General Health Links

NHS 111 Wales offers web and telephone advice from nurses 24 hours a day. In addition, they have information about access to pharmacies and dentists and links to health information.

Patient.info is full of health information and news.

Foreign Travel

• The NHS Fit for Travel web site gives health information on specific destinations.
• The NHS Wales web site also has a travel section. It includes information on the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).
• The Foreign Office's web site provides official safety advice.
• MASTA runs private travel clinics. Their service can be useful for particularly complicated or exotic travel plans. 
• The National Travel Health  Network's web site has further travel health tips and allows you to search for yellow fever vaccination clinics.

Immunisation

• The NHS immunisation web site has detailed information on the official UK schedule.

Contraception and sexual health

• Family Planning Association is a long-established national charity that provides information and help about contraception.
• The Sex Worth Talking About web site is run by the NHS and has information on preventing and treating sexual infections. NB. This site is designed for young adults and contains explicit language.
• Sex and Young People is another site providing frank sex advice for young people.
• The local NHS Health Board provides Sexual Health services, including help with contraception and sexual infections, that complement those we offer here. Find out more detail on their web site.

Lifestyle

• Healthy Eating advice from NHS Wales.
• Help Me Quit web site for smokers.
• Drug and Alcohol support

Particular conditions

• Age Concern provides practical help to older people in difficulty.
• Alzheimer's Society give support to patients and relatives concerning all forms of dementia including Alzheimer's disease.
• Versus Arthritis have information on joint and other musculoskeletal conditions.
• Asthma - information from the Asthma UK charity.
• Macmillan is a national cancer information charity.
• Carer's Trust works to help those caring for sick or disabled people.
• Common childhood infections - official guidance for schools and nurseries.
• Dental problems
• Diabetes - Diabetes UK, a national charity whose web site has lots of information for people with diabetes.
• Embarrassingproblems.co.uk.
• Falls prevention  - see Stay Steady Clinics
• Mental Health information from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Patient.info has a large number of health information leaflets.

 Screening

• Antenatal screening in Wales.
• Bowel cancer screening in Wales
• Breast test Wales
• Cervical Screening Wales web site.
• Heart disease risk predictor
• Approved Home Blood pressure Monitors
• Newborn hearing screening in Wales.
• Prostate cancer - the PSA test. Information from Macmillan. If you are considering asking for prostate cancer screening, please see one of our doctors.

Web sites of NHS organisations

• Official NHS Wales site.
• Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is in charge of most of Cardiff's hospitals plus primary care services.
• Velindre Cancer Centre

Misc

• Care and Repair Cardiff help older people maintain their homes.
• DVLA medical advice for drivers.
• Common blood Tests - from NHS Choices
• Lab tests on-line -  explanations of common tests.
• Social care services from Cardiff council in English and Welsh.