You can find lots of useful information on these pages to help you manage minor illness, and look after your health. The pages are organised into sections based on topic, or you can use the alphabetic links
This page contains help and advice to enable you to deal with situations, and find out more about specific health subjects. You can browse by topic or alphabetically using the letters
Please note that your pharmacist can offer information and guidance
about many common illnesses. You can also find advice on the Internet
from NHS Direct or contact
them by telephone 24 hours a day on 0845 4647
Links to advice topics in subject order... COMMON ILLNESS // CONTRACEPTION & SEXUAL HEALTH // MENTAL HEALTH // LIFESTYLE // TRAVEL HEALTH // ADMINISTRATION |
Links to advice
topics in alphabetic order... |
| COMMON ILLNESS |
Acne
Antibiotic prescribing
Asthma
Back pain - modern
management
Burns, scalds and sunburn
Carbon monoxide poisoning from
faulty gas heaters or fires
Cholesterol
Computer
ergonomics Posture guidance to help prevent neck,
back, and arm pain
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
Coughs
Cystitis bladder
infection and what to do about it
Diabetes
Diarrhoea and vomiting
Ear infection
Epilepsy
Exams and illness
Food
poisoning (avoiding it!)
Glandular Fever
Hay Fever
Head injury
Healthy eating
Healthy living
Meningitis
Migraine
Mumps
Neck pain
Pharmacies
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome
Scabies
Stings & bites
Sleep problems coping
techniques
Sore throat
Sprains and strains
Temperatures in
children
Thrush
Tonsillitis
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI)
Verrucae and wart treatment
Whiplash
| CONTRACEPTION & SEXUAL HEALTH |
AIDS & HIV
Breast checks
Cervical Smear test
Chlamydia
Contraception descriptions
of 12 choices
Cystitis bladder
infection and what to do about it
Date rape
Emergency contraception
Menstruation
Missed contraceptive
pills
Pre-conceptual
care before you become pregnant
Pre-menstrual
syndrome (PMS)
Termination of pregnancy (abortion)
Testicular Self Examination
Thrush
| MENTAL HEALTH |
Anger
management coping techniques
Anxiety coping
techniques
Assertiveness
Bereavement coping
techniques
Counselling organisation
contact details (for rape, sexual assault abuse & health,
generic counselling)
Depression coping
techniques
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder coping
techniques
Panic attacks coping
techniques
Resources
Relaxation technique
Shyness coping
techniques
Sleep problems coping
techniques
Stress coping
techniques
St John's Wort
| LIFESTYLE |
Adjusting to University
life
Caffeine
Drugs of abuse
Exercise for
health
Healthy eating
Healthy living
Moles - checking for changes
Obesity
Organ donor register
Smoking What
it does and how to stop
| TRAVEL HEALTH |
Bird (Avian) flu
Travel pages Links
to our main menu travel section
Stings & bites
| ADMINISTRATION |
Access to health
records / data protection notice
Complaints about our
service
Dentists & telephone
number for Emergency Dentist
International
students' eligibility for free healthcare
Out of hours medical
care when the surgery is closed
Referral to hospital
Repeat prescription system
| Links
to advice topics in alphabetic order... A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
| A |
Access to health records
/ data protection notice
Acne
Adjusting to University life
AIDS & HIV
Alcohol
Anger management coping
techniques
Antibiotic prescribing
Anxiety coping
techniques
Assertiveness
Asthma
| B |
Back pain - modern
management
Bereavement coping
techniques
Bird (Avian) flu
Breast checks
Burns, scalds and sunburn
| C |
Caffeine
Carbon monoxide poisoning from
faulty gas heaters or fires
Cervical Smear test
Chlamydia
Cholesterol
Colds & Flu
Complaints about our service
Computer ergonomics Posture
guidance to help prevent neck, back, and arm pain
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
Contraception descriptions
of 12 choices, also Emergency contraception
Coughs
Counselling organisation
contact details (for rape, sexual assault abuse & health,
generic counselling)
Cystitis bladder infection
and what to do about it
| D |
Data protection notice
/ Access to health records
Date rape
Dentists & telephone
number for Emergency Dentist
Depression coping
techniques
Diabetes
Diarrhoea in
adults and childrenDrugs of abuse
| E |
Ear infection
Emergency contraception
Epilepsy
Exams and illness
Exams, stress,
deadlines, sleep
Exercise for health
| F |
Fever and temperature
Food poisoning (avoiding
it!)
| G |
Gastroenteritis
Glandular Fever
| H |
Hay Fever
Head injury
Healthy eatingHealthy living
HIV & AIDS
| I |
International students'
eligibility for free healthcare
| M |
Meningitis
Menstruation
Mental Health
Resources
Migraine
Missed contraceptive
pills
Moles - checking for changes
Mumps
| N |
Neck pain - modern
management
| O |
Obesity
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder coping
techniques
Organ donor register
Out of hours medical care
when the surgery is closed
| P |
Panic attacks coping
techniques
Pre-conceptual care before
you become pregnant
Pre-menstrual
syndrome (PMS)
| R |
Referral to hospital
Relaxation technique
Repeat prescription system
| S |
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome
Scabies
Shyness coping
techniques
Sleep problems coping techniques
Smoking What it does
and how to stop
Sore throat
Stings & bites
Strains and sprains
Stress coping techniques
St John's Wort
| T |
Termination of pregnancy (abortion)
Testicular Self Examination (TSE)
Thrush
Tonsillitis
Travel advice Links
to our main menu travel section
| U |
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI)
| V |
| W |
Weight management; see
Healthy Living, Healthy
Eating, Obesity
Whiplash
NHS
Direct 0845 46 47 www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
