British Heart Foundation

http://www.bhf.org.uk/

A useful resource for fact sheets about congenital heart disease.

Contact a Family

http://www.cafamily.org.uk

Contact a Family is a UK charity for families with disabled children. They offer information on specific conditions and rare disorders.

Department of Health Information on Vaccines and Immunisation programmes

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Information/index.htm

A comprehensive resource for professionals and parents.

Diabetes UK

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/

The largest organization in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.

e-Learning for Health

http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/projects/healthychild/register3.html

The Healthy Child Programme- offers free educational resources for professionals working in child health.There is a charge for those not working within the NHS.

Epilepsy Action

http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/

Provides information about coping with epilepsy and seizures. Provides free help and advice through the use of email and telephone helplines.

Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths

http://fsid.org.uk/

The UK’s leading baby charity aiming to prevent unexpected deaths in infancy and promote infant health.

National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence

http://www.nice.org.uk/

NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health. It has a number of evidence based paediatric guidelines.

NHS Choices

http://www.nhs.uk

Information from the National Health Service on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living.

Teenage Health Freak

http://www.teenagehealthfreak.org/

UK National Screening Committee

http://www.screening.nhs.uk/

The UK NSC is responsible for providing advice on screening to each of the four UK countries, funded by the Health Departments in each of the countries.

Wellcome Trust

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk

A global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving improvements in human and animal health. It supports biomedical research and the medical humanities.