Website Links
Local Hospice Services
Eden Valley Hospice, Carlisle
http://www.edenvalleyhospice.org.uk/
Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland
http://www.hospiceathome.co.uk/
Hospice at Home West Cumbria
http://www.hospiceathomewestcumbria.org.uk/
St Mary's Hospice, Ulverston
http://www.stmaryshospice.org/
Local Cancer Information Services
Cumberland Infirmary Cancer Information Centre West Cumberland Hospital http://www.ncumbria.nhs.uk/acute/services/departments/wch/cancerinformationcentre.aspx
Information about hospices/links to training courses nationally
Hospice Information http://www.hospiceinformation.info/
News/events/links to many other palliative care sites locally, nationally and internationally
National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services http://www.ncpc.org.uk/links/pc_org.html
Others
National Forum for Hospice at Home
http://www.hospiceathome.org.uk/
Macmillan Cancer Relief
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Home.aspx
Marie Curie Cancer Care
http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
http://www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/
Living with dying-the patients experience
http://www.healthtalkonline.org/
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (includes on-line palliative care manual)
http://www.hospicecare.com/
Wellbeing in Dying
http://www.wellbeingindying.org.uk/
For more information about cancer
Macmillan Cancer Information
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancerinformation.aspx
Northern Cancer Network
http://www.cancernorth.nhs.uk/home
University of Newcastle UK guide to internet resources for cancer
http://www.cancerindex.org/
National Cancer Institute (Major US review articles)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/
For more information about non-cancer diagnoses
Alzheimers society
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/index.php
Motor Neurone Disease Association
http://www.mndassociation.org/
Multiple Sclerosis Society
http://www.mssociety.org.uk/
Parkinsons Disease society
http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/
Stroke Association
http://www.stroke.org.uk/
Terrence Higgins Trust (AIDS or HIV infection)
http://www.tht.org.uk/
British Heart Foundation
http://www.bhf.org.uk/
Mencap (Learning Disability)
http://www.mencap.org.uk/document.asp?pageType=112&subjectId=&audGroup=&subjectLevel2=&origin=pageType&searchPhrase=&id=5&alpha=E
Caring for Carers
Caring for Carers Professional Information
http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/our-services/developing-practice/carers/
Caring for someone with cancer
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Ifsomeoneelsehascancer/CaringForSomeone.aspx
NHS Choices resources for Carers
http://www.nhs.uk/CarersDirect/guide/Pages/Guidetocaringhome.aspx
Looking after yourself
Support 4 doctors (Royal Medical Benevolent Fund project)
http://www.support4doctors.org/
Doctors for doctors (British Medical Association confidential counselling service)
http://www.bma.org.uk/doctors_health/index.jsp
Primary care support services for doctors in Wales
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?orgid=558
Sacred Space Foundation
http://www.sacredspace.org.uk/
For more information about prescribing and therapeutics
British National Formulary
http://www.bnf.org/bnf/bnf/current/29446.htm
Palliative care formulary. Includes syringe driver drug compatibility charts
http://www.palliativedrugs.com/
Palliative medicine matters. Book catalogue, links, syringe driver prescribing information
http://www.pallcare.info/index.php?menu=1
Electronic Medicines Compendium
http://emc.medicines.org.uk/