Useful Links
We find ourselves referring to websites and useful documents during our consultations. So we've put this page together to make it easier for our patients to see the resources that we find helpful.
The links below are to resources that we use at AMG on a regular basis, or factsheets that we've produced to explain things in a bit more detail.
Alcohol
Asthma
- Asthma UK – includes useful videos on inhaler technique
Bones, Muscles & Joints
- Lower Back Pain – patient.co.uk leaflet
- Musculoskeletal Advice and Self-Referral – for physio/joint problems via the NHS Inform website
- NHS Ayrshire & Arran Musculoskeletal Service (MSK)
Cancer
Care
- North Ayrshire Council – guide to health/care services
- CARENA (Care in North Ayrshire)
- Carers UK
- Citizens’ Advice: Guide to Benefits
Children & Pregnancy
- Ready Steady Baby
- Ready Steady Toddler
- When should I worry?: A guide to self-limiting illness in children
- ERIC – helpful guide and resources for bedwetting
- School illness guide
- Immunisations Scotland
General help
- AIMS Advocacy
- www.spt.co.uk/mybus
- National Debtline (Scottish site)
Lifestyle
- KA Leisure – for details of local fitness facilities at Arran High School
Mental Health
- ‘I Had a Black Dog‘
- MoodGym
- Rowan Arran Counselling
- Mood Juice - Self Help Resource Site
- Get Self Help - Online Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
- Living Life to the Full - Online CBT & telephone self help option (0800 328 9655)
- Breathing Space - 0800 838 587 Offers appointment based telephone CBT
Sexual Health
- SHAYR (Sexual Health Ayrshire)
General Websites that we like to recommend
- Embarrassing Bodies: www.channel4embarrassingillnesses.com
- Fit For Travel: www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk
- Health Talk Online: www.healthtalkonline.org
- Insect Bites – NHS Inform
- Tick Bites and Lyme Disease – NHS Inform and a great page including video guide to removal
- NHS Ayrshire & Arran: www.nhsaaa.net
- NHS (Scotland) Inform: www.nhsinform.co.uk
- Patient.co.uk: www.patient.co.uk