Sign inBlood Donation / Transfusion
Patient UK
Has a leaflet on blood giving a brief overview of blood, blood cells and how they work.
Blood Transfusion Services
UK regional blood transfusion services for all you need to know about donating blood and what it is used for:
Blood Safety Leaflet Information (England, Scotland and Wales)
Explanatory information for donors from the UK Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Service.
Blood Safety Leaflet Information (Northern Ireland)
Explanatory information for donors from the UK Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Service.
NHS Choices
The government's patient information portal has leaflets on:
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.