NHS Information

Official main NHS websites

The following official gateway sites include information about NHS organisations, local NHS services, what the NHS does, how it works, and how to use it. You can search for details of doctors, dentists, opticians, pharmacies, walk-in centres, hospitals, etc. You can look at performance indicators to see how your local services are doing, waiting times, etc.

NHS Choices

NHS Scotland

Health in Wales

Health & Social Care in Northern Ireland

NHS Direct telephone services

NHS Direct

NHS Direct telephone information service for England (0845 4647 - 24 hours), providing expert health advice, information and reassurance.

NHS Direct Wales

NHS Direct telephone information service for Wales (0845 4647 - 24 hours) providing a health advice and information service. 

NHS 24

NHS Direct telephone information service for Scotland (08454 242424 - 24 hours) providing comprehensive up-to-date health information and self care advice. 

Professional health care associations

Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Women's Health

British Association for Counselling

British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

British Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

British Association of Psychotherapists

British Association of Occupational Therapists

British Association of Teachers of the Deaf

British Dental Association

British Dietetic Association

British Institute of Radiology

British Medical Association

British Orthodontic Society

British Orthopaedic Association

British Psychological Society

British Society for Disability and Oral Health

British Society of Gastroenterology

British Society for Rheumatology

British Thoracic Society

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

College of Optometrists

College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists

General Chiropractic Council

General Optical Council

Health and Care Professions Council

Independent Midwives Association

Institute of Chiropodists & Podiatrists

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Royal College of Anaesthetists

Royal College of General Practitioners

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology

Royal College of Pathologists

Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Royal College of Radiologists

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh

Royal College of Surgeons of England

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Royal College of Nursing

Royal College of Midwives

Royal Society of Medicine

Social Care Association

Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists

Society of Endocrinology

The UK Council for Psychotherapy

The Renal Association

Wound Care Society

Other agencies and organisations

Department of Health

Department of Work and Pensions

British Red Cross

Chief Medical Officer

Chief Medical Officer (Scottish Executive)

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Food Standards Agency

General Dental Council

General Medical Council

Health Protection Agency

Health and Safety Executive

Health Service Ombudsman

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

Healthscotland

Medical Devices Agency (MDA)

National Blood Service

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

National Radiological Protection Board

National Voices

Patient's Association

Public Health Genetics Unit

Public Health Observatories

UK Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit