Useful website addresses

NHS Home Oxygen Service website - www.homeoxygen.nhs.uk

The NHS resource providing information about the Home Oxygen Service for the public, professionals and the NHS.

Primary Care Contracting - www.primarycarecontracting.nhs.uk

NHS PCC - primary care contracting and support for commissioners

The website for the NHS PCC, which was formed to support PCTs in England, with the development of new local contracting arrangements in primary care. It is increasingly asked to provide support on a wider range of issues relating to NHS commissioning.

British Thoracic Society - www.brit-thoracic.org.uk

This official website features the latest news including professional updates, advice on the home oxygen service, training courses, conferences, how to become a member and a guidelines, reports and audit tools section.

British Lung Foundation - www.lunguk.org

The official website for the British Lung Foundation, supporting everyone affected by lung disease and campaigning for positive change in lung health. The British Lung Foundation website contains FAQs, publications, how to donate and general advice relating to lung disease.

Cystic Fibrosis Trust - www.cftrust.org.uk

CF is the UK’s most common life-threatening inherited disease, the CF Trust is the UK’s only national charity dedicated to all aspects of Cystic Fibrosis. The site includes the latest news, research, information and how to donate.

British Paediatric Respiratory Society - www.bprs.co.uk

The BPRS is a multidisciplinary organisation which exists to promote the respiratory health of all children and to improve the health of children with respiratory disease.

Membership of the society is open to healthcare professionals who are active in the field of paediatric respiratory medicine.

NHS Direct - www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

The official website for the NHS, giving information about how to keep healthy, advice on treating common health problems at home and a general health encyclopaedia are just a few of the options available.

Pulmonary Hypertension Association – www.phassociation.uk.com

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association provides support, understanding and information for all those people whose lives are touched by pulmonary hypertension. The site contains information such as: what pulmonary hypertension is, living with it, how to cope and the latest news on pulmonary hypertension.

ChILD Lung Foundation - www.childlungfoundation.org

Child Interstitial and diffuse Lung Disease Foundation are dedicated to families of children affected and raising awareness and the profile of these rare lung diseases.

OUCH - www.ouchuk.org

OUCH is the Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headaches. This website can offer support, information and advice for suffers and some information on the condition as a whole.

Bliss - www.bliss.org.uk

Bliss is the UK charity that cares for premature and sick babies. We are dedicated to ensuring that babies survive and go on to have the best possible quality of life. We provide practical and emotional support to families during an extremely difficult time, so they can give the best care to their babies. Our specialist study days and training supports doctors and nurses to develop their skills and we fund research to improve the care of all sick and premature babies. We raise awareness of the issues affecting special care babies and fight for essential change within government and the NHS.