NHS Choices puts you in control of your healthcare.
This website has been developed to help you make choices about your health, from lifestyle decisions about things like smoking, drinking and exercise, through to the practical aspects of finding and using NHS services when you need them.
Our many sections include:
Find Services
This area allows you to find telephone numbers and details for all the health services in your area. It brings together everything from GPs to gyms.
Live Well
Something for everyone from teenagers to mums-to-be to the over-60s. Live well is a lifestyle section, which provides guides, tips and high-quality information on how to live a healthier life. New stories, videos and audio programmes are added continually so there's always something new to find.
Health A-Z
Treatments and conditions are explained in an easy and comprehensive way. Top doctors and health professionals, for example, give their advice and support, and pose the questions you should be asking to make sure you get the best treatment. Finally, testimonials from patients give an insight into dealing with conditions and treatments. They are supported by easy-to-understand multimedia guides on more than 700 conditions and treatments including hip replacements, diabetes and depression.
Compare hospitals
This area allows you to compare hospitals by various criteria such as car parking, facilities, treatments offered or availability of A&E departments.
'Your thoughts'
Here you can let us know what you think of hospitals that you use. Your comments will eventually become part of a 'scorecard' showing the public’s opinion of every hospital.
Behind the headlines
This is a service that provides an unbiased and evidence-based analysis of health stories that make the news. It aims to respond to news stories the day they appear in the media.
Videos, multimedia tools and links
You can find online video and audio content provided in all areas of NHS Choices. Interactive tools such as quizzes, games or calculators are an extra educational element as well as a source of information. All materials are conveniently stored in our multimedia library. This allows you to search the entire library and share the content by email or even add it to your own website.
