UK Interest

Parkinson's Disease
Brian Collins's work on Drug management
Brian is a Parkinsonian with a good insight into how PD drugs work for people with Parkinsons. As well as writing extensively on the subject, he's also heavily involved in his local PDS branch.

Helen Roses's Book "An Old Age Pensioner at 18"
Helen's book describes her experiences being diagnosed with Parkinson's at 18. Well worth reading. (Also available in print from the PDS.)

Parkinson's Disease tutorial Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Part of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences Online Tutorials in Neurology, a technical introduction to Parkinson's.

The UK Parkinson's Community on the Internet
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The SPRING Web site. SPRING are the official research special interest group of the PDS.

The Adrienne Coles Memorial Trust
Promotes Parkinson's Disease information on the Internet

The Internet domain parkinsons.org.uk
What its there for, who holds it, etc.

The PDUK mailing list
A mailing list about PD in the UK

Chris Chapman, a young onset PWP, has a web site describing his experiences

Other charities
Sarah Matheson Trust for Multiple System Atrophy
A UK based group for people with MSA

Consumer Health
Med Help International - "Virtual Medical Center for Patients"
Med Help International is dedicated to helping patients find the highest quality medical information in the world today

MedInfo UK
Written by a GP, MedInfo aims to provide free and easy to understand medical information and advice, such as you might get from your own doctor, on a number of common and not so common conditions.

Patient information for the UK
UK-based patient information site, with sections for UK-specific items like GPs and other parts of the NHS. Also links to a number of Patient information and self-help group web sites.

Support-Group.com
"Support-Group.com allows people with health, personal, and relationship issues to share their experiences through Bulletin Boards & Online Chat." Including a list of support groups althought the Parkinson's entry is a bit sparse.

RDS - Understanding Animal Research in Medicine
RDS represents UK doctors, vets and scientists in the public debate about the use of animals in medical research.

The Parkinson's Disease Society of the UK
PDS links
Our collection of web pages relating to the PDS

Charity issues
IT for charities
A UK resource on computers & IT for charities

The Charities Aid Foundation - "Charitynet"
CAF helps charities in the UK in a number of ways, with information, fundraising services, etc.

The UK fundraising web site
All about charity fundraising in the UK

UK Charity Commission
The body which reglates Registered Charities in the UK (like the PDS)

General Disability Issues
Disability Net UK
"A worldwide disability news and information service" based in the UK

Herefordshire Centre for Independant Living
With links to many other independant living sites.

The British Council Of Disabled People
"The British Council of Disabled People (BCODP) was set up by disabled people in 1981 to promote our full equality and participation within society. We are an umbrella organisation that represents some 136 disabled people's groups (April 1999) at the national level. These groups, controlled by disabled people, are mostly local Coalitions working on local issues."

The Computability Centre
Will help with adapting computers for people with disabilities. Excellent organisation.

UK Community Care
All about Community Care in the UK, with lots of links to related sites.

NHS & other bodies
Department of Health's National Research Register
The National Research Register (NRR) is a register of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by the United Kingdom's National Health Service. The first release contains information on over 28,000 research projects, as well as entries from the Medical Research Council's Clinical Trials Register, and details on reviews in progress collected by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination.

Institute of Health Services Management
For the people who run the NHS

NHS Direct

NHS People - free Internet for NHS Employess
A news release about a free Internet service for NHS employees

NHS (UK) Year Book - a directory of the NHS
From the database of over 200,000 personnel and 50,000 premises throughout the NHS and private healthcare sector. The database contains information support services companies, a Complementary Medicine directory as well as a nursing homes directory

NHSnet IMPACT
NHSnet IMPACT is a group of technically literate and concerned GPs, (and other NHS professionals) who also lead their PCGs working to see NHS networking succeed.

The Weir Nursing Home
The Weir Nursing Home in Hereford specialises in Parkinson's Disease.

UK Medcines Control Agency (MCA)
The organisation that regulates medcines in the UK

Media
BBC News front page
The BBC's news web site

BBC Radio 4 - "Disability Zone"
Home page of the Radio 4 disability programmes with lots of in-depth factsheets and investigations.

Media Info database
Large database of media sites on the web

Medical Information
A UK site of Nursing & Healthcare resources on the Internet

British Medical Journal
Online access to the prestigious medical journal, fully searchable. Generally, these articles are meant for Doctors and other medical professionals, so they will be very technical.

Cyber-Hospital UK - a resource for medical professionals

OMNI: Organising Medical Networked Information
A UK directory of high quality biomedical resources on the Internet. Over 4,000 entries including MEDLINE access. As this is aimed at medical professionals, the sites listed are likely to be technical in nature.

"The Lancet" website
You have to subscribe to the printed version to get full access to this medical journal. Articles aimed at medical professionals.

Misc.
Dr Alison Lee's personal page
Dr. Lee is a Senior Research Fellow currently involved in an 18-month year grant investigating distortions of perceived space in Parkinson's disease, with Dr John Harris at the Department of Psychology, University of Reading. The project is sponsored by the Parkinson's Disease Society of the United Kingdom.

Mark Griffin, a PWP from Wales
Mark's personal site.

Motability website
Helping people with disabilities become more mobile by providing suitable vehicules (can also arrange finance deals).

PPP Healthcare
The private healthcare provider.

SeniorsSearch UK
A search engine aimed at the over 50's. Unfortunately they make you put their logo on your page before they will list you, which isn't something I am prepared to do, so this site isn't listed. I would guess quite a few sites aren't listed for the same reason, so their directory isn't going to be all that comprehensive. What a silly policy.

The Hansard Society

The UK Government's "IT for all" initiative
Including a guide for first-time Internet users

Nothing to do with Parkinson's but interesting anyway
BT's "View my Bill" service
This service from BT allows you to view your bill on line.

House of Commons Library Research Papers
Read what your MP gets to read.....

Professional Researcher
Site aimed at professional researchers with lots of useful links to many different sites.

The Motley Fool UK
Inform, educate and amuse whilst showing you that you are the best person to manage your money.

UK Speedtrap Bible

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