co.uk
Child Growth Foundation www.heightmatters.org.uk
Contact A Family: 0808 808 3555 www.cafamily.org.uk
Cystic Fibrosis Trust: 020 8464 7211 www.cftrust.org.uk
LifeBytes: www.lifebytes.gov.uk
WellChild: 01242 530 007: helpline 0845 122 86 36 www.wellchild.org.uk

CONTRACEPTION PREGNANCY AND SEXUAL HEALTH
British Pregnancy Advisory Service: 08457 30 40 30 www.bpas.org
Brook: 0800 0185 023 www.brook.org.uk
Family Planning Association:0845 310 1334 www.fpa.org.uk
IVF / Infertility: www.ivf-infertility.com
Marie Stopes: 020 7574 7400 www.mariestopes.org.uk
UK Infertility and Parenting Forum: www.fertilityzone.co.uk

Self Help Topic D - L

DIABETES
Better Under Seven: www.diabetesa1c.co.uk
Diabetes Insight: www.diabetes-insight.info
Diabetes UK: 0845 120 2960 www.diabetes.org.uk
Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust: 01604 622 837 www.iddtinternational.org

GENERAL HEALTH AND MEDICINES INFORMATION
Consumer Health Information Centre (General advice on everyday healthcare problems): www.chic.org.uk
Health Supplements Information Service: www.hsis.org.uk
Medicine Chest On Line (info on medicines & food supplements available from Pharmacist): www.medicinechestonline.com
National Institute For Clinical Excellence (NICE) (recommendations on medicines, treatment and care for individual conditions): 020 7067 5800 www.nice.org.uk
National Pharmaceutical Association: www.askyourpharmacist.co.uk
Treatment Notes (Patient information leaflets produced by Which? and based on the highly respected Drug and Therapeutic bulletin received by all prescribers in the UK): Available at www.nelh.nhs.uk/treatmentnotes/

HEARING AND SIGHT
International Glaucoma Association: 020 7737 3265 www.iga.org.uk
Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB): 020 7391 2223 www.rnib.org.uk
RNID (For deaf and hard of hearing people): 0808 808 0123 www.rnid.org.uk

HEART BLOOD AND CIRCULATION
Anti Coagulation - Europe: www.anticoagulationeurope.org
Blood Pressure Association: 020 872 4994 www.bpassoc.org.uk
British Cardiac Patients Association: 01954 202 022 www.bcpa.co.uk
British Heart Foundation: 0845 070 8070 www.bhf.org.uk
Children's Heart Foundation: 0808 808 5000 www.childrens-heart-fed.org.uk
Deep Vein Thrombosis: www.inate.org
Haemophilia Society: 020 7380 0600 www.haemophilia.org.uk
Hearts for life: www.heartsforlife.co.uk
H-E-A-R-T UK: 01628 628 638 www.heartuk.org.uk
Sickle Cell Society: 020 8961 7795 www.sicklecellsociety.org
Stroke Association: 0845 303 3100 www.stroke.org.uk

HIV and AIDS
National AIDS Trust: 020 7814 6767 www.nat.org.uk
Terrence Higgins Trust: 0845 122 1200 www.tht.org.uk
UK Coalition of Patients living with HIV and AIDS: 020 7564 2180 www.ukcoalition.org
You Choose: www.youchoose.org.uk

INFECTIONS
British Polio Fellowship: 020 8842 1898 www.britishpolio.org.uk
Encephalitis Resource Centre: 01653 604 366 www.encephalitis.info
Meningitis Research Foundation: 24 hour helpline 080 8800 3344 (UK), 1890 41 33 44 (Rep of Ireland) www.meningitis.org
Meningitis Trust: 0845 6000 800 www.meningitis-trust.org
RAPPID (Paediatric Pneumococcal Infection): 020 7465 6438 www.rappid.org.uk

LEARNING DISABILITIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT MEDICATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
National Society For Epilepsy: 01494 601 300 Information Resource Pack www.epilepsynse.org.uk/pages/info/leaflets/learning.cfm
The Elfrida Society (information leaflets about mental health medications): www.elfrida.com/publ.html
SCOPE: 020 7619 7100 www.scope.org.uk
MENCAP: 020 7696 5566 www.mencap.org.uk
Mental Health Medication: 020 7359 7443 www.elfrida.com/publ.html

LIVER and KIDNEY
British Kidney Patients Association: 01420 472 021 www.britishkidney-pa.co.uk
British Liver Trust: 01425 463 080 www.britishlivertrust.org.uk
Children’s Liver Disease Foundation: 0121 212 3839 www.childliverdisease.org
National Kidney Federation: 0845 601 0209 www.kidney.org.uk
National Kidney Help line: 0845 070 7601 www.nkrf.org.uk

Self Help Topic M

MEN'S HEALTH
3DE (Erectile Dysfunction): www.3DE.org.uk
Impotence Association: 0870 7743571 www.impotence.org.uk
InformED: www.informed.org.uk
Man Matters - (Erectile Dysfunction): www.manmatters.netdoctor.co.uk
Men's Health Forum: 020 7388 4449 www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Men's Health on the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/health/mens
Talking BPH (Prostate): www.talkingbph.info

MENTAL HEALTH
Depression Alliance: 0845 123 23 20 www.depressionalliance.org
Hearing Voices Network: 0161 834 5768 www.hearing-voices.org
Making Space: 0113 274 6010 www.makingspace.co.uk
Manic Depression Fellowship: 08456 340540 www.mdf.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation: 020 7802 0300 www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Mind: 0845 7660 163www.mind.org.uk
National Institute For Mental Health in England: 0113 254 3811 www.nimhe.org.uk
Rethink: 0845 456 0455: www.rethink.org
SANE: 0845 767 8000: www.sane.org.uk
Young Minds: 0800 018 2138: www.youngminds.org.uk

MIGRAINE and PAIN
Action On Pain: 0845 603 15 93 www.action-on-pain.co.uk
Headache Matters: www.headachematters.co.uk
Migraine Action Association: 01536 461 333 www.migraine.org.uk
Migraine Trust: 020 7436 1336 www.migrainetrust.org
Pain Concern: 01620 822572 www.painconcern.org.uk
Pain Relief Foundation: 0151 529 5820 www.painrelieffoundation.org.uk

MUSCLES, BONES AND JOINTS
Arthritis Care: 0808 800 4050 www.arthritiscare.org.uk
Arthritis Research Campaign: 0870 850 5000 www.arc.org.uk
Back Care: 0870 950 0275 www.backpain.org
Brittle Bone Society: 08000 282 459 www.brittlebone.org
Children's Chronic Arthritis Association: 01905 745 595 www.ccaa.org.uk
LUPUS UK: 01708 731 251: www.lupus-uk.org
National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society: 01435 873 527 www.nass.co.uk
National Osteoporosis Society: 0845 4500 230 www.nos.org.uk
National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society: 01628 670 606 www.rheumatoid.org
UK Gout Society: www.ukgoutsociety.org

Self Help Topic N - Q

NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
Alzheimer's Society: 0845 300 0336  www.alzheimers.org.uk
Brain and Spine Help line: 0808 808 1000 www.brainandspine.org.uk
Epilepsy Action: 0808 800 5050 www.epilepsy.org.uk
Epilepsy Bereaved: 01235 772 852 www.epilepsybereaved.org.uk
Huntingdon's Disease Association: 020 7223 7000 www.hda.org.uk
National Society for Epilepsy: 01494 601 400 www.epilepsynse.org.uk
Neurological Alliance: 020 7463 2074 www.neural.org.uk
Motor Neurone Disease Association: 01604 25 05 05 www.mndassociation.org
MS Resource Centre: 0800 783 0518 www.msrc.co.uk
MS Society: 0808 800 8000 www.mssociety.org.uk
MS Trust: 01462 476 700 www.mstrust.org.uk
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign: 020 7720 8055 www.muscular-dystrophy.org/
Parkinson's  Disease Society: 0808 800 0303 www.parkinsons.org.uk
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association www.pspeur.org

NHS INFORMATION
Directory of GP Websites www.click-for-health.com
NHS Direct: 08 45 46 47 www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
NHS Web site www.nhs.uk

OBESITY AND EATING DISORDERS
Eating Disorders Association: 0870 770 3221 www.edauk.com
National Obesity Forum: 0115 846 2109 www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk
TOAST-UK: 01279-866 010 www.toast-uk.org.uk

ORAL HEALTH
Dental Health Foundation: 0845 063 1188 www.dentalheath.org.uk
UK and Ireland Dental Health Guide www.dentalnetuk.com

OLDER PEOPLE'S HEALTH
Age Concern: 0800 00 99 66 www.ageconcern.org.uk
Alzheimer's Society: 0845 300 0336 www.alzheimers.org.uk
Help The Aged: 0808 800 6565 www.helptheaged.org.uk

PATIENTS AND CARERS
Patients Association: 0845 608 4455 www.patients-association.com
Carers UK: 020 7490 8818 www.carersuk.org

Self Help Topic R - W

RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS
Action Asthma: www.actionasthma.co.uk
British Lung Foundation: 020 7688 5555 www.lunguk.org
Asthma UK: 0845 01 02 03 www.asthma.org.uk
Roy Castle Lung Foundation: 0871 220 5426 www.roycastle.org

SKIN
Acne Support Group: 0870 870 2263 www.stopspots.org
LUPUS UK: 01708 731 251 www.lupus-uk.org
National Eczema Society: 0870 241 3664 www.eczema.org
Psoriasis Association: 01604 711 129 www.psoriasis-association.org.uk
Skincare Campaign: www.skincarecampaign.org

SMOKING CESSATION
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health UK ): 020 7739 5902 www.ash.org.uk
The Time Is Right: www.thetimeisright.co.uk

TRAVEL MEDICINE AND HEALTH
Malaria: www.malariahotspots.co.uk
National Travel Health Network and Centre: www.nathnac.org
Travel Health: www.travelhealth.co.uk

VACCINES
UK Vaccine Group ( Information for the public on vaccines): www.uvig.org
APMSD ( General Information about vaccines for Children, Adults and Travel): www.apmsd.co.uk

WOMEN'S HEALTH
Amarant Trust (Menopause Info): 01293 413 000 www.amarantmenopausetrust.org.uk
Endometriosis SHE Trust ( UK ): 08707 743 664 www.shetrust.org.uk
Family Planning Association: 0845 310 1334 www.fpa.org.uk
HRT Info: www.hrtinfo.co.uk
Menopause Facts: www.menopausefacts.co.uk
National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome: 0870 777 2177 www.pms.org.uk
National Childbirth Trust: 0870 444 8707 www.nct-online.org
National Endometriosis Society: 020 7222 2781 : Helpline 0808 808 2227 www.endo.org.uk
Women's Health: 0845 125 5254 www.womenshealthlondon.org.uk
Women's Health Concern: 01628 483 612 www.womens-health.co.uk
Women's Health Information: www.womens-health.co.uk