General self care websites
NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries
In collaboration with NHS Direct, Clinical Knowledge Summaries provide patient information on specific tests, treatments, operations and services.
www.cks.library.nhs.uk/information_for_patients
Database of Patient Experience
This database documents a wide variety of patients' personal experiences of health and illness. It also contains information on treatment choices and where to find support.
Expert Patients
The Expert Patients Programme and the courses it runs can help people living with a long-term health condition control their symptoms and lead the life they want. Visit the website to read stories from people who have attended the Expert Patients Course and health professionals.
Health Space
A secure NHS personal health organiser for people. It is part of a national roll out of NHS care records service over the next few years and will contain a Summary Care Record of basic information about patients. It will also give you access to your record. The website is useful for both patients and health professionals.
Living Life to the Full
Provides step by step workbooks for anxiety and depression. The course has been written by a psychiatrist who has many years of experience using a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach and also in helping people use these skills in everyday life.
Mood Juice
Moodjuice is developed by the Adult Clinical Psychology Service and is designed to offer information and advice to those experiencing troublesome thoughts, feelings and actions. From the site you are able to print off various self help guides covering conditions such as depression, anxiety, stress, panic and sleep problems.
Mood Gym
An online interactive programme for dealing with anxiety and depression. The online modules help individuals to identify and overcome emotions by developing good coping skills.
NHS Direct
The NHS Direct self-help guide covers the most common symptoms, conditions and ailments that people call NHS Direct about for advice.
For deaf people and for those hard of hearing, a textphone service is available on 0845 6064667. A confidential interpretation service is available in many languages.
Tel: 0845 4647
NHS Choices
Official site of the National Health Service. Get expert information on conditions, treatments, local services and healthly living.
Patient.co.uk
Comprehensive, free, up to date quality information about health and diseases. Information is evidence based and written by GPs.
Healthy Weight 4 Kirklees
Health Weight 4 Kirklees is an exciting initiative that aims to inform and engage people in Kirklees about weight management. This website will enable members of the public to access local and national information about weight management.
It also forms the foundation for the Kirklees Healthy Weight Network for health professionals and partners, allowing the sharing of best practice, access to current information and provides support in the delivery of the Kirklees Obesity Programme.
www.healthyweight4kirklees.nhs.uk
