Patient UK has information leaflets on a wide range of child health topics and an extensive directory of patient support and self help groups. In addition, our extensive health directory lists many other sites which provide information and support on specific illnesses and issues. Below are links to large or general sites that cover many child health related topics.

 Children First for Health

The first national children's health and hospital website for children. Providing comprehensive health information along with information about hospital, it is aimed at children and young adults from three to 18.

 Contact a Family

Helping families who care for children with any disability or special need. "The CaF Directory" has information nearly 2000 conditions. CaF houses disorders, and sometimes contact families, for conditions where no support network presently exists. Contact the Parent Advisers and Information Officers at CaF.

 Your Child's Health

A portal of links to various health websites that have been chosen by an NHS paediatrician - aimed at parents patients and doctors who wish to find out more information about conditions. Each link is checked every six months. Hundreds of conditions covered.

 HandsOnScotland

An online resource for anybody working with children and young people. This website is designed to help you make a difference to children and young people's lives, by giving you tools to respond helpfully when they are troubled. It is a one-stop shop for practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people's troubling behaviour, build up their self-esteem and promote their positive mental wellbeing. This website was developed by Playfield Institute (NHS Fife) in partnership with Barnardo's and the University of Dundee.

 Start4Life

By introducing healthy habits right from birth, you can give your baby the building blocks for a healthier and happier future. Information from the Department of Health.

 Caring for Kids: A self-care guide to childhood illnesses

Information PAGB who represents the manufacturers of over-the-counter medicines and food supplements in the United Kingdom.

 British Society of Paediatric Endocrinologists

A professional organisation but includes lots of factsheets on childhood hormone related conditions on their patient information section. Includes factsheets on:

• Achondroplasia
• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS)
• Congenital Hypothyroidism
• Coeliac Disease
• Delayed Puberty
• Diabetes Insipidus
• Grave's Disease (Thyrotoxicosis)
• Growing Pains
• Gynaecomastia Hypopituitarism
• Hypothyroidism
• Klinefelter's Syndrome
• Labial Adhesions
• Marfan's Syndrome
• Overweight
• Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (PAIS)
• Precocious Puberty
• Steroid Replacement Steroid Treatment
• Tall Stature
• Turner's Syndrome

 British Paediatric Surveillance Unit

Aimed at health care professionals, but may be of interest to the general public. The BPSU coordinates the surveillance of uncommon and rare childhood disorders and writes reports on them.

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.