Useful Links

Disclaimer

Links from the Caldbeck Surgery website are provided for information and convenience only. We cannot accept any responsibility for the content and design of the linked sites. A link does not imply an endorsement of a service and not linking to a site does not imply lack of endorsement of a service.

Allergies

• British Allergy Foundation

Babies and Small Children

• BLISS - Premature Baby Charity
• Birth Defects Foundation

Bereavement

• Child Death Helpline
• Compassionate Friends
• Cruse Bereavement Care
• Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
• SOBS - Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
• Still Birth and Neonatal Death Society

Black and Ethnic Minorities

• NIMHE Black and Ethnic Minorities Project

Bladder and Bowel

• Bladder Zone
• Continence Foundation
• Digestive Disorders Foundation
• GastroClub
• In Contact
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Network
• National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease

Cancer

• Breakthrough Breast Cancer
• Breast Cancer Care
• Cancer BACUP
• CancerLine UK
• Cancer Research UK
• CancerHelp UK
• Colon Cancer Concern
• Leukaemia Care
• Lymphoma Association
• Macmillan Cancer Relief
• Personalised Information Education Support for Cancer Patients
• Prostate Cancer Charity
• Sargent Cancer care for Children

Carers

• A Practical Guide for Disabled People or Carers
• Carersline

Children and Young People

• Addiss - Attention Deficit Disorder
• CALM
• Child Growth Foundation
• ChildLine
• Children's Information Service
• Connexions Cumbria
• Contact a Family
• Cystic Fibrosis Trust
• LifeBytes
• Northern Fells Group Youth Site
• YoungMinds - Parents Information Service

Depression

• Depression Alliance
• Manic Depression Fellowship
• S.A.D. Association

Disabilities

• A Practical Guide for Disabled People or Carers
• Contact a Family
• Disability Association Carlisle and Eden
• Disabled Living Foundation
• National Autistic Society - Helpline

Disease Control and Environmental Health

• Health Protection Agency

Drugs / Alcohol / Addictive Behaviours

• Al-Anon
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Cumbria Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service
• DrugScope
• Families Anonymous
• Gamblers Anonymous
• GamCare
• Narcotics Anonymous
• National Drugs Helpline
• National Association for Children of Alcoholics
• Release
• Re-Solv
• Talk to Frank
• UKPPG Psychiatric Medication Helpline

Eating Disorders

• Anorexia and Bulimia Care
• Eating Disorders Association
• National besity Forum
• TOAST UK

Families and Parenting

• Association for Postnatal Illness
• British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
• MAMA (Meet a Mum Association)
• Parentline Plus
• Cumbria Family Mediation Service

Health - General

• Consumer Health Information Centre
• Citizens Advice Bureau
• Health Sites
• Health Supplements Information Service
• Medicine Chest Online
• National Blood Service (Blood Donors)
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence
• National Pharmaceutical Association
• NHS Direct
• NetDoctor.co.uk
• PALS - Patient Advice and Liaison Service
• Patient UK
• Public and Patient Information Website
• Surgery Door
• Treatment Notes

Healthy Lifestyle

• Foodlink

Health News

• BBC Health News

Health Research Resources

• Evidence Based Practice
• National Electronic Library for Health
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence
• Picker Institute Europe

Hearing

• Royal National Institute for the Deaf

Heart Disease, Blood and Circulation

• Anti-Coagulation - Europe
• Blood Pressure Association
• British Cardiac Patients Association
• British Heart Foundation
• Children's Heart Foundation
• Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Haemophilia Society
• Hearts for Life
• H-E-A-R-T UK
• Sickle Cell Society
• Stroke Association

Infections

• British Polio Fellowship
• National Meningitis Trust
• RAPPID (Paediatric Pneumococcal Infection)

Learning Disabilities

• National Society for Epilepsy - Information Resource Pack
• The Elfrida Society
• SCOPE
• MENCAP
• Mental Health Medication

Liver and Kidney

• British Kidney Patients Association
• British Liver Trust
• Children's Liver Disease Foundation
• National Kidney Federation
• National Kidney Helpline

Local Council for Voluntary Service

• Carlisle Council for Voluntary Service

Local Government

• Allerdale Borough Council
• Carlisle City Council
• Copeland Borough Council
• Cumbria County Council
• Cumbria Libraries
• Eden District Council
• Social Services

Local Support Services

• Cumbria Social Services

Men's Health

• All About Erectile Dysfunction
• Impotence Association
• InformED
• Men Matters (Erectile Dysfunction)
• Men's Health Forum
• Men's Health on the BBC
• Talking BPH (Prostate)

Mental Health

• Department of Health Mental Health Information
• Borderline
• Depression Alliance
• Hearing Voices Network
• Making Space
• Manic Depression Fellowship
• Mental Health Foundation
• Mental Health Media
• Mentality
• MindLink
• National Institute for Mental Health in England
• National Phobics Society
• No Panic
• Rethink
• Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
• Samaritans
• Saneline
• Triumph Over Phobia (TOP U.K.)
• Young Minds

Migraine and Pain

• Action on Pain
• Headache Matters
• Migraine Action Association
• Migraine Trust
• Pain Concern
• Pain Relief Foundation

Muscle, Bones and Joints

• Arthritis Care
• Arthritis Research Campaign
• Back Care
• Brittle Bone Society
• Children's Chronic Arthritis Association
• National Ankylosing Spondylitus Society
• National Osteoporosis Society
• National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society
• UK Gout Society

National Government

• Audit Commission
• Department of Health
• UKonline

National Voluntary Organisations

• The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
• National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
• The Home Of Volunteering on the Web

Neurological Conditions

• Alzheimer's Society
• Brain and Spine Helpline
• Eoilepsy Action
• Epilepsy Bereaved
• Huntingdon's Disease Association
• National Society for Epilepsy
• MS Resource Centre
• MS Society
• MS Trust
• Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
• Parkinson's Disease Society

NHS Organisations

• Commission for Health Improvement
• Modernising the NHS
• National Health Service (NHS)
• NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Services (CFSMS)
• NHS Direct Online
• North Cumbria Health Action Zone
• North Cumbria Palliative Care
• Northern Cancer Network
• Northumberland Health Action Zone
• Retained Organs Commission

Older People

• Action on Elder Abuse
• Active for Life
• Advice Guide
• Age Concern Eden
• Age Concern England
• Age Concern North West Cumbria
• Citizens Advice Bureau
• Cumbria Social Services Older People
• Department of Health
• Eden Alzheimers Society
• Eden Carers
• Help the Aged
• Over 50

Oral Health

• Dental Health Foundation
• UK and Ireland Dental Health Guide

Organ Donation

• UK Transplant

Parents

• Howgill Family Centre
• Sure Start
• Wired for Health

Patients

• Carers UK
• Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
• Dr. Foster
• Electronic Quality Information for Patients
• National Association for Patient Participation
• National Patient Safety Agency
• Patients Association
• The Patients Forum

Personal Safety

• Suzy Lamplugh Trust
• Victim Supportline
• Women's Aid

Pregnancy

• Pregnacy and Baby Care

Rurality

• Cumbria Stress Information Network
• Northern Fells Group
• Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
• ruralMinds
• Rural Stress Information Network

Self-Help Groups - Directories

• Department of Health
• Patient UK
• Telephone Helplines Association
• UK Self Help
• Find Support National Directory

Sexual Health and Relationships

• British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
• Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
• Family Planning Association
• IVF / Infertility
• Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
• Marie Stopes
• Marriage Care
• National AIDS Trust
• Relate
• The Sex Lottery
• Terrence Higgins Trust
• UK Coalition of Patients Living with HIV and AIDS
• UK Infertility and Parenting Forum
• You Choose

Sight

• Royal National Institute of the Blind

Skin

• Acne Support Group
• National Eczema Society
• Psoriasis Association
• Skincare Campaign

Smoking

• Action on Smoking and Health
• Don't Give Up Giving Up

Social Exclusion and Discrimination

• Social Exclusion Unit

Suicide and Self Harm

• SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide)
• SIS (Self Injury Support in North Cumbria)

Travel and Vaccines

• APMSD
• Malaria
• National Travel Health Network and Centre
• UK Vaccine Group

Welfare, Financial and Legal

• National Debtline
• Community Law Centre (covering Carlisle and West Cumbria)
• Cumbria Family Mediation Service

Women

• The Rural Women's Network
• National Federation of Women's Institute

Women's Health

• Amarant Trust (Menopause Info)
• Endometriosis SHE Trust UK
• Family Planning Association
• HRT Info
• Menopause Facts
• Menopause Matters
• National Childbirth Facts
• Women's Health
• Women's Health Information

Younger People

• Galaxy H
• Lifebytes
• Mind, Body and Soul
• Playing Safely
• Welltown
• Northern Fells Group Youth Site