Advice & Links
The Patient Advice section is intended to provide basic advice and links on a range of common conditions. Some of the pages are intended to help you following a diagnosis from your doctor or nurse whilst other pages offer advice on everyday illness such as coughs and colds.
NHS Inform also provides a wealth of information for patients on Illnesses and Conditions including Self-Help Guides, information on Tests and Treatments, Healthy Living, Care, Support and Rights and Scotland’s Service Directory
If you suspect you may be suffering from a serious condition that has not been diagnosed, don’t delay, make an appointment to see your GP.
Although Pipeland Medical Practice endeavours to regularly review our links we cannot accept responsibility for the content of external sites and would like to respectfully remind you to review the source of any medical information you read online. Use the alphabetical listing below to navigate to an area of interest.
A
- ADHD
- Alcohol Misuse:
- Allergy – www.allergyuk.org
- Alzheimer’s:
- Arthritis:
- Asthma:
- Autism
B
- Back Pain:
- Basic Life Support – www.resus.org.uk
- Bedwetting – https://www.eric.org.uk/
- Bereavement – –
- Blindness / Sight Loss –
- Blood Donation – www.scotblood.co.uk
- Bowel Cancer Screening – www.bowelscreening.scot.nhs.uk
- Breast Awareness:
- Breast Screening:
C
- Carers:
- Children (see also Parenting):
- Counselling is available for children – Relationship Scotland
- Domestic Abuse Support – The Cedar Project
- www.home-start.org.uk
- Childline – 0800 1111 (Available all day everyday)
- https://quarriers.org.uk/about-us/
- Cholesterol – www.heartuk.org.uk
- Coeliac Disease – www.coeliac.org.uk/
- Community Support –
- Conjunctivitis – RCGP-conjunctivtis-poster-2016
- Contraception:
- COPD – www.lunguk.org
- Counselling:
D
- Deep Vein Thrombosis – www.patient.co.uk/health/Deep-Vein-Thrombosis.htm
- Dementia:
- Depression (See also Mental Health Issues):
- Diabetes:
- Digestive Disorders
- Domestic Abuse Support
- Drug Misuse:
E
- Eating Disorders:
- Eczema – www.eczema.org
- Elderly Issues – www.fifeforum.org.uk
- Epilepsy:
- Exercise:
F
- Family Planning – www.fpa.org.uk
- Fibromyalgia – www.fibromyalgia-associationuk.org/
- Footcare –
- www.lookafteryourfeet.info
- www.fva.org/footcare_fife.asp
- Podiatry Self-Referral – referral form
G
- Gambling – https://gascotland.org/
- Genetic Conditions – geneticalliance.org.uk
- Glaucoma
H
- Hay fever:
- Heart Disease:
- Healthy Eating – Eatwell Guide
- Healthy Living –
- HIV – www.tht.org.uk/
- HRT – www.menopausematters.co.uk
- Hypertension – www.bhsoc.org
I
J
K
L
- Learning Disabilities – www.moodcafe.co.uk
- LGBT Issues – www.stonewallscotland.org.uk/help-and-advice
- Loneliness – www.castlefurniture.org/befriending
- Low Mood (See also Depression and Mental Health Issues):
M
- Medicines
- Mental Health Issues:
- Meningitis – www.meningitis.org
- Menopause
- Miscarriage – www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/
- Musculoskeletal problems:
N
- NHS Fife – www.nhsfife.scot.nhs.uk
- NHS Scotland:
- NHS 24 – www.nhs24.scot
O
- Occupational Health – WHS Occupational Therapy Bulletin 2017
- Organ Donation – www.uktransplant.org.uk
- Osteoporosis
P
- Pain Management
- Pain Association Scotland – www.painassociation.com
- Pain Concern – www.painconcern.org.uk
- Parenting:
- www.readysteadytoddler.org.uk
- Childline – 0800 1111 (Available all day everyday)
- www.home-start.org.uk
- www.familiesfirststandrews.org.uk/
- Podiatry Self-Referral – referral form
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome – www.verity-pcos.org.uk
- Power of Attorney – www.mypowerofattorney.org.uk
- Pregnancy:
- Psoriasis – www.psoriasis-association.org.uk
Q
R
- Rape Crisis – 08088 010302 (18:00 – 00:00) – www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk
- NHS Scotland Sexual Assault Response Co-ordination Service (SARCS) – Turn to SARCS | NHS inform
- Raynaud’s Disease – www.raynauds.org
- Relationship Problems:
- Rheumatoid Arthritis – www.nras.org.uk
S
- Samaritans
- Self-harm
- Sexual Abuse:
- Sexual Health:
- Sick Leave – Government Advice
- Skin Problems – www.sds.org.uk
- Sleep Problems
- Smear Test –www.nhsinform.co.uk/Screening/cervical
- Snoring – www.britishsnoring.co.uk
- Stress:
- Stop Smoking:
- Stroke:
- Suicide – https://papyrus-uk.org/hopelineuk/
T
- Teenage Health
- Travel:
U
- Urinary tract infection – www.nhsinform.scot/urinarytractinfection
V
- Veteran Support – www.veteransfirstpoint.org.uk/
W
- Weight Loss:
- Whiplash – See Musculoskeletal Problems
- Woman’s Aid
X
Y
- Young Peoples’ Services