Post on 12-Mar-2019
A-Z of resources for health conditions
Arthritis
Arthritis and MusculoskeletalArthritis Research
www.arthritiscare.org.ukwww. arma.uk.net www.arthritisresearchuk.org
Asthma www.asthma.org.uk
Autism/Aspergers www.autism.org.uk
BackCare www.backcare.org.uk
Blind/Partially Sighted www.actionforblindpeople.org.ukwww.rnib.org.uk
Cancer www.cancerbackup.org.ukwww.macmillan.org.uk/workwww.nhs.uk/livewell/cancer
Live your life after cancer www.lylac.net
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease www.lunguk.org (British Lung Foundation)www.nhs.uk/conditions/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease (NHS Choices)
Cerebral Palsy www.scope.org.uk
Chicken Pox www.patient.co.ukwww.nhs.co.uk
Colitis and Crohn’s disease www.nacc.org.uk
Cystic Fibrosis www.cftrust.org.uk
Deaf/Hearing Impaired www.signcommunity.org.uk
Deaf/Blind www.deafblind.org.uk
Dementia www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia
A-Z of resources for health conditions
Diabetes www.diabetes.org.uk (Diabetes UK)www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetes
Diet and nutrition www.nutrition.org.uk
Drug and alcohol addiction http://pushrecoverycommunity.org/
Dyslexia/Dyspraxia
If you think you may be suffering with dyslexia and are concerned
about any impact on your work/promotion prospects etc. please
ask your manager for a referral to Occupational Health.
www.bdadyslexia.org.ukwww.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
Eating Disorders Service (Portsmouth) https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/ext/documents-external/hlth-ph-eating-disorder.pdf
Epilepsy www.epilepsy.org.ukwww.nhs.uk/conditions/epilepsy
General Health www.bbc.co.uk/healthhttp://www.nhs.uk/livewell/healthy-eating/Pages/Healthyeating.aspx
Heart www.bhf.org.ukwww.worldheart.orgwww.nhs.uk/conditions/coronary-heart-disease
Hearing loss www.actionhearingloss.org.uk (Royal National Institute for the deaf – RNID)
HIV www.hivaware.org.uk (HIV Aware)
Kidney disease www.nhs.uk/conditions/kidney-disease-chronic
Meningitis https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/meningitis-signs-and-symptoms-leaflet-for-university-students
A-Z of resources for health conditions
Menopause http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/
http://patient.info/health/menopause-and-hrt-leaflet
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Menopause/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Mental Health Please see link for current recommendations on mental health from the British
Occupational Health Research Foundation:
www.bohrf.org.uk/downloads/cmh_emp.pdf
Other useful sites related to this topic are:
MindfulEmployerwww.mind.org.ukwww.sane.org.ukwww.mentalhealth.org.ukwww.time-to-change.org.ukwww.nhs.uk/livewell/mentalhealth
ACAS - Promoting positive mental health in the workplace - ACAS
Supporting someone with a mental illness: Fact sheet from Rethink Mental Illness
ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) www.afme.org.ukwww.meassociation.org.uk
Multiple Sclerosis www.mssociety.org.uk
Muscular Dystrophy www.jtsma.org.uk
Parkinson’s disease www.parkinsons.org.uk (Parkinson’s UK)
RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) www.rsi.org.uk
A-Z of resources for health conditions
Shingles www.patient.co.ukwww.nhs.co.ukwww.shinglesupport.org
Sight problems www.rnib.org.uk (Royal National Institute of Blind people)
Speech (Stammering) www.stammering.org.uk
Spinal Injury www.asbah.orgwww.spinal.co.uk
Stroke www.stroke.org.uk
Tinnitus www.tinnitus.org.uk