Consultations

E-mail and web consultations UK sites that offer consultations (usually for a fee)

 E-med

UK online consultation service. GPs consulting over the internet one to one with individual clients.

 Samaritans

The Samaritans offers 24 hour confidential emotional support for people in distress. As well as phoning them (08457 90 90 90), you can email them at jo@samaritans.org They aim to reply within 24 hours

 UKWellness.com

Includes an online consultation service. A GP consults over the internet one to one with individual clients.

 Doctor Back Home

Offers you the ability (for a fee) to contact a British doctor for health advice on any issue wherever you are in the world, whenever you need it. Also has useful general advice on health issues when travelling abroad.

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, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, 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.