Recommended Websites

Rather than carry pages and pages of health advice directly on our site we recommend the following web sites which offer a comprehensive resource for information and advice on health issues, first aid, medicines etc..

We are not responsible for the content on these external web sites and you visit them entirely at your own risk.

Remember that all advice is intended solely for registered patients of Nithsdale Merryvale Group Practice and that it should not be used a substitute for seeking advice from your GP. If in doubt book a consultation.

Symptoms not to be ignored. Please contact us if you have any of the symptoms of cancer described on this website - Get Checked Early

Health advice

• NHS Scotland - Scotland's health on the web.
• NHS Inform - Scottish health advice and information you can trust
• NHS 24 - Find out about the full range of services provided by NHS 24
• Your Support Your Way - health & community support services in Glasgow
• Wellbeing Scotland - a voluntary organisation providing wellbeing services across Scotland
• NHS UK - includes health information and self-help guides from the NHS.
• Patient Info - includes patient information leaflets, self-help groups and web directory.
• MedInfo - providing free and easy to understand medical information and advice.

Emotional support

• The Samaritans - confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair. Telephone: 08457 90 90 90
• SupportLine - confidential emotional support for children, young adults and adults.

Specific groups

• Embarrassing Problems - "straight-talking good advice" on a range of embarrassing problems
• Teenage Health Freak - advice for teenagers and those who work with them from NHS Scotland
• Women's Health Information - information on pregnancy choices and common gynaecological conditions.
• Fit for Travel - travel Health Information from NHS Scotland
• Immunisations - immunisation advice from NHS Inform

Specific diseases and conditions

• National AIDS Trust - Aids advice and resources from UK National AIDS Trust
• National Asthma Campaign - from UK National Asthma Campaign
• Back Care - from National Back Pain Association.
• Breast Cancer UK - UK Charity researching Breast Cancer
• Cancer Research UK - information on cancer
• Macmillan - helping people live with cancer
• Bullying Online - helping children and their parents with bullying
• ERIC Online - improving childhood continence - advice on bed-wetting and soiling
• The Pain Research Institute - information on various types of chronic pain
• The Coeliac Society - information on Coeliac disease
• Gluten-free diet - information for patients with coeliac disease from NHS Inform
• Crohns and Colitis UK - Inflammatory bowel disease information
• My Diabetes My Way - NHS Scotland site focusing on managing diabetes
• Diabetes UK - improving the lives of people with diabetes
• Diabetes & Ramadan - guide to managing diabetes during Ramadan from Diabetes UK
• Epilepsy Action - from the British Epilepsy Association
• British Heart Foundation - information and advice for patients with heart diseases
• Heart UK - formerly Family Heart Association and British Hyperlipidaemia Association
• The Royal National Institute for Deaf People - for deaf and hard of hearing people
• British Liver Trust - the national charity for adult liver disease
• MIND - Mental Health advice
• The Sandyford initiative - family planning and reproductive health services in the Glasgow area
• Family Planning Association - contraception and sexual health advice
• The National Eczema Society - information for patients of all ages with eczema
• Stroke Association - stroke information and advice
• DVLA - Notifiable Health Conditions - medical rules for drivers