NHS CHOICES - Your Health, Your Choices ...

​Find out what 'choice' means in the 21st Century NHS, and learn how you can take control of your health and treatment.  NHS Choices is the UK's biggest health website.  The site provides a comprehensive health information service to help put you in control of your healthcare.   

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Health Conditions and Treatments
An A-Z Directory.  

• Hundreds of conditions explained.​ ​​

Health Conditions and Treatments

​Live Well
Healthy living articles, full of information on keeping you and your family healthy.  

• Over 117 topics.​​​

Live Well

Care and Support
Your essential guide to social care.  

• Get information and advice on social care, and find services in your area.​​​

Care and Support

Services Near You
An A-Z Directory 

• Hospitals, GPs, Dentists, Pharmacies, Care Homes and care at home, Alcohol, Maternity, Consultants, Opticians, Sexual Health,  Stop Smoking Services and Urgent Care Services ... and more in your area - just enter your postcode.​​​

Services Near You

Tools
Interactive tools, smartphone apps and podcasts.

• Blood pressure quiz; Sleep self-assessment: Strength and flexibility videos; Exercise ' Getting started' videos; Are money worries affecting your health? Calorie checker; BMI Calculator and Tracker iPhone App; Stop Smoking iPhone App and Drinks Tracker for iPhone.​​​

Tools

Communities
A list of popular online communities.

• NHS Health Check Community; British Skin Foundation; NCT; Heart UK - The Cholesterol Charity; The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV; Meningitis Now.

Communities

NHS Choices
Go behind the scenes and find out what the different teams of NHS Choices are working on.

• For professionals; Syndication; Personal Accounts; Quality Accounts​​​

NHS Choices - About the Teams

You and the NHS
Everything you need to know about the health service and what you can get from it.

• The NHS; NHS Services; Healthcare abroad; Choice in the NHS; Health costs; NHS Complaints; NHS accountability; Keogh reviews

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You and the NHS

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