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Starting Point Community Learning Partnership 1 Tutor Lead Session Medical Websites Medical Websites Part of this worksheet has been taken from the Digital Unite website www.digitalunite.com There is a multitude of UK health and medical resources on the internet, and the best websites can be a handy first port of call when you are trying to find out information about a medical concern, or local healthcare services. Some information can be inaccurate or scary so digital unit asked a BMI healthcare professional, Sarah Coats Chandler, to review some of the best medical websites around. The NHS The NHS has several websites that are available to the public for free, providing a wide variety of information. A popular one is: www.nhs.uk – This is known as NHS Choices and provides comprehensive information on health (AZ), how to live well, what care and support is available to the public, topical health and medical news and what services are available in your area. The health encyclopaedia is a useful reference tool for members of the public.

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Tutor  Lead  Session  –  Medical  Websites  Medical  Websites    Part  of  this  worksheet  has  been  taken  from  the  Digital  Unite  website  www.digitalunite.com    There  is  a  multitude  of  UK  health  and  medical  resources  on  the  internet,  and  the  best  websites  can  be  a  handy  first  port  of  call  when  you  are  trying  to  find  out  information  about  a  medical  concern,  or  local  healthcare  services.    Some  information  can  be  inaccurate  or  scary  so  digital  unit  asked  a  BMI  healthcare  professional,  Sarah  Coats  Chandler,  to  review  some  of  the  best  medical  websites  around.   The  NHS   The  NHS  has  several  websites  that  are  available  to  the  public  for  free,  providing  a  wide  variety  of  information.  A  popular  one  is:  www.nhs.uk  –  This  is  known  as  NHS  Choices  and  provides  comprehensive  information  on  health  (A-­‐Z),  how  to  live  well,  what  care  and  support  is  available  to  the  public,  topical  health  and  medical  news  and  what  services  are  available  in  your  area.      The  health  encyclopaedia  is  a  useful  reference  tool  for  members  of  the  public.  

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The  former  NHS  Direct  telephone  number  has  been  updated  to  111,  and  if  you  cannot  speak  to  your  GP  surgery  or  an  out  of  hours  GP,  it  is  often  recommended  that  you  call  NHS  111  to  access  urgent  assistance  or  arrange  for  an  out  of  hours  GP  to  visit  you.      In  addition  there  are  local  websites  affiliated  to  your  local  trust,  which  provide  more  detailed  information  about  your  local  NHS  services.  The  Stockport  one  is  https://www.stockport.nhs.uk    

Have  A  Go    

(1) Go  to  www.nhs.com  (2) Find  the  section  and  type  in  your  postcode  and  click  Find  urgent  care  

 (3) Use  the  tickboxes  at  the  top  to  select  only  Pharmacies  and  click  the  Update  

button.  This  will  list  chemists  in  a  10  mile  radius  and  also  tell  you  if  they  are  open  or  not.    

 (4) If  you  don’t  find  what  you  are  looking  for  and  can  travel,  you  can  increase  the  

mile  radius  of  your  postcode  by  clicking  onto  10  miles.  

 (5) Go  to  https://www.stockport.nhs.uk  (6) From  the  Homepage  to  the  Patients  &  Visitors  section  

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(7) Select  Visiting  times  

 (8) Scroll  down  to  find  the  visiting  times  for  Medical  Short  Stay  Units  at  Stepping  

Hill  

     

WebMD   This  is  one  of  the  most  highly  used  medical  sites  in  the  world,  and  exists  in  several  versions,  the  American  version  (www.webmd.com)  and  the  UK  version  supported  by  Boots  the  Pharmacist  (www.webmd.boots.com)  are  the  two  most  popular  in  the  English  speaking  community.  

There  is  a  health  A-­‐Z  plus  a  symptom  checker  that  is  a  useful  resource  for  checking  any  areas  of  concern.      The  Boots  UK  site  features  detailed  information  about  men,  women  and  children’s  health  with  current  information  and  relevant  news  stories.  Guidance  about  key  life  stages  such a  menopause  is  informative  and  there  is  medically  validated  information  about  various  health  conditions.  

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Net  Doctor    The  Net  Doctor  website,  www.netdoctor.co.uk,  is  a  comprehensive  site  that  offers  articles  about  healthy  living,  information  on  conditions  and  treatments  and  a  symptom  checker.  

One  of  the  most  useful  areas  is  the  health  services  section  –  in  which  readers  can  find  factsheets  and  advice  about  how  to  make  the  most  of  a  GP  appointment  and  offers  information  on  the  changes  that  are  happening  in  the  NHS.  There  is  also  an  ‘Ask  the  Dr’  service  if  you  wish  to  post  a  quick  query  online.   Patient.co.uk    Patient.co.uk  highlights  monthly  awareness  campaigns,  such  as  Bowel  Cancer  and  provides  impartial  information  about  topical  health  stories,  such  as  the  recent  Children’s  Health  Report.  

Support  Forums  are  a  useful  tool  and  appear  to  be  well  policed  and  managed,  providing  information  and  support  to  the  users.  

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Have  A  Go    

(1) Go  to  www.patient.co.uk  and  select  the  Forums  section

 (2) Then  select  the  Senior  Health  selection    

 (3) Select  a  popular  group  that  is  of  interest,  we  are  using  the  example  of  Knee  

problems  

 (4) Select  a  question  that  has  replies  and  open  it  up  to  look  at  the  original  post  

and  the  subsequent  replies:  

 (5) If  you  have  time  you  could  explore  how  to  join  the  group  so  you  get  regular  

updates  or  how  to  post  a  reply  to  someone’s  question.