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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
www.ash.org.uk
Informative and detailed website about smoking-related diseases. Various facts and publications available to read along with guidance and support about how to quit smoking.

British Heart Foundation
www.bhf.org.uk
Comprehensive site offering clear and simple information about heart disease and how to fight against it by living a healthy life. Gives detailed explanations and diagrams of heart terms, blood pressure and cholesterol.

British Nutrition Foundation
www.nutrition.org.uk
Up-to-date features, publications, advice and educational information about nutrition and related areas.

Citizens Advice Bureau
www.adviceguide.org.uk
Provides advice on a range of subjects including health issues through hundreds of offices across the UK. The telephone directory will list your local CAB. The website has lots of useful information and contact details as well.

Health Bulletin: Using Food Instead of Drugs for Health
www.healthbulletin.org/index.html
Lots of articles and journal extracts that look at how to combat illness with diet rather than drugs.

The Health Gap – Britain and Europe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/608905.stm
Article from the year 2000 that looks at the differences between UK spending on healthcare and the rest of Europe.

Litigation: Next NHS Crisis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/610487.stm
The government's Public Accounts Committee has reported that outstanding medical negligence claims against the health service amounted to a staggering £2.8bn.

Measurable Improvements in Productivity Throughout the NHS www.news-medical.net/?id=1342
Article from News-Medical in 2004 that looks at the extra UK government spending in the NHS and reveals how it is paying off.

NHS Gateway
www.nhs.uk/
Lots of information including a self-help guide to getting the right treatment and an online health encyclopaedia.

Patient UK
www.patient.co.uk/
Aim is to help non-medical people find information about health issues primarily from UK sources. Health professionals may also find the information useful and the site has a good list of related organisations.

When Healthcare Goes Wrong
www.channel4.com/health/microsites/0-9/4health/body/
hal_mistakes.html
Channel 4 Health article that takes a look at medical mishaps and misdiagnosis.

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