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National Blood Service
This is where you can find out all about blood, and how and where to donate it.
NHS Direct Logo NHS Direct is your gateway to health information on the Internet.
DirectGov logo Directgov provides access to governmental and other information sources. Directgov has replaced UKonline.
The official gateway to National Health Service organisations on the Internet.
Developing health information - patients and public zone for the NHS Information Authority.
Better Hospital Food Logo How the NHS is modernising the way patients' meals are prepared and served.
Healthcare commission logo The The Healthcare Commission is the independent, inspection body for the NHS. The body publishes reports on NHS organisations in England and Wales that highlight where the NHS is working well and the areas that need improvement.

The Community Legal Service aims to ensure that people can get information and help about their legal rights and understand how to enforce them in the right place and at the right time.
UK Transplant website.
Choose and book icon

Choose and Book is a new service for GP referral combining electronic booking and a choice of time, place and date of hospital appointments.

Health Space Logo

HealthSpace is a secure place on the internet where personal health information can be stored. The Choose and Book service is available from this website.

 pleaseask_logo   Please ask is the National Patient Safety Agency's website for patients. If you or someone close to you is going into hospital, you may have loads of questions. This website will help you become an informed patient and one that worries less.

The NHS's National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) is being delivered by the new Department of Health agency NHS Connecting for Health Link to an external website. and aims to bring modern computer systems into the NHS to improve patient care and services.

 
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