Links Directory

This directory contains links to useful resourses on the internet. Please choose a category from the table of contents.

Links

Clinical guidelines and guidance

DH Clinical Knowledge Summaries

The outstanding CKS guidelines site; accessed as thro' the NHS National Library for Health.

NICE

Available in e-form

NICE on Cancer Referral

quick reference guide (pdf)

DVLA Medical Standards Fitness to Drive

click on the relevant pdf file

DWP Guides for Medical Practitioners

Dept of Work and Pensions guides, including the IB204 guide...

SIGN

The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

RCOG

Their 'green top' clinical guidelines section

UK CKD website

Chronic kidney disease guidelines the eGFR calculator

The British Committee for Standards in Haematology

Guidelines about anticoagulation and other topics

Palliative Care Matters

GANFYD on GANFYD

if you don't know by now...

NZ Guidelines Group

extensive

CVD risk calculator

TCR's online CVD risk calculator - neat

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Journals and libraries

British Medical Journal

BMJ Clinical Evidence

Bandolier

The internet version lags 3/12 behind subscriber paper copies

National Library for Health

The Cochrane Library

JAMA

Free access for issues 6 months to 5 years old - you need to register

The Lancet

Limited access - you need to register

The New England Journal of Medicine

Limited access - you need to register

CRD York

various useful databases

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Websites for patients

Patient.co.uk

The definitive general information website.

Travel Information

The NHS [Scotland] 'fit for travel' website

netdoctor

patient search site. good.

Arthritis Research Campaign

Large range of superb Patient Information Leaflets

Asthma UK

The 'all about' sections (both child and adult) are excellent

Diabetes UK

The British Diabetes Association site; with foreign language versions of some information.

Epilepsy Action

The British Epilepsy Association site

emedicine's section on eye disease

Details about eye disease, for patients

kidney.org

the UK renal patient charity. very good section on renal disease.

The Family Planning website

Contraception information, and more

Quackwatch

Lab Tests Online

Excellent but technically quite demanding info for patients

Best Treatments

The BMJ Clinical Evidence-derived site to advise patients

Arthritis care UK

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Their information for patients section

British Thyroid Foundation

Not really that helpful but the best I can find

RNID

Royal National Institute for the Deaf. Good section on 'Information and Resources.'

Age Concern

Their information and advice web-page

Citizens Advice Bureau

their 'get advice' page

UK Self Help

online directory of self-help organisations

embarrassing problems

talk to frank

the A-Z of drugs, information for patients

Patient Eligibility for NHS care

GANFYD's page on this

eligibility for NHS care (foreigners)

details who is entitled to NHS care of what sort... Edinburgh University Health Centre

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Websites for child health advice

birth to five: DH guidance

2007 DH guidance for parents

Your Child's Health

Paediatric weblink site courtesy of Dr James Robertson

Dr Greene's Paediatric site

US - some of it good

Contact a Family

UK site for families with a child who has a rare condition; also a good link source to information about rare disorders - see Index of Conditions in the section Medical Information.

Exercises for Young Athletes

US site

GIG

The Genetic Interest Group website

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Therapeutics

electronic Medicines Compendium

e-equivalent of the Data Sheet Compendium book

BNF

The British National Formulary website

The CSM

The Committee of Safety of Medicines website

Drug Safety Research Unit

Worst Pills

The 'worst pills' website - informed criticism of drug safety and efficacy issues

The National Prescribing Centre

click on "MeReC" in the menu for access to MeReC bulletins.

MRHA drug safety update page

Immunisation Action Coalition

US site for vaccination information

RCOG Faculty of Family Planning

their publications list

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Skin medicine

Derm Net NZ

the best 'short notes' site - despite scruffy site design

The NLH Skin Disorders Library

absolutely outstanding (NLH = National Library for Health]

bad.org

The British Association of Dermatology patient information leaflets section. Not bad.

Dermatology Image Atlas

Well worth a look

The Electronic Textbook of Dermatology

Dermatology Online Journal

University of California product

Skin Cancer

Skin Cancer and Benign Tumor Image Atlas

Atlas of Clinical Dermatology

Danish, in English

Darlington guidelines

.pdf notes about common skin conditions, and their treatment

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Eye medicine

Eye Casualty

Oxford Eye Hospital site, some good info for patients

Vizcheck

A website that simulates colour blindness - informative

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Mental health

NNT Mental Health Trust

Superb self-help guides for psychological problems; the Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health Trust's (scruffy) website

RCPsych Mental Health Information

...for patients

MIND

The National Association for Mental Health

Living Life to the Full

Online CBT website

Alcohol Concern

Useful 'Knowledge Base' section

Relate

formerly marriage guidance council

Rethink

The National Schizophrenia Fellowship

Samaritans

American Journal of Psychiatry

search facility same style as BMJ

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E learning

Doctors Net UK

Large CME section - you need to register (using your GMC number)

BMJ Learning.com

Online education stuff and an excellent section on appraisal; (see Appraisal links below for alternatives)

OnMedica

Big UK learning site - you need to register

Medscape

Major US online CME site - you need to register

Learning Styles

Has an online test to measure your personal style (US)

Chesterfield CPD

Chesterfield CPD's links page; excellent

Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the web

A variety of learning material (US)

ECG learning site

Dr Dale Dublin's ECG site (no login needed0

the ecg library

Online samples of abnormal ECGs. Neat.

DSRU Learning Modules

The Drug Safety Research Units learning modules for GPs

Instant Anatomy

Interesting anatomy website (for doctors)

The NHS Faculty of Health Informatics

GP Training net

Easy to use with sections on patient web info, CME and GP training, among others.

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Appraisal

The DH page on GP Appraisal

all the downloads you need, and DH Funding Guidance

The NHS Appraisal Toolkit

Personal view; I don't use this site. Doesn't work properly with Safari 3.0 from a Mac, or Firefox. Not acceptable. Is going to be revamped soon (?)

NELG's revalidation page

The North-East Employed and Locum GPs' Group. Helpful. Lovely site design.

The BMA on Appraisal funding

definitive

The RCGP

The RCGP's page on Revalidation

The GP Curriculum

GPAQ

The GPAQ website

The NHS GP Appraisers Group

NHS Appraisal downloads library

This is what those driving appraisal are thinking and doing.

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Sites about computers and the internet

The Register

Online newspaper about computing and the internet

The Oxford Internet Institute survey of net usage

Click on the 2007 report on Internet usage (3rd biennial survey)

NPfIT

NHS Connecting for Health

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