Healthcare information
- Ask 3 Questions – Shared Decision Making
- EasyHealth - Health information with simple words, clear pictures and films
- Good Thinking UK - tools and resources to help yourself and others to feel better
- Health A-Z - conditions and treatments explained
- Health A-Z from GSTT - resources for patients and their families about conditions, treatments and procedures
- Health on the Net - transparent and reliable health information online
- Lab tests online UK - a site helping you to understand the clinical laboratory tests used to diagnose, monitor and treat diseases
- Medicines A-Z - find out how your medicine works
- Medline Plus – the United States national health website for patients and their families and friends
- Medscape – the latest medical news, expert perspectives, clinical trial coverage, drug updates, journal articles and more
- MSD Manual – one of the United States providers of current medical information accessible to health care professionals and patients on every continent
- Net Doctor - one of the UK's leading independent health websites
- NHS health service finder - find NHS services local to you
- NHS guide to social care and support
- NHS website - helping you take control of your health and wellbeing
- NIHR blog - research blog from the National Institute for Health and Care Research
- NIHR evidence - plain language summaries of health and care research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research
- NIHR news - news updates from the National Institute for Health and Care Research
- NIHR podcasts - podcasts from the National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Patient - health information, medicines, clinical trials, discussion forums, symptom checker
Databases and journals
- Access to Research – gives free, walk-in access to over 15 million academic articles in participating public libraries across the UK
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) – a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals
- Europe PMC - provides free comprehensive access to life sciences literature from trusted sources
- PubMed Central® (PMC) - a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
- Research gate – shared research articles
- Understanding Health Research – a tool for making sense of health studies
- Understanding how to start your search - a simple guide to appraising health information on the net
Healthcare Apps
- Drinkaware - track your alcohol consumption and spend over time, calculate units and calories and set goals to help you moderate your drinking
- GP at hand - NHS GP services on your mobile phone. Your current GP surgery may offer this service too. Find out more
- Mental wellbeing (Age 18+) - Free apps for mental wellbeing from Good Thinking
- Mental wellbeing for young people (under 18) - Free apps for young people from Good Thinking
- NHS apps library - is a digital tool to help you manage and improve your health. Maintained by NHS Digital
Toolkits and resources
- Dementia Roadmap - information about the dementia journey alongside local information about services, support groups and care pathways
- Drink Aware - offers a range of online tools can help you understand your drinking, track your drinks and change your habits
- London asthma toolkit - resources and information for parents and carers of children and young people with asthma in London
- MindEd - is a free, educational resource about children, young people and older people’s mental health, aimed at all parents and carers
- MindEd for Families: children and young people
- MindEd for Families: older people
- Mood Zone - practical information, interactive tools and videos from the NHS to help you look after your mental health and avoid common problems like depression, anxiety and stress
- My Health London: health and well-being - learn about your health and well-being and the NHS services in London that can help you
- My Health London: self-care - how to keep fit and healthy, take medicines appropriately, manage self-treatable conditions, and when to seek appropriate clinical help
- Protect against STIs - resources to empower individuals to take charge of their sexual health and wellbeing
- Recovery College Online - providing a range of online educational courses and resources to people who might be struggling with mental health issues, families, friends, mental health workers and anyone else who might be interested.
- SH:24 - free and confidential STI testing that you can access 24-hours a day, testing for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV
- Talk to FRANK - a national drug education service intended to reduce the use of both legal and illegal drugs by educating teenagers and adolescents about the potential effects of drugs
- Therapy Directory - a directory of health conditions which work well alongside therapy. You should consult your GP / health professional for advice before starting any alternative or additional therapies or treatments.
Lifestyle – fitness and nutrition
- Better Health NHS - tools to lose weight, get active, quit smoking, and lift your mood.
- Change4Life Activities - children need to be active for 60 minutes a day. From fun, shake-up games to information about active hobbies and sports, here's everything you need to get your family moving. Change4Life also provide simple, tasty and family-friendly recipes, and food fact information which explains what's really in the food your family eats
- NHS Fitness Studio - 24 instructor-led videos in aerobics, strength and resistance, belly dancing, pilates and yoga, as well as exercises suitable for people with limited mobility
- NHS Health Check - health and fitness trackers
- The NHS weight loss plan - a free 12-week diet and exercise plan
- Strength and flexibility podcasts - a five-week exercise plan for beginners
Healthcare communities
- Healthtalk - provides young people and adults with reliable information about health issues, sharing people's real-life experiences
- HealthUnlocked communities - ask questions, get answers, advice and support from hundreds of condition and wellness communities, from organisations you know and trust
- Let's talk: advance care planning - plan how you want to be cared for in the future or at the end of your life
- One You - helps you to get back to a healthier you by supporting you to make simple changes towards a longer and happier life. It includes tools, support and encouragement to help improve your health
- Patient Community - a forum and chatroom covering medical conditions and medicines.
- Strength and balance classes from GSTT - free one-hour exercise classes to help older people avoid or reduce their risk of falling and improve strength, balance and confidence when walking
For carers
- Carers UK - advice, information and support for carers
- Self-care resources to support person-centred care - for unpaid carers, patients and citizens
- Skills for Care - resources for carers
- The Mayor's Cost of Living Hub - help with the cost of living
- The Money Advice Service - free and impartial money advice set up by the government's website. Find out about support available to carers and how to manage the money of someone you're caring for
Health services
- About the NHS - how the NHS works, how it has changed over time and how you can help improve it
- Care Quality Commission - the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England
- Department of Health.
- Healthy London Partnership – working to improve Londoners’ health and wellbeing
- London Councils: health and adult services - responsible for London Councils’ policy work on health, public health, adult social care and health and social care integration
- Public Health England - working to protect and improve the nation's health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities
Internet help
Visit www.learnmyway.com for tips on how to become a more confident internet user. If you would like help with getting online, click here to access useful resources to get you started.
Learn about how to keep yourself and others safe online, and protect your privacy on your devices.
Visit the Guy's and St Thomas' website for more information on accessing support with digital devices.
Learn about AI (Artificial Intelligence) and how to use it on the Elements of AI website.