Patients and visitors
Useful links
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| Site Name: | Address/URL: | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Health News | http://www.bbc.co.uk/health | Health News from the BBC |
| BDA | http://www.bda-dentistry.org.uk | British Dental Association website |
| BMA | http://www.bma.org.uk | The BMA represents all doctors from all branches of medicine all over the UK. |
| Bradford NHS | http://www.bradford.nhs.uk | General information, and information for patients and staff. Links to many health related sites. |
| British Red Cross | http://www.redcross.org.uk/yourarea.asp?id=76421 | Local health and care services |
| Childrens Heart Unit at Leeds General Infirmary | http://www.childrensheartunit.org/ | The Childrens Heart Unit website located at Leeds General Infirmary |
| Clinical Governance Support Team | http://www.cgsupport.org/ | The CGST is working to help you implement clinical governance. |
| Cystic Fibrosis Medicine | http://www.cysticfibrosismedicine.com/ | Cystic Fibrosis Information and Resources |
| Deaf 24/7 | http://www.deaf247.co.uk | Internet resource for all British Sign Language and deafness related information especially in United Kingdom |
| Dept. of Health | http://www.doh.gov.uk | Department of Health website |
| Diabetes UK | http://www.diabetes.org.uk/ | Diabetes UK is the leading charity working for people with diabetes. |
| General Medical Council | http://www.gmc-uk.org/ | General Medical Council's website |
| Health & Safety Executive | http://www.hse.gov.uk/ | Health and Safety Executive website |
| Health Service Journal | http://www.hsj.co.uk/ | Resource for anyone interested in health policy and management issues |
| Healthcare Commission | http://www.chi.nhs.uk/ | Information for patients and the public from England's healthcare watchdog. |
| Infection Prevention Society | http://www.icna.co.uk | Infection Control information for health care workers including: news items about infection control, useful links, conferences and study days, journal abstracts and an e-discussion group. |
| Information for Mental Health | http://www.mentalhealthleeds.info | A searchable database of Mental Health organisations in the Leeds area. Part of Leeds MIND. |
| Intute: Nursing | http://www.intute.ac.uk/nursing | The UK's gateway to high quality Internet resources in Nursing, Midwifery, and Allied Health |
| Leeds City Council | http://www.leeds.gov.uk | City Of Leeds website |
| Leeds Hospitals Fundraising Initiative | http://www.leedshospitalsfundraising.org.uk | The aim of this website is to introduce you to the role of the Charitable Trustees of Leeds Teaching Hospitals and to show you how you can support their valuable work. |
| Leeds liver transplant service | http://www.livertransplant.org.uk | This is the home page for the Leeds liver transplant service. |
| Leeds Metropolitan University | http://www.lmu.ac.uk/ | Leeds Metropolitan University website |
| Leeds Palliative Care | http://www.leedspalliativecare.co.uk/default.aspx | Providing access to palliative care information and education for patients, carers and professionals to promote end of life choices |
| Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust | http://www.leedsmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ | Leeds Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust website |
| Leeds PCT | http://www.leedspct.nhs.uk | Information about Leeds Primary Care Trust including organisational structure, guide to local services, complaints procedure, and contact information |
| Leeds Reproductive Medicine Unit | http://www.leedsreproductivemedicine.co.uk/ | This site contains information about the two Reproductive Medicine Units within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. |
| Leeds Stroke Database | http://www.leedsstrokedatabase.net | The Leeds Stroke Database is a register which is used to collect information from local people who have had a stroke. |
| Leeds.nhs.uk | http://www.leeds.nhs.uk/ | Local and national information about health and health services. |
| Medi-Lexicon | http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/ | A dictionary of over 70,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations. |
| Medical Devices Agency | http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk/ | Medical Devices section of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency |
| Medscape | http://www.medscape.com | Features medical journal articles, Free CME, MEDLINE, case reports, medical news, major conference coverage, and comrehensive drug information |
| National Blood Service - Tissue Donation | http://www.blood.co.uk/pages/tissserv.html | Tissue Donation - Saving Lives... Changing Lives. |
| National Electronic Library for Health | http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/ | 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 | http://www.nhs.uk | The National Health Service Homepage |
| National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) | http://www.nice.org.uk | Providing patients, health professionals and the public with authoritative, robust and reliable guidance on current best practice. |
| National Patient Safety Agency | http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/pleaseask | Ten things you should know before going into hospital. Ten Top Tips For Safer Patients. |
| National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) | http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/ | Improving the safety and quality of care through reporting, analysing and learning from adverse incidents and 'near misses' involving NHS patients. |
| NHS Careers | http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk | Find out about careers in the NHS, entry requirements and training. |
| NHS Confedaration | http://www.nhsconfed.org/ | The NHS Confederation is the voice of NHS management in the UK. Our work includes linking members in the development of health policy and ideas, creating a range of opportunities for members' views to be heard, encouraging agenda setting debate, campaigning for change, working in partnership with other organisations, building awareness and understanding of NHS issues, providing a single reference point for expert comment, and supporting NHS leadership and management. |
| NHS Direct | http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk | Your gateway to health information on the internet. |
| NHS Discounts | http://www.nhsdiscounts.com | Discounts and Benefits Exclusively for NHS Staff, Nurses. |
| NHS email and directory services | https://www.nhs.net/?1047897300093 | National NHS email and directory service. |
| NHS National Programme for IT | http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/ | The National Programme for IT, which is being delivered by the new Department of Health agency NHS Connecting for Health, is bringing modern computer systems into the NHS to improve patient care and services. |
| NHS Pensions Agency | http://www.nhspa.gov.uk/ | The Official Site of the NHS Pensions Agency. |
| NHS Yorkshire and the Humber | http://www.yorksandhumber.nhs.uk | The regional body for the NHS in Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | http://www.lymphoma-net.org | Non-Hodgkins lymphoma information with details of treatment and symptoms, plus advice and support for sufferers and carers. |
| Nursing & Midwifery Council | http://www.nmc-uk.org/ | United Kingom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting home page |
| Nursing Standard On-Line | http://www.nursing-standard.co.uk | The professional home for nurses on the net |
| Nursing Times Online | http://www.nursingtimes.net | Hundreds of UK nursing jobs, searchable clinical archive, discussion forum and daily clinical news from the UK's leading nursing magazine. |
| Publicsecta | http://www.publicsecta.com/ | Access to a wide range of public sector organisations, public sector news, the latest job vacancies, careers and appointments in the public sector, as well as updates on policy, service delivery and finance issues in the public sector. |
| R&D Information | http://www.rdinfo.org.uk | Providing researchers with direct access to up to the minute information on health-related funding and training opportunities. |
| RCN Yorkshire & the Humber | http://www.rcn.org.uk/aboutus/england/yorkshireandhumber | The RCN Yorkshire & the Humber Region represents some 32,000 nurses, health care assistants, nursing students and midwives across North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. |
| Royal College of Nursing | http://www.rcn.org.uk/ | Professional Guidance for nursing and midwifery staff, database of researach etc., pay and employment issues,general update on nursing issues |
| Transplant Kids | http://www.transplantkids.co.uk/ | Child-friendly site about organ transplants. |
| Trust Location Maps | http://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/patients/findus/index.php | Maps and floor plans of the hospitals, available from the Trust website. |
| University of Leeds | http://www.leeds.ac.uk | University of Leeds homepage. |
| www.doctors.net.uk | http://www.doctors.net.uk/ | One-stop resource for doctors, physicians,clinicians and healthcare professionals in the UK. |
| www.health.leeds.ac.uk | http://www.health.leeds.ac.uk/default.htm | Information about health-related activity in the University of Leeds. |
| Yorkshire Cancer Network | http://www.yorkshire-cancer-net.org.uk | This is the Home Page for the Yorkshire Cancer Network (YCN). |
| Yorkshire Cancer Registry | http://www.nycris.org.uk | Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service. |
| yorkshireneonet.org.uk | http://www.yorkshireneonet.org.uk | This site tells visitors and staff about the Neonatal Cot Bureau in Yorkshire. |