The Practice
What we offer
The care team
Emergencies
Health info
Links
- General health advice
- Information about medical conditions
- Advice on healthy living
- Donor information
- Counselling
The last update was: 24 January 2002
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This section covers general information regarding health and related issues.
Heath
information | Welsh health
organisations | Health research | General
advice |
Travel advice | Hospitals
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NHS Direct - www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
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British Heart Foundation - www.bhf.org.uk
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Imperial Cancer Research Group - www.imperialcancer.co.uk
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British Lung Foundation - www.lunguk.org
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Clinnix Health Information - www.clinnix.net
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The British Allergy Foundation Helpline - www.allergyfoundation.com
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Bounty (information on pregnancy and young family issues) - www.bounty.com
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Healthinfocus - www.healthinfocus.co.uk
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Teenage Health Information - www.teenagehealthfreak.org
or www.well-aware.co.uk -
Medline Plus - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
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National Womens Health Information centre - www.4women.gov
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Net doctor - www.netdoctor.co.uk
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National Assembly for Wales - www.wales.gov.uk
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Health Promotion Wales - www.hpw.org.uk
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Dyfed Powys Health Authority - www.dyfpws-ha.wales.nhs.uk
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Powys Health Care NHS Trust - www.powys-tr.wales.nhs.uk
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Community Health Council in Wales - www.chc.wales.nhs.uk
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Bandolier (Evidence based health care) - www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/
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Age Concern Cymru - www.accymru.org.uk
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Citizens Advice Bureau - montcab.powys.org.uk
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Powys Association of Voluntary Organisation - www.pavo.org.uk
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For information on voluntary organisations eg. Cruse Bereavement, Stroke Associations, Drug and alcohol, Alzheimers Society and many more, Powys County Council -
www.powys.gov.uk
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Scottish Centre for Infection & Environmental Health -
www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk
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Bronglais General Hospital -www.ceredigion-tr.wales.nhs.uk
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Royal Shrewsbury Hospital - www.rsh.org.uk
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Morriston Hospital, Swansea - www.swansea-tr.wales.nhs.uk
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Heath, Cardiff - www.cardiffandvale.wales.nhs.uk
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University Hospital, Birmingham - www.uhb.nhs.uk
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This section covers specific medical conditions.
Wound care | Diabetes | Asthma | Spina Bifida | Epilepsy | Other
- www.actionasthma.co.uk
- The British Lung Foundation - www.lunguk.org
Spina Bifida / Hydrocephalus
- information & advice - www.asbah.org
- British Epilepsy Association - www.epilepsy.org.uk
- Epilepsy, A Parents Guide - www/epilepsy.org.uk/info/parntfrm.htm
- Epilepsy Wales - www.epilepsy.wales.co.uk
- Epilepsy Information - www.epilepsynse.org.uk
- Epilepsy Self Management - www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/selffrm.htm/
- Parkinson's Disease Society - www.parkinsons.org.uk
- The ME Association - www.meassociation.org.uk
- Multiple Sclerosis Society - www.mssociety.org.uk
- Eczema - www.eczema.org
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This section is for sites that can aid improvements in the quality of life, such as diet and exercise
Smoking
- Advice and information on quitting smoking - www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
- Action on smoking and health - www.ash.org.uk
- Online community for quitting smokers by quitting smokers -
www.quitsmokinguk.com - Comprehensive U.S. smoking cessation site -
www.quitsmoking.about.com/health/quitsmoking
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This section will provide links to the various donor services run by the NHS, and related information.
- Kidney Research Unit for Wales
www.kruf.org.uk
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- MAFF Website - (Part of the rural stress information network)
www.maff.gov.uk - The Baseline Project - freespace.virgin.net/basement.project/
(provides support groups for women who have been abused as children) - Cot Death Research & Support - www.sids.org.uk/fsid
- Parkinsons Helpline - www.parkinsons.org.uk
Conditions
Counselling