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
• Ouch(UK) - www.ouchuk.org
• NHS advice on coping with headaches - www.nhs.uk/conditions/headaches
• The British Association for the Study of Headaches - www.bash.org.uk
• National Migraine Centre - www.nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk the only national charity in the UK that offers treatment and support for migraine sufferers without the need for a GP referral.

Pain

• NHS advice on coping with pain - www.nhs.uk/livewell/pain/Pages/Painhome.aspx
• The Pain Toolkit: for people who live with persistent pain and healthcare teams who support them - www.paintoolkit.org
• Back pain advice from the NHS - 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