Choose and Book
General health sites	Men's health	Physical activity
Health encylopedias	Health problems and support	Mental health
Children’s and teenage health	Healthy living	Drugs
Local information	Resources in community languages	Sexual health advice for young people
Travel Health	Women's Health

Choose and Book

• Choose and Book: http://www.chooseandbook.nhs.uk/
  When you and your GP agree that you need an appointment, you can choose which hospital or clinic you go to and the date and time of your appointment:

General health sites

• BBC Health Pages http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/
• Chemists: find one here: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx
• Dentists: find one here: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx
• Dentists: find one here:  www.bda-findadentist.org.uk
• DIPEx: personal experiences of health and illness: http://www.dipex.org/home.aspx
• Doctors: find one here: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx
• Muslim Health Network:  http://www.muslimhealthnetwork.org/
• NHS Choices: your health, your choices http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx
• NHS Direct:   http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
• NHS Walk-In Centre: http://www.nottingham.nhs.uk/nhs-services/walk-in-centre
• Nottingham health: http://www.nottingham.nhs.uk/index.asp?pgid=1562
• Opticians: find one here: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx
• Patient Opinion: Your story can change the NHS: www.patientopinion.co.uk
• Patient UK: http://www.patient.co.uk

Health encyclopedias

• Health Encyclopedia (NHS): http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/alphaindex.asp

Health problems and support

• Age Concern: http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/
• Alcoholics Anonymous: http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/
• Breast cancer: http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/
• Cancer: about cancer     http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Aboutcancer
• Cancer Help UK: http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk
• Common Health Questions: http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/chq.asp
• Continence: http://www.continence-foundation.org.uk
• Diabetes: Diabetes Information Plus http://www.diabetesinfoplus.co.uk/cmspi/diabetespi/main/home.aspx
• Diabetes Nottingham: http://www.nottinghamdiabetes.co.uk/
• Diabetes UK:      http://www.diabetes.org.uk/
• Drink aware: http://www.drinkaware.co.uk
• Drugs: http://www.talktofrank.com/
• Heart Health (Nottingham) http://www.nottinghamhearthealth.nhs.uk/
• Lung cancer: http://www.lunguk.org/index.asp
• Samaritans: http://www.samaritans.org.uk/
• Smoking: Listen to reason: http://www.listentoreason.org.uk/
• Smoking: NHS help on giving up: http://www.gosmokefree.co.uk/
• Smoking: New Leaf: http://www.nottinghamcity-pct.nhs.uk/a-to-z-of-health-services/new-leaf-stop-smoking-service
• Smoking: Quit help on giving up: http://www.quit.org.uk
• Stroke: http://www.stroke.org.uk
• Symptoms self-Help Guide: http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/SelfHelpGuide/

Mental health

• BBC mental health pages:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health
• Mental Health Care:   http://www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk/
• Mental Health Information: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation.aspx
• Mind:   http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/
• Rethink: http://www.rethink.org

Children’s and teenage health/

• Children First for Health: http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/
• Drugs: http://www.talktofrank.com/
• Healthy living: http://www.yougo4it.co.uk/nottingham/check_us_out/
• Healthy living advice from Connexions: http://www.connexions-direct.com/index.cfm?go=Health

Healthy living

• Balanced Diet (NHS Nottingham)    http://www.nottinghamhearthealth.nhs.uk/balanced-diet
• Eating healthily: http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/
• Fats: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/HLFatsA5LftWEB.pdf
• 5 a day http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/
• Food Labelling: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/HLLabelsA5LftWEB.pdf
• Food Label claims: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/HLLabelClaimsA5LftWEB.pdf
• Living healthily: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk
• Salt: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/HLsaltA5WEB.pdf & http://www.salt.gov.uk/
• Small changes, big benefits: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/HLBigBenefits.pdf
• Sugar: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/HLSugarsA5LftWEB.pdf
• Whole diet approach: http://www.nutrition.org.uk/upload/BNF%20Healthy%20Eating(5)(1).pdf
  

Drugs

• Talk to Frank: http://www.talktofrank.com/

Local information

• Chemists: find one here: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx
• Dentists: find one here: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx
• Diabetes Nottingham: http://www.nottinghamdiabetes.co.uk/
• Doctors: find one here: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx
• NHS Walk-In Centre: http://www.nottingham.nhs.uk/nhs-services/walk-in-centre
• NHS Nottingham: http://www.nottingham.nhs.uk/index.asp?pgid=1562
• Opticians: find one here: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx

Resources in community languages

• Cancer help in Bengali, Gujurati, Hindi, Punjabi, & Urdu: http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/Healthprofessionals/Publications/Otherlanguages
• Cancer telephone helpline in Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, French, Greek, Gujurati, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu & Vietnamese: http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Resourcessupport/Cancerbackupsservices/CancerInformationService/Cancerinyourlanguage
• Eating for Health in Bengali: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/EatingforHealth2004_Bengali.pdf
• Eating for Health in Cantonese: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/EatingforHealth2004_Cantonese.pdf
• Eating for Health in Gujurati: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/EatingforHealth2004_Gujurati.pdf
• Eating for Health in Punjabi: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/EatingforHealth2004_Punjabi.pdf
• Eating for Health in Urdu: http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/services/pubs/pdf/EatingforHealth2004_Urdu.pdf
• Food and food safety in Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujurati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu & Welsh: http://www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/publications/pubsminority/
• Stop Smoking, Start Living: http://www.gosmokefree.co.uk/onlinematerials/download

Men’s Health

• Everyman - about male cancers: http://www.icr.ac.uk/everyman/about/malecancer.html
• Men’s Health http://www.malehealth.co.uk/
• When life gets tough http://www.thecalmzone.net

Women's Health

• Breast cancer: http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/
• Wellbeing of Women: http://www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/

Sexual health advice for young people

• RU Thinking: http://www.ruthinking.co.uk

Physical Activity

• Best Foot Forward: http://www.whi.org.uk/nottingham
• Get Moving Nottingham - physical activity for the over 50s http://www.getmovingnottingham.nhs.uk
• Evening Post Shape Up Notts campaign - http://www.sportnottinghamshire.co.uk/shapeupnotts.php
• Walking the way to health - http://www.whi.org.uk/

Travel Health

• Travel Turtle: http://www.travelturtle.co.uk/