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Useful information and tools for change

A list of useful websites with information about drug use, general and mental health conditions, as well as tools for dealing with issues such as stress, career support and promoting positive health behaviours.


BUPA
How much do you know about your health? A collection of health quizzes.
www.bupa.co.uk\healthquizzes

Clinical Knowledge Summaries Service (CKS)
The Clinical Knowledge Summaries service (CKS) is a NHS funded resource that provides ready access to practical and reliable clinical knowledge about the common conditions managed in primary and first contact care. It helps healthcare professionals confidently make evidence-based decisions about the healthcare of their patients and provides them with the know-how to safely put these decisions into action.
www.cks.library.nhs.uk

FRANK
A website that provides drug advice and information to young people and their families.
www.talktofrank.com

Home Office Drugs website
This website provides drugs professionals with the latest news and guidance from government about the Drug Strategy.
www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Mind Tools
A website that offers guidance and practical help with management, leadership and career training issues.
www.mindtools.com

NHS Appraisal Toolkit
This on-line resource brings together advice, guidance, best practice, practical tools and access to a community of peers in the appraisal domain.
www.appraisals.nhs.uk

Patient.co.uk
The aim of this website is to be a reliable and comprehensive source of health and disease information, mainly aimed at the UK general public. However health professionals and people from outside the UK may also find Patient UK a useful resource. The PatientPlus section is likely to be of particular interest to health professionals.
www.patient.co.uk

Return To Work Knowledge Base
A free online service providing the best available research on Occupational Medicine in an easy to read format for employees, employers, treaters and insurers.
www.rtwknowledge.org

The Royal College of Psychiatrists
The mental health section of the Royal College of Psychiatrist’s website is an excellent source of information; from fact sheets on specific mental health issues, and supporting someone with a mental health condition to training to become a mental health professional.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation.aspx


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