Internet Health Links

Please note: Dr Mitchell and Partners are not responsible for the content of any of these sites nor do we endorse them.

Bucks Primary Care Collaborative

• www.buckspcc.co.uk
  We are an association of 34 local GP practices, including Chequers Drive and Hughenden Valley, working together to improve healthcare services for our 305,000 patients.
• Bucks Health Help Now is a website which sign posts to many local services

General

• BBC Health
• Blue Badge Scheme - Buckinghamshire County Council
  To apply for a disabled driver's blue badge click the link above or phone 01296 382902
• Dial-a-ride and bus passes for the elderly and disabled
• Embarrassing Problems
• Health Talk Online
  (A site sharing and talking about the experience of illness for both patients and healthcare professionals)
• Hughenden Valley Community Shop Limited
• Hughenden Valley Residents Association
• Lab Tests Online UK
• Missing People
• Net Doctor
• NHS 111
• Patient UK
• SSAFA Forces Help
  Serviceman or woman? Now or in the past? Member of Service family? Do you need help-practical, financial, emotional? Call us (in confidence) 01844 218349 www.ssafa.org.uk
• Surgery Door

Asthma

• Asthma UK

Bereavement Care

• Cruse

• The Child Bereavement Trust

Bladder and bowel problems

• Continence Foundation

Cancer

• Breast Cancer Campaign

• Cancer Help

• MacMillan Cancer Relief

• Marie Curie Cancer Care

Carers

• Carers Bucks - a useful local resource for carers

Child Health

• Baby Centre

• Bullying UK

• Practical Parenting Advice

Coeliac Disease

• Coeliac Society

Colitis and Crohns disease

• National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease

Counselling

• Samaritans

Diabetes

• Diabetes UK

• Runsweet.com
  Site about diabetes and sport, with lots of useful information about diabetes and its management and run by our local diabetologist Dr Ian Gallen.

Drugs and Alcohol

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Talk to Frank (Drugs Information)
• Bucks Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) has details of help if you or your family have been affected by these issues, also some useful links to other local services.
• Children of Addicted Parents and People
• Drinkaware - Calculate your units
• Driving and Dementia - The essential guide for seniors

Eating Disorders

• Beating Eating Disorders Website
• Royal college of Psychiatrists website

Elderly

• AgeWell Information Point
  (A guide to services for older people in Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe)
• Alzheimers Society
  This is invaluable if you or someone close to you is suffering from dementia. lots of information, sources of help, fact sheets about the condition all in one place.
• British Geriatrics Society
• Bucks Mind Befriending Service The Befriending Service for Older People (50+)
  We aim to improve the quality of life for people over 50 + who are experiencing difficulties with their mental and emotional wellbeing. We hope to make a positive impact by introducing clients to volunteers in order to support social independence. Volunteer partnerships take place once a week for approx 2-3 hours, for the duration of 2-6 mths depending on the client’s needs. Volunteers support clients to follow their hobbies and interests, which is hoped will enhance their self confidence and independence. The aim of the partnership is to give the client an opportunity to build a supportive social network to improve their emotional well being and quality of life and to decrease their sense of isolation. If you feel you, or someone that you know could benefit from this service, or if you would like to volunteer, please visit our website.

Family Planning and Sexual Health

• Family Planning Association
• For more information about sexual health services in Buckinghamshire
  www.sexualhealthbucks.nhs.uk
• Morethanahug.com  Bucks Chlamydia Screening Programme

Healthy Living

• Eat Well
• Take Life On

• Do you sometimes worry about what you read in the media? Follow this link for a more balanced view
  www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index

Hearing

• Royal National Institute for Deaf People

Heart

• British Heart Foundation

• Heart UK

Joint Problems

• Arc (Arthritis Information)
• Osteoporosis Society

Men's Health

• Men's Health Forum

Mental health problems

• MIND

Pregnancy

• Visit the link below for the new 'Health in Pregnancy' - grant available from April 2009.
  The application forms for this are available from the midwife, NOT from the doctors.
  http://campaigns.direct.gov.uk/money4mum2be/

Skin disorders

• National Eczema Society

Smoking

• ASH
• SmokeFree
• Stop Smoking Advisor

Stroke

• Do you think you or someone you are with is having a stroke? You need to act FAST
  The Stroke Association

Teenagers

• Teenage Health Freak
  This website has answers to all those embarrassing questions you might have (and some non-embarrassing ones too).
• Youthhealthtalk.org
  A collection of interviews with young people about their experiences of health or illness. They tell you what it’s really like!
• Morethanahug.com  Bucks Chlamydia Screening Programme
• Children of Addicted Parents and People

Travel Health

• Fit for Travel
• Travel Advice
• TravelHealth
• Travelling with a medical condition