General health information

  • NHS Direct
    Official website for the NHS 24 hour telephone helpline, NHS Direct. Information about health problems, on how to keep healthy and advice on when to call for help.
  • BBC Health
    General news and information about health including a message board and "Ask the Doctor" service.
  • Medscape
    Features medical journal articles, images, case reports and medical news.
  • Net Doctor
    Extensive collection of health information for patients, provided by an independent commercial company with a team of medical editors
  • Count Me In Calendar
    An innovative way of finding out about upcoming awareness weeks (such as National Epilepsy Week).
  • UK Health Centre
    The web's most comprehensive and up to date index of UK health and medical Internet resources.
  • The Consumer Health Information Centre
    An advice service set up to help users understand more about health, including hints and tips to stay healthy and ways to get back on their feet when illness strikes
  • Medicdirect.co.uk
    Extensive Web site containing a good collection of medical information

Epilepsy Action cannot be held responsible for the content, or support any information or services provided in any of the websites linked to on this page. Nor does the inclusion of a link to any other website constitute a recommendation.