A-Z of resources for health conditions

Arthritis

Arthritis and MusculoskeletalArthritis Research

www.arthritiscare.org.ukwww. arma.uk.net www.arthritisresearchuk.org

Asthma www.asthma.org.uk

Autism/Aspergers www.autism.org.uk

BackCare www.backcare.org.uk

Blind/Partially Sighted www.actionforblindpeople.org.ukwww.rnib.org.uk

Cancer www.cancerbackup.org.ukwww.macmillan.org.uk/workwww.nhs.uk/livewell/cancer

Live your life after cancer www.lylac.net

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease www.lunguk.org (British Lung Foundation)www.nhs.uk/conditions/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease (NHS Choices)

Cerebral Palsy www.scope.org.uk

Chicken Pox www.patient.co.ukwww.nhs.co.uk

Colitis and Crohn’s disease www.nacc.org.uk

Cystic Fibrosis www.cftrust.org.uk

Deaf/Hearing Impaired www.signcommunity.org.uk

Deaf/Blind www.deafblind.org.uk

Dementia www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia

A-Z of resources for health conditions

Diabetes www.diabetes.org.uk (Diabetes UK)www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetes

Diet and nutrition www.nutrition.org.uk

Drug and alcohol addiction http://pushrecoverycommunity.org/

Dyslexia/Dyspraxia

If you think you may be suffering with dyslexia and are concerned

about any impact on your work/promotion prospects etc. please

ask your manager for a referral to Occupational Health.

www.bdadyslexia.org.ukwww.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

Eating Disorders Service (Portsmouth) https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/ext/documents-external/hlth-ph-eating-disorder.pdf

Epilepsy www.epilepsy.org.ukwww.nhs.uk/conditions/epilepsy

General Health www.bbc.co.uk/healthhttp://www.nhs.uk/livewell/healthy-eating/Pages/Healthyeating.aspx

Heart www.bhf.org.ukwww.worldheart.orgwww.nhs.uk/conditions/coronary-heart-disease

Hearing loss www.actionhearingloss.org.uk (Royal National Institute for the deaf – RNID)

HIV www.hivaware.org.uk (HIV Aware)

Kidney disease www.nhs.uk/conditions/kidney-disease-chronic

Meningitis https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/meningitis-signs-and-symptoms-leaflet-for-university-students

A-Z of resources for health conditions

Menopause http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/

http://patient.info/health/menopause-and-hrt-leaflet

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Menopause/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Mental Health Please see link for current recommendations on mental health from the British

Occupational Health Research Foundation:

www.bohrf.org.uk/downloads/cmh_emp.pdf

Other useful sites related to this topic are:

MindfulEmployerwww.mind.org.ukwww.sane.org.ukwww.mentalhealth.org.ukwww.time-to-change.org.ukwww.nhs.uk/livewell/mentalhealth

ACAS - Promoting positive mental health in the workplace - ACAS

Supporting someone with a mental illness:  Fact sheet from Rethink Mental Illness

ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) www.afme.org.ukwww.meassociation.org.uk

Multiple Sclerosis www.mssociety.org.uk

Muscular Dystrophy www.jtsma.org.uk

Parkinson’s disease www.parkinsons.org.uk (Parkinson’s UK)

RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) www.rsi.org.uk

A-Z of resources for health conditions

Shingles www.patient.co.ukwww.nhs.co.ukwww.shinglesupport.org

Sight problems www.rnib.org.uk (Royal National Institute of Blind people)

Speech (Stammering) www.stammering.org.uk

Spinal Injury www.asbah.orgwww.spinal.co.uk

Stroke www.stroke.org.uk

Tinnitus www.tinnitus.org.uk