A page of links to Self-help and support organisations produced by the National Pharmacy Association (to which we have added in red boxes some further links)

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  ACNE    
Skincell    
  Addison's disease    
Addison's Disease Self Help Group 21 George Road  Guildford Surrey GU1  4NP Tel.01483 830673
  Agoraphobia (see phobias)  
  AIDS and HIV    
Avert 4 Brighton Road  Horsham  West Sussex  RH13  5BA Tel.01403 210202
  Landmark 47 Tulse Hill  London  SW2  2TN Tel.020 8678 6686
  Mainliners 38-40 Kennington Park Road  London  SE11  4RS Tel.020 7582 3338
  Alcohol Abuse    
Alcohol Concern Waterbridge House  32-36 Loman Street  London  SE1  0EE Tel.020 7928 7377
Alcoholics Anonymous Jacob House  329 Cynthia House  London  N1  9TE Tel.020 7833 0022
  Drinkline Freepost  PO Box 4000  Glasgow  G3  8XX Tel.0800 917 8282
  Allergy    
  Action against Allergy PO Box 278  Twickenham  Middlesex  TW1 4QQ Tel.020 8892 2711
Allergy UK Deepdene House  30 Bellegrove Road  Welling  Kent  DA16 3PY Tel.020 8303 8583
Anaphylaxis Campaign PO Box 275, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6SX Tel.01252 373793
  Food and Chemical Allergy Association 27 Ferringham Lane  Ferring-by-sea  West Sussex  BN12 5NB  
  Alopecia    
Hairline International Lyons Court 1668 High Street Knowie West Midlands B93 0LY Tel.01564 775281
  Alzheimer's Disease    
Alzheimer's Society (Dementia Care & Research) Gordon House  10 Greencoat Place  London  SW1P  1PH Tel.0845 300 0336
  Anaphylaxis (see Allergy)  
  Anorexia (see Eating Disorder)  
  Apnoea (see Sleep Disorders)  
  Arrhythmias (see Heart Health)  
  Arthritis    
Arithritic Association 1st Floor  2 Hyde Gardens  Eastbourne  East Sussex  BN21 4PN Tel.01323 416550
Arthritis Care 18 Stephenson Way  London  NW1 2HD Tel.0808 800 4050
  Asbestosis    
  Asthma    
 Asthma UK Summit House, 70 Wilson Street, London. EC2A 2DB Tel.020 7786 4900
British Lung Foundation 73-75 Goswell Road  London  EC1V 7ER Tel.020 7688 5555
  Asperger's Syndrome (see Autism)  
  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder    
ADHD Support Service ADDISS, PO Box 340, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 9HL Tel. 020 8952 2800
  Autism    
National Autistic Society 393 City Road  London  EC1V 1NG Tel.020 7833 2299

 

 Arthritis Research Campaign
 

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  Bedwetting  - see Enuresis  
  Bereavement    
Compassionate friends 53 North Street Bristol BS3 1EN Tel.0845 120 3785
Cruse Bereavement Care Cruse House 126 Sheen Road Richmond Surrey TW9 1UR Tel.0870 167 1677
  Bipolar Disorder - see Mental Health  
  Birth Defects    
Newlife foundation for disabled children Newlife Centre, Hemlock Way, Cannock Staffs WS11 7GF Tel.01543 462 777
  Birthmarks    
Birthmark Support Group PO Box 3932 Weymouth Dorset WS11 7GF Tel.01202 257703
  Blindness    
Action for Blind People 14-16 Verney Road London SE16 3DZ Tel.020 7635 4800
Deafblind UK National Centre for Deafblindness, John and Lucille van Geest Place, Cygnet Road, Hampton, Cambridgeshire PE7 8FD Tel.01733 358100
RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind) RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind) 105 Judd Street London WC1H 9NE Tel.0845 766 0174
Sense 11-13 Clifton Terrace Finsbury Park London N4 3SR Tel.020 7272 7774
  Bone Dysplasia    
  Child Growth Foundation 2 Mayfield Avenue Chiswick London W4 1PW Tel.020 8994 7625
  Breastfeeding  - see Mother's Support  
  Brain Tumour    
Brain Tumour Action 124 Crewe Road South Edinburgh EH4 2NY Tel.0131 315 7299
  Brittle Bone    
Brittle Bone Society 30 Guthrie Street Dundee Angus DD1 5BS Tel.01382 204446
  Bronchitis    
British Lung Foundation 73-75 Goswell Road London EC1V 7ER Tel.08458 50 50 20

 

 

 

British Brain and Spine Foundation

 

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  Cancer    
Action Cancer 1 Marlborough Park, Belfast BT9 6XS Tel.028 9080 3344
Beating Bowel Cancer 39 Crown Road, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 3EJ Tel.020 8892 5256
Breast Cancer Care Kiln House, 210 New King's Road, London SW6 4NZ Tel.0808 800 6000
Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood Abbey Wood Business Park, Filton, Bristol, Somerset BS34 7JU Tel.0117 311 2600
Cancer Research UK PO Box 123, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX Tel.020 7242 0200
Cancer BACUP 3 Bath Place, Rivington Place, London WC2A 3PX Tel.0808 800 1234
Colon Cancer Concern 9 Rickett Street, London SW6 1RU Tel.0870 850 6050
Kidney Cancer UK 11 Hathaway Road, Tile Hill Village, Coventry, West Midlands CV4 9HW Tel.024 7647 0584
Leukaemia Care Society 2 Shrubbery Avenue, Worcester, Worcestershire WR1 1QH Tel.0800 169 6680
Leukaemia Research Fund 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ Tel.020 7405 0101
Lymphoma Association PO Box 386, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2GA Tel.0808 808 5555
Macmillan Cancer Relief 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7UQ Tel.020 7840 7840
Prostate Cancer Charity 3 Angel Walk, Hammersmith, London W6 9HX Tel.0845 300 8383
RipRap Trent Palliative Care, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S11 9NE Tel.0114 262 0174
Tenovus 43 The Parade, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF24 3AB Tel.0808 808 1010
  Candida    
National Candida Association PO Box 151, Orpington, Kent BR5 1UJ Tel.01689 813039
  Carers    
Carers UK 20 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4LX Tel.020 7378 4999
  Cerebral  Palsy    
Scope 6 Market Road, London N7 9PW Tel.0808 800 3333
Cerebral Palsy Plus Vassall Centre, Gill Avenue, Bristol BS15 2QQ Tel.01179 505099
  Child Abuse    
Childline Freepost 1111, London N1 0BR Tel.0800 1111
(NCH) National Children's Home 85 Highbury Park, London N5 1UD Tel.020 7704 7000
  Chronic Oedema -see Lymphoedema  
  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -see COPD  
  Chronic Pain -see Pain  
  Cleft Lip -see Disfigurement  
  Coeliac Disease -see Digestive Disorders  
  Colostomy -see Stomas  
  Constipation -see Digestive Disorders  
  Contraception    
FPA (Family Planning Association) 2-12 Pentonville Road, London N1 9FP Tel.020 7837 5432
  COPD    
British Lung Foundation 73-75 Goswell Road, London EC1V 7ER Tel.020 7688 5555
  Cot Death    
Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths Artillery House, 11-19 Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RT Tel.0870 787 0554
  Crohn's Disease -see Digestive Disorders  
  Cushing's Disease    
  Cushing Care Meadows, Woodplumpton Village, Nr Preston, Lancashire PR4 0LJ Tel.01772 690680
Pituitary Foundation PO Box 1944, Bristol, Somerset BS99 2UB Tel.0845 450 0375
  Cystic Fibrosis    
Cystic Fibrosis Trust 11 London Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 1BY Tel.020 8464 7211
  Cystitis    
  Interstitial Cystitis Support Group 76 High Street, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire MK11 1AH Tel.01908 569169
Chronic Granulomatous Disease Crohn's Disease (Opens in a New Window)
Crusaid Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit

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  Deafness    
British Deaf Association 1-3 Worship Street, London EC2A 2AB Tel.0870 770 3300
Deafblind UK National Centre for Deafblindness, John and Lucille van Geest Place, Cygnet Road, Hampton, Cambridgeshire PE7 8FD Tel.01733 358100
deafPLUS Prospect Hall, 12 College Walk, Birmingham B29 6LE Tel.0121 415 2080
RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People) 19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL Tel.020 7296 8000
Sense 11-13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3SR Tel.020 7272 7774
  Dementia    
Alzheimer's Society Gordon House, 10 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PH Tel.0845 300 0336
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG Switchboard:- 0845 155 5000
For Dementia 6 Camden High Street, London NW1 0JH Tel.020 7874 7210
Guideposts Trust Two Rivers, Station Lane, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 4BH Tel.01933 772886
  Dental Phobia -see Phobias  
  Depression    
Arbours Association 6 Church Lane, London N8 7BU Tel.020 8340 7646
Depression Alliance National Office, 35 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7BJ Tel.020 7633 0557
Manic Depression Fellowship 21 St George's Road, London SE1 6ES Tel.020 7793 2600
Samaritans PO Box 989, Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3HG Tel.08457 909090
  Diabetes Insipidus    
Pituitary Foundation PO Box 1944, Bristol, Somerset BS99 2UB Tel.0845 450 0375
  Diabetes Mellitus    
Diabetes UK 10 Parkway, London NW1 7AA Tel.0845 120 2960
Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust PO Box 294, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN1 4XS Tel.01604 622837
Pituitary Foundation PO Box 1944, Bristol Somerset BS99 2UB Tel.0845 450 0375
  Diarrhoea    
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
  Digestive Disorders    
Coeliac UK PO Box 220, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2HY Tel.0870 4448804
National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease 4 Beaumont House, Sutton Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 5HH Tel.0845 130 2233
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
  Disability    
Break Davison House, 1 Montague Road, Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8WN Tel.01263 822161
British Institute of Learning Disabilities Campion House, Green Street, Kidderminster,Worcestershire DY10 1JL Tel.01562 723010
Dial UK Park Lodge, St.Catherine's Hospital, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 8QN Tel.01302 310123
Disability Alliance Universal House, 88-94 Wentworth Street, London E1 7SA Tel.020 7247 8776
Guideposts Trust Two Rivers, Station Lane, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 4BH Tel.01933 772886
Mencap 123 Golden Lane, London EC1 0RT Tel.0808 808 1111
  Disfigurement    
Birthmark Support Group PO Box 3932, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9YG Tel.01202 257703
Changing Faces 1-2 Junction Mews, Paddington, London W2 1PN Tel.020 7706 4232
Cleft Lip and Palate Association 3rd Floor, 235-237 Finchley Road, London NW3 6LS Tel.020 7431 0033
  Sturge Weber Foundation UK Burleigh, 348 Pinhoe Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 8AF Tel.01392 464675
  Diverticular Disease    
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
  Down's Syndrome    
Down's Heart Group 17 Cantilupe Close, Eaton Bray, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 2EA Tel.01525 220379
Down's Syndrome Association Longdon Down Centre, 24 Longdon Park, Teddington TW11 9PS Tel.0845 230 0372
  Drug Abuse    
Alcoholics Anonymous Jacob House, 325 Cynthia House, London N1 9TE Tel.020 7833 0022
Narcotics Anonymous 202 City Road, London EC1V 2PH Tel.020 7730 0009
Parents Against Drug Abuse 12-14 Church Parade, Ellesmere Port, South Wirral, Merseyside CH65 2ER Tel.0845 702 3867
  Talk to Frank   Tel.0800 776600
  Dyslexia    
British Dyslexia Association 98 London Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 5AU Tel.0118 966 8271
  Adult Dyslexia Organisation 336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA Tel.0220 7924 9559
  Dyspraxia    
Dyspraxia Foundation 8 West Alley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG5 1EG Tel.01462 454986

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  Eating Disorders    
Eating Disorders Association 103 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 1DW Tel.0845 634 1414
National Centre for Eating Disorders 54 New Road, Esher, Surrey KT10 9NU Tel.01372 469493
Overeaters Anonymous PO Box 19, Stretford, Manchester, Lancashire M32 9EB Tel.07000 784985
  Eczema    
National Eczema Society Hill House, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NA Tel.0870 241 3604
Skincell    
  Ekbom Syndrome -see Restless Legs Syndrome  
  Elderly Care    
Age Concern Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER Tel.0800 009966
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3PX Switchboard:- 0845 155 5000
Counsel and Care Twyman House, 16 Bonny Street, London NW1 9PG Tel.0845 300 7585
Help the Aged 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ Tel.020 7278 1114
  Emphysema    
British Lung Foundation 73-75 Goswell Road, London EC1V 7ER Tel.020 7688 5555
  Encephalitis    
Encephalitis Society 7b Saville Street, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 7LL Tel.01653 699599
  Endometriosis    
National Endometriosis Society 50 Westminster Palace Gardens, Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RL Tel.0808 808 2227
  Enuresis    
ERIC (Enuresis Resource and Information Centre) 34 Old School House, Britannia Road, Bristol, Somerset BS15 8DB Tel.0117 960 3060
  Epilepsy    
Epilepsy Action New Anstey House, Gate Way Drive, Yeadon, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS19 7XY Tel.0808 800 5050
National Society for Epilepsy Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 0RJ Tel.01494 601300

 

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  Facial Disfigurement -see Disfigurement  
  Family    
Family Welfare Association 501-505 Kingsland Road, Dalston, London E8 4AU Tel.020 7254 6251
National Family Mediation Margaret Jackson Centre, 4 Barnfield Hill, Exeter, Devon. EX1 1SR Tel. 01392 271610
  Fibroids    
Women's Health 52 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT Tel.020 7251 6333
  Fibromyalgia    
Fibromyalgia Association UK PO Box 206, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY9 8YL Tel.0870 220 1232

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  Galactosaemia    
Galactosaemia Support Group UK General Secretary, 39 Dewfalls Drive, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, Somerset BS32 9BW Tel.01454 618909
  Gambling    
Gamblers Anonymous PO Box 88, Lomdon SW10 0EU Tel.0870 050 8880
  Glaucoma    
International Glaucoma Association 108C Warner Road, London SE5 9HQ Tel.020 7737 3265
  Gluten Sensitivity -see Digestive Disorders  
  Gout    
UK Gout Society PO Box 527, London WC1V 7YP  
  Growth Disorders    
  Child Growth Foundation 2 Mayfield Avenue, Chiswick, London W4 1PW Tel.020 8994 7625
  Guillain-Barre Syndrome    
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Support Group :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) LCC Offices, Eastgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 7EB Tel.0800 374803

 

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  Haemoglobinopathy -see Thalassaemia  
  Haemophilia    
Haemophilia Society Chesterfield House, 385 Easton Road, London NW1 3AU Tel.0800 018 6068
  Hair Loss -see Alopecia  
  Heart Health    
Arrhythmias Alliance PO Box 3697, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 8YL Tel.01789 450787
Association for Children with Heart Disorders 26 Elizabeth Drive, Helmshore, Rossendale, Lancashire BB4 4JB Tel.01706 213632
British Cardiac Patients Association Unit 5, 2 Station Road, Swavesey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB4 5QJ Tel.01954 202022
British Heart Foundation 14 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 6DH Tel.0845 070 8070
Heart UK 7 North Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 1PE Tel.01628 628638
  Headache -see Migraine and Pain  
  Hereditary Progressive Arthro-ophthalmopathy -see Stickler Syndrome  
  Herpes -see Shingles  
  Hiatus Hernia    
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
  HIV -see AIDS and HIV  
  Hodgkins Disease    
Lymphoma Association PO Box 386, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2GA Tel.0808 808 5555
  Huntington's Disease    
Huntington's Disease Association 108 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HP Tel.020 7223 7000
  Hydrocephalus -see Spina Bifida  
  Hypertension    
Blood Pressure Association 60 Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0QS Tel.020 8772 4994
  Hypopituitarism    
Pituitary Foundation PO Box 1944, Bristol, Somerset BS99 2UB Tel.0845 450 0375
  Hysterectomy    
Women's Health 52 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT Tel.020 7251 6333

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  Ileostomy -see Stomas  
  Immunisation    
The Informed Parent PO Box 4481, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 2WH Tel.01903 212969
  Impotence -see Sexual Dysfunction  
  Incontinence    
ERIC (Enuresis Resource and Information Centre) 34 Old School House, Britannia Road, Bristol, Somerset BS15 8DB Tel.0117 960 3060
  Charity for Incontinent and Stoma Children 51 Anderson Drive, Valley View Park, Darvel, Ayrshire KA17 0DE Tel.01560 322024
Continence Foundation 307 Hatton Square, 16 Baldwins Gardens, London EC1N 7RJ Tel.0845 345 0165
  Indigestion    
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
  Infertility    
Daisy Network PO Box 183, Rossendale, Lancashire BB4 6WZ  
National Fertility Association 114 Lichfield Street, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 1SZ Tel.01922 722888
  Insomnia -see Sleep Disorders  
  Irritable Bowel Syndrome    
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
IBS Network Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S5 7AU Tel.0114 261 1531
Women's Nutritional Advisory Service Natural Health Advisory Service, PO Box 117, Rottingdean, Brighton. East Sussex. BN51 9BG Tel.01273 609699

Impotence Association Infertility Network

 

 

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Kidney Patient Guide Information, support and advice for kidney patients

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  Laryngectomy    
  National Association of Laryngectomy Club Ground Floor, 6 Rickett Street, Fulham, London SW6 1RU Tel.020 7381 9993
  Learning Disabilities    
Break Davison House, 1 Montague Road, Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8WN Tel.01263 822161
British Institute of Learning Disabilities Campion House, Green Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire DY10 1JL Tel.01562 723010
Guideposts Trust Two Rivers, Station Lane, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 4BH Tel.01933 772886
Mencap 123 Golden Lane, London EC1 0RT Tel.0808 808 1111
  Leukaemia -see Cancer  
  Liver Disorders    
British Liver Trust Portman House, 44 High Street, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 1AG Tel.01425 463080
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
  Lung Disease    
British Lung Foundation 73-75 Goswell Road, London EC1V 7ER Tel.020 7688 5555
  Lupus    
Lupus UK St James House, Eastern Road, Romford Essex RM1 3NH Tel.01708 731251
St Thomas' Lupus Trust The Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH Tel.020 7922 8197
  Lymphoedema    
Lymphoedema Support Network St Luke's Crypt, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NH Tel.020 7351 0990
  Lymphoma    
Lymphoma Association PO Box 386, Aylesbury, Buckingham shire HP20 2GA Tel.0808 808 5555

Limbless Association The Limbless Association, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London. SW15 5PN Tel: 020 8788 1777
 

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  Macular Disease    
Macular Disease Society Darwin House, 13A Bridge Street, Andover, Hampshire SP10 1BE Tel.0845 241 2041
  Manic Depression -see Mental Health  
  ME -see Myalgic Encephalomyeitis  
  Medical Information    
NHS Direct   Tel.0845 4647
  Meniere's Disease    
Meniere's Society 98 Maybury Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 5HX Tel.01483 740597
  Meningitis    
Meningitis Research Foundation Midland Way, Thornbury, Bristol, Somerset BS35 2BS Tel.0808 8003344
Meningitis Trust Fern House, Bath Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 3TJ Tel.01453 768000
  Menopause    
British Menopause Society 4-6 Eton Place, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 2QA Tel.01628 890199
Daisy Network PO Box 183, Rossendale, Lancashire BB4 6WZ  
Women's Health 52 Featherstone Street, London, EC1Y 8RT Tel.020 7251 6333
  Mental Health    
Family Welfare Association 501-505 Kingsland Road, Dalston, London E8 4AU Tel.020 7254 6251
First Step Trust 32-34 Hare Street, Woolwich, London SE18 6LZ Tel.020 8855 7386
Mental Health Foundation 83 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0HW Tel.020 7802 0300
Young Minds 102-108 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5SA Tel.0800 018 2138
  Migraine    
Migraine Action Association Unit 6, Oakley Hay Lodge Business Park, Great Folds Road, Great Oakley, Northamtonshire NN18 9AS Tel.01536 461333
Migraine Trust 2nd Floor, 55 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HP Tel.020 7436 1336
  Miscarriage    
Miscarriage Association c/o Clayton Hospital, Northgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 3JS Tel.01924 200799
  Lifeline Pregnancy Counselling and Care 7A Albany Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH1 3PY Tel.0131 557 2060
  Moebius Syndrome    
  Moebius Syndrome Support Group 24 Front Street, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear NE25 8DF Tel.0191 253 2090
  Mothers' Support    
Association of Breast Feeding Mothers PO Box 207, Bridgewater, Somerset TA6 7YT Tel.020 7813 1481
  Crysis Support Group BM Crysis, London WC1N 3XX Tel.020 7404 5011
Meet a Mum Association Waterside Centre, 25 Avenue Road, London SE25 4DX Tel.020 8768 0123
  Motor Neurone Disease    
Motor Neurone Disease Association PO Box 246, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN1 2PR Tel.0845 762 6262
  MS -see Multiple Sclerosis  
  Multiple Births Foundation    
TAMBA :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) 2 The Willows, Gardner Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 4PG Tel.0845 121 3305
  Multiple Sclerosis    
MS Resource Centre 7 Peartree Business Centre, Stanway, Colchester, Essex CO3 5JN Tel.0800 783 0518
MS Society 372 Edgeware Road, London NW2 6ND Tel.0808 800 8000
MS Trust Spirella Building, Bridge Road, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire SG6 4ET Tel.01462 476700
  Muscular Dystrophy    
Muscular Dystrophy Group 7-11 Prescott Place, London W12 6BS Tel.020 7720 8055
Myotonic Dystrophy Support Group 175a Carlton Hill, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG4 1GZ Tel.0115 987 0080
  Myalgic Encephalomyelitis    
Action for ME PO Box 1302, Wells, Somerset BA5 1YE Tel.01749 670799
Association of Young People with ME PO Box 605, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK2 2XD  
ME Association 4 Top Angel, Buckingham Industrial Park, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 1TH Tel.0871 222 7824
  Myasthenia Gravis    
Myasthenia Gravis Association Keynes House, Chester Park, Alfreton Road, Derby DE21 4AS Tel.0800 919922
  Myeloma     
International Myeloma Foundation (UK) 2nd Floor, 31 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3HP Tel.0800 980 3332
Leukaemia Research Fund 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ Tel.020 7405 0101
  Myotonic Dystrophy -see Muscular Dystrophy  

Mental Health Charity

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  Narcolepsy -see Sleep Disorders  
  Neuropathic Pain -see Peripheral Neuropathy  
NHS Direct   Tel.0845 4647
  Nicotine Addiction -see Smoking  
  Noonan Syndrome    
  Noonan Syndrome Society Martindale, Hawkes Green, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 2XN Tel.01543 468999
British Nutrition Foundation


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  Obesity    
Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust The Latton Bush Centre, Southern Way, Harlow, Essex CM18 7BL Tel. 01279 866010
Overeaters Anonymous PO Box 19, Stretford, Manchester, Lancashire M32 9BE Tel.07000 784985
Weight Concern -also see Eating Disorders Brook House, 2-16 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HN Tel.020 7679 6636
  Obsessive Compulsive Disorder    
OCD Action Aberdeen Centre, 22-24 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EA Tel.020 7226 4000
  -see also Phobias    
  Oesophageal Disorders    
Oesophageal Patients Association 16 Whitefields Crescent, Solihull, West Midlands B91 3NU Tel.0121 704 9860
  -see also Cancer    
  Osteogenesis Imperfecta    
  -see Brittle Bone    
  Osteopetrosis    
Osteopetrosis Support Trust 10 Cumberland Avenue, Fixby, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD2 2JJ Tel.01484 545974
  Osteoporosis    
National Osteoporosis Society Comerton, Bath, Somerset BA2 0PJ Tel.01761 471771
  Ovarian Cancer    
Ovacome Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, Huntley Street, London WC2E 6DH Tel.020 7380 9589
  -see also Cancer    

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  Paget's Disease    
National Association for the Relief of Paget's Disease 323 Manchester Road, Walkden, Worsley, Lancashire M28 3HH Tel.0161 799 4646
  Pain    
Action on Pain 20 Necton Road, Little Dunham, Norfolk PE32 2DN Tel.0845 603 1593
Migraine Trust 2nd Floor, 55-56 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HP Tel.020 7436 1336
National Back Pain Association 16 Elm Tree Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8ST Tel.020 8977 5474
Pain Concern PO Box 13256, Haddington, EH41 4YD Tel.01620 822572
  Pain Wise UK 33 Kingsdown Park, Tankerton, Kent CT5 2DT Tel.01227 282227
Trigeminal Neuralgia Association UK PO Box 413, Bromley, Kent BR2 9XS Tel.020 8462 9122
  Pancreatitis    
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
Pancreatitis Supporters Network PO Box 8938, Birmingham, West Midlands B13 9FW Tel.0121 449 0667
  Panic Attacks -see Phobias  
  Parkinson's Disease    
Parkinson's Disease Society 215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EJ Tel.0808 800 0303
  Peripheral Neuropathy    
Neuropathy Trust PO Box 26, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 5FP Tel.01270 611828
  Perthes Disease    
  Perthes Association PO Box 773, Guildford, GU1 1XN Tel.01483 306637
  Phenylketonuria    
National Society for Phenylketonuria PO Box 26642, London N14 4ZF Tel.0845 603 9136
  Phobias    
Dental Phobia and Anxiety Association 104 Harley Street, London W1G 7JD Tel.020 7935 8092
National Phobic Society Zion Community Resource Centre, 339 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 4ZY Tel.0870 7700 456
No Panic 93 Brands Farm Way, Telford, Shropshire TF3 2JQ Tel.0808 8080545
  Pituitary Disorders    
Pituitary Foundation PO Box 1944, Bristol, Somerset BS99 2UB Tel.0845 450 0375
  PMS -see Premenstrual Syndrome  
  Porphyria    
  British Porphyria Association c/o Karen Harris, 14 Mollison Rise, Gravesend, Kent DA12 4QJ Tel.01474 369231
  Port Wine Stain -see Birthmarks  
  Post Menopausal Syndrome    
  Post-Natal Depression    
Association for Postnatal Illness 145 Dawes Road, Fulham, London SW6 1BE Tel.020 7386 0868
Meet a Mum Association Waterside Centre, 25 Avenue Road, London SE25 4DX Tel.020 8768 0123
  Pre-Eclampsia    
Action on Pre-Eclampsia 84-88 Pinner Road, Harrow HA1 4HZ Tel.020 8427 4217
Pre-Eclampsia Society c/o Dawn James, Rhainfa, Carmel,Caenarfon, Gwynedd LL54 7RL Tel.01286 882685
  Pregnancy    
British Pregnancy Advisory Service Austy Manor, Wooten Wawen, Henley in Arden, West Midlands B95 6BX Tel.01564 793225
FPA (Family Planning Association) 2-12 Pentonville Road, London N1 9FP Tel.020 7837 5432
  Lifeline Pregnancy Counselling and Care 7A Albany Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH1 3PY Tel.0131 557 2060
National Childbirth Trust Alexandra House, Oldham Terrace, Acton, London W3 6NH Tel.0870 444 8707
  Premenstrual Syndrome    
National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome 41 Old Kent Road, Kent TN12 5AP Tel.0870 777 2178
Women's Health 52 Featherstone Street,London EC1Y 8RT Tel.020 7251 6333
  Prostate -see Cancer  
  Psoriasis    
Psoriasis Association 7 Milton Street, Northampton NN2 7JG Tel.0845 676 0076
PainSupport Patients Association

 

 

 

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  Restless Legs Syndrome    
  Ekbom Support Group 18 Rodbridge Drive, Thorpe Bay, Essex SS! 3DF Tel.01702 582002
  Restricted Growth -see Growth Disorders  
  Retinoblastoma    
Childhood Eye Cancer Trust The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BB Tel.020 7337 5578
  Reyes Syndrome    
National Reyes Syndrome Foundation 15 Nicholas Gardens, Pyrford, Woking, Surrey GU22 8SD Tel.01932 346843
  Rheumatism -see Arthritis  

Rett Syndrome Langham House West, Mill Street, Luton. LU1 2NA Tel. 01582 798910


 

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  Schizophrenia
 
 
Hearing Voices Network 79 Lever Street, Manchester, Lancashire M1 1FL Tel.0845 122 8641
Rethink 28 Castle Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 1SS Tel.020 8974 6814
SANE 1st Floor, Cityside House, 40 Adler Street, London E1 1EE Tel.0845 767 8000
  Scleroderma    
Scleroderma Society 3 Caple Road, London NW10 8AB Tel.020 8961 4912
  Seasonal Affective Disorder    
Depression Alliance National Office, 35 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB Tel.020 7633 0557
  SAD Association PO Box 989, Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3HG Tel.01903 814942
  Self Harm    
  SHOUT PO Box 654, Bristol, Somerset BS99 1XH  
  Sexual Dysfunction    
Sexual Dysfunction Association Windmill Place Business Centre, 2-4 Windmill Lane, Southall, Middlesex UB2 4NJ Tel.0870 774 3571
  Shingles    
Herpes Virus Association 41 North Road, London N7 9DP Tel.0845 123 2305
  Sickle Cell    
Brent Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre 122 High Street, Harlesden, London NW10 4SP Tel.020 8961 9005
Sickle Cell Society 54 Station Road, London NW10 4UA Tel.020 8961 7795
  SLE -see Lupus  
  Sleep Apnoea -see Sleep Disorders  
  Sleep Disorders    
British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association 2nd Floor, 52 Albert Road North, Reigate, Surrey RH2 9EL Tel.0800 085 1097
Narcolepsy Association PO Box 68, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2UX Tel.0845 4500 394
  Sleep Matters Medical Advisory Service, PO Box 3087, London W4 4ZP Tel.020 8994 9874
Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service 13 Heriot Row, Edinburgh EH3 6HP Tel.0131 524 9730
  Smoking Addiction    
Action on Smoking and Health 102 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4HW Tel.020 7739 5902
NHS Smoking Helpline   Tel.0800 169 0169
Quit 211 Old Street, London EC1V 9NR Tel.020 7251 1551
  Snoring -see Sleep Disorders  
  Speech Problems    
Association for Research into Stammering in Childhood The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering in Childhood, Finsbury Health Centre, Pine Street, London EC1R 0LP Tel.020 7530 4238
Cued Speech Association UK 9 Duke Street, Dartmouth, Devon TQ6 9PY Tel.01803 832784
Speakability 1 Royal Street, London SE1 7LL Tel.0808 808 9572
  Spina Bifida    
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Asbah House, 42 Park Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE1 2UQ Tel.0845 450 7755
 
  Stammering -see Speech Problems  
  Stickler Syndrome    
Stickler Syndrome Support Group PO Box 371, Walton on Thames, Surrey KT12 2YS Tel.01932 267635
  Stillbirth    
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society 28 Portland Place, London W1B 1LY Tel.020 7436 5881
  Stomas    
British Colostomy Association 2 London Court, East Street, Reading, Berkshire RG1 4QL Tel.0118 939 1537
  Charity for Incontinent and Stoma Children 51 Anderson Drive, Valley View Park, Darvel, Ayrshire KA17 0DE Tel.01560 322024
  Northern Ireland Urostomy Association c/o Ulster Cancer Foundation, 40-42 Eglantine Avenue, Belfast BT9 6DX Tel.028 9066 3281
  Stroke    
Different Strokes 9 Canon Harnett Court, Wolverton Mill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK12 5NF Tel.0845 130 7172
Stroke Association 240 City Road, London EC1V 2PR Tel.0845 303 3100
  Sturge Weber Syndrome -see Disfigurement  
  Suicide    
Compassionate friends 53 North Street Bristol BS3 1EN Tel.0845 120 3785
Samaritans PO Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA Tel.0857 90 90 90
  Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -see Lupus  

 

 

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  Thalassaemia    
UK Thalassaemia Society 19 The Broadway, Southgate Circus, London N14 6PH Tel.0800 731 1099
Sickle Cell Society 54 Station Road, London NW10 4UA Tel.020 8961 7795
Brent Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Society 122 High Street, Harlesden London NW10 4SP Tel.020 8961 9005
  Thyroid Disorders    
British Thyroid Foundation PO Box 97,  Clifford, West Yorkshire LS23 6XD Tel.0870 770 7933
  Thyroid Eye Disease Association Solstice, Sea Road, Winchelsea Beach, East Sussex TN36 4LH Tel.01797 222338
  Tinnitus    
British Tinnitus Association Also see Deafness Ground Floor, Unit 5, Acorn Business Park, Woodseats Close, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S8 0TB Tel.0800 018 0527
  Toutette Syndrome    
Tourette Syndrome (UK)  Association PO Box 26149, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 7YU Tel.0845 458 1252
  Toxoplasmosis    
Tommy's Campaign Nicholas House, 3 Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0BB Tel.0870 777 3060
  Tranquilliser Withdrawl    
First Steps to Freedom PO Box 476, Newquay, TR7 1WQ Tel.0845 841 0619
TASHA Foundation Alexandra House, 241 High Street, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 0NE Tel.020 8569 9933
  Trigeminal Neuralgia -see Pain  
  Triplets -see Multiple Births  
  Turner Syndrome    
  Child Growth  Foundation 2 Mayfield Avenue, Chiswick, London W4 1PW Tel.020 8994 7625
  Twins -see Multiple Births  

The Terrence Higgins Trust

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  Urostomy -see Stomas  

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  Vaccination -see Immunisation  
  Varicose Veins    
  Vitiligo    
Vitiligo Society 125 Kennington Road, London SE11 6SF Tel.020 7840 0855

British Varicose Veins Centres

 

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  Weaver Syndrome    
  Child Growth Foundation 2 Mayfield Avenue Chiswick London W4 1PW Tel.020 8994 7625
  Weight Disorders    
Weight Concern see also Eating Disorders Brook House, 2-16 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HN Tel.020 7679 6636
  Williams Syndrome    
Williams Syndrome Foundation 161 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BX Tel.01732 365152
  Women's Health    
FPA (Family Planning Association) 2-12 Pentonville Road, London N1 9FP Tel.020 7837 5432
Women's Health 52 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT Tel.020 7251 6333

 

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  Young People    
Connexions Department for Education and Skills, Moorfoot, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 4PQ Tel.0808 001 3219
Young Minds 102-108 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5SA Tel.0800 018 2138

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