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NHS Hospitals
Private Health Care Hospitals
Voluntary Services
Holistic Approaches
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History of Medicine
Unit 12 Reports

General:
Care Standards http://www.carestandards.org.uk
Commission for Health Improvement http://www.chi.nhs.uk
Department of Health http://www.doh.gov.uk
Health Sites - Patient Zone http://www.healthsites.co.uk/ patientzone.php
NHS Health Scotland http://www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk
Mind http://www.mind.org.uk
National Electronic Library for Health http://www.nelh.nhs.uk
National Health Service http://www.nhs.uk
National Health Service - useful links http://www.nhs.uk/ usefullinks/default.asp
NHS Direct Online http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
Our Healthier Nation http://www.ohn.gov.uk
Student Health http://www.studenthealth.co.uk
Health of Wales Information Service http://www.wales.nhs.uk
Wired for Health http://www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk
Teenage Pregnancy Unit http://www.info.doh.gov.uk/ doh/users.nsf/fs1?readForm

Local Councils and Health Care Trusts:
Bristol City Council - Social Services and Health http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/ Fuguri/frame.html? B+SSM00100+BG+F+BMM00106
South Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust http://www.sglos-pct.nhs.uk
South Gloucestershire Council website http://www.southglos.gov.uk

NHS Hospitals:
Addenbrookes http://www.addenbrookes.org.uk
Medinet website http://www.medinet.co.uk/ phlonhos.htm	Directory of hospitals
NHS Trust - Frenchay Hospital http://www.northbristol.nhs.uk/ hospitals/Frenchay.asp
NHS Trust - Southmead Hospital http://www.northbristol.nhs.uk/ hospitals/Southmead.asp
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust http://www.swindon-marlborough.nhs.uk
UK250 http://www.uk250.co.uk/Hospital	List of Hospitals in UK

Private Health Care Hospitals:
BUPA http://www.bupa.co.uk/about/

Voluntary Services:
Directory of Health websites http://www.medicalpages.co.uk/ suppcharities/suppcharities.html
Cancer Backup http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/ info/compl/compl-10.html

Research Bodies:
Joseph Rowntree Foundation http://www.jrf.org.uk
Kings Fund http://www.kingsfund.org.uk
Unesco http://www.unesco.co.uk
Unicef http://www.unicef.org
The Wellcome Trust http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ en/1/awt.html
World Health Organisation http://www.who.int/en
National Statistics http://www.statistics.gov.uk

Holistic Approaches:
JustBeWell.com http://www.justbewell.com/ complementary.html
Holistic (Integrative) Medicine & Vetinary Medicine http://homepage.tinet.ie/ ~progers/othercompalt.htm
Holistic Online http://www.holistic-online.com/ Alt_Medicine/altmed_definitions.htm
Health Education Alliance for Life and Longevity http://www.heall.com/ body/altmed/definitions

Search:
Ask Jeeves http://www.ask.co.uk
Google UK http://www.google.co.uk
Yahoo Uk & Ireland http://www.yahoo.co.uk
Yel.com http://www.yell.com

History of Medicine:
The History Channels Study Zone http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/ classroom/gcse/medicine4.htm
About http://www.inventors.about.com/ library/weekly/aa121599a.htm	20th Century inventions 1900 - 1925

Useful website addresses for Unit 12 reports:
Saving Lives - Our Healthier Nation http://www.official-documents.co.uk/ document/cm43/4386/4386.htm
New Opportunities Fund (NOF) http://www.nof.org.uk	Healthy Living Centres - Information for Applicants
Sure start http://www.surestart.gov.uk
Cabinet Office http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ seu/index.htm	Teenage Pregnancy report
Our Healthier Nation http://www.ohn.gov.uk
Department of Health http://www.doh.gov.uk
BBC Relationships http://www.bbc.co.uk/ health/relationships
BBC Diet Trials http://www.bbc.co.uk/ health/diettrials
BBC Nutrition http://www.bbc.co.uk/ health/nutrition/life.shtml
BBC Diet Trials http://www.bbc.co.uk/ health/diettrials/diet_tips2.shtml	Diet Tips
British Heart Foundation http://www.bhf.org.uk
British Nutrition Foundation http://www.nutrition.org.uk
Food Standards Agency http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/ healthiereating/
Olen Publishing http://www.olen.com/food	Food Finder
Oxford Brookes University http://cs3.brookes.ac.uk/ student/services/health
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