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Useful Links
The information contained on the following websites - or on any health related website should only be used as a source of health advice. Sites which promote therapies that replace reliable methods can be damaging and can seriously disrupt a patients treatment. It is very important that you check with your GP before trying any treatments you may read about whether on the web or in any other media. One more word of warning - never buy pharmaceutical drugs over the Internet.
Beaumont Hospital
Beaumont Hospital provides acute care services across 54 medical specialties and is the national Irish referral centre for Neurosciences and Renal Transplantation. The Hospital offers both in-patient, day patient, out-patient and casualty services.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
For over two hundred years RCSI has played a major role in medical education and training in Ireland. Founded in 1784 to train surgeons, a medical school was later established in 1886. Today RCSI has schools of Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Nursing and healthcare management. In addition to Undergraduate education RCSI delivers postgraduate training and education through its Faculties of Radiology, Dentistry, Sports & Exercise Medicine and the school of Postgraduate Studies. The RCSI Research Institute is one of Ireland’s foremost research centres.
Department of Health and Children
The Department of Health and Children's statutory role is to support the Minister in the formulation and evaluation of policies for the health services. It also has a role in the strategic planning of health services. This is carried out in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, voluntary service providers, Government Departments and other interested parties.
Health Service Executive
The Health Service Executive (HSE) is responsible for providing Health and Personal Social Services for everyone living in the Republic of Ireland.
Irish Health
Irishhealth.com is Ireland's independent health portal, designed to offer users a comprehensive yet easy to use online source of medical and healthcare information and up-to-the-minute health news. It has details on hundreds of common conditions, as well as resources, tools and links, all written and developed in Ireland for Irish users.
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VHI Healthe
Vhihealthe is the first web site in Ireland offering customised healthcare information to the Irish consumer. This health portal provides interactive access to comprehensive and authoritative healthcare information and services that can be personalised for your everyday healthcare needs.
NHS Direct
The UK Government's version of the US's healthfinder. This is a straightforward but informative gateway site. It aims to ensure the information is up-to-date, unbiased and accurate. It has a search facility for conditions and provides easy-to-read lifestyle and general health advice.
Patient Uk
This is a useful index site that allows a user find information about almost every health issue known to man. If you don't know what sites are available on various topics, then this is definitely the place to start and includes a handy alphabetical search engine.
Health Finder UK
A US Government website, healthfinder acts as an official gateway to reliable - mainly American health sites. It is simple to understand and contains an easy to use search engine which can quickly direct a user to specific sources of information on other sites.
Medscape
This is a site designed for professionals, but can be used by everyone and contains an absolute wealth of information. Check out the latest research into conditions, and see what doctors are being told about various illnesses.
