Information and resources for patients

This page contains links to useful sources of information for patients and their general practitioners.

This is not a complete list of neurological symptoms and diagnoses. It is simply a selection of topics for which we have found particularly useful resources.

Headaches

• The Migraine Trust - www.migrainetrust.org
• Migraine Action  - www.migraine.org.uk
• NHS Choices advice on coping with headaches -  www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Pain/Pages/Headachesandmigraines.aspx
• NHS Choices relaxation tips and exercises for headaches - www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/headaches/Pages/Relaxandcureyourheadaches.aspx
• The British Association for the Study of Headaches - www.bash.org.uk
  Including a link to the BASH guidelines on managing headaches.
• The Migraine Clinic - www.migraineclinic.org.uk
  An independent organisation which has some useful links including information sheets on different types of headaches and downloadable headache diaries.

Pain

• NHS Choices advice on coping with pain - www.nhs.uk/livewell/pain/Pages/Painhome.aspx
• www.paintoolkit.org
• Back pain advice from the NHS Choices - www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Back-pain/Pages/Introduction.aspx
• Neuropathic pain: The NICE guidelines, including a link to a patients and carers guide - guidance.nice.org.uk/CG96

Memory problems

•  Useful information about memory symptoms that are not due to any serious neurological disorder
   - www.neurosymptoms.org/#/memory-concentration/4533053189

Sleep problems

• The Sleep Council - www.sleepcouncil.org.uk/sleep-advice/

Epilepsy

• Epilepsy Action - www.epilepsy.org.uk
• Epilepsy Society - www.epilepsysociety.org.uk

Non epileptic attacks

• NEAD Trust - www.neadtrust.co.uk
• Non Epileptic Attacks information - www.nonepilepticattacks.info/

Stroke

• The Stroke Association - www.stroke.org.uk/

Parkinson's disease

• Parkinson’s Disease Society (Parkinson’s UK) - www.parkinsons.org.uk/

Multiple sclerosis

• The MS Society - www.mssociety.org.uk
• The MS Trust - www.mstrust.org.uk

Local neurology services

• West Hampshire CCG neurology information resource