 The British Association for Cancer Research, | | | http://www.bacr.org.uk/home | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Nursing Review (London, United Kingdom) | | The BACR is the largest British-based cancer society with a membership of almost 1,200. It was formed in 1960 to promote the advance of research in relation to all aspects of cancer, both laboratory and clinical, and to encourage the exchange of information. |
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| Cancer Options, | | | http://www.canceroptions.co.uk/ | | Reviewer: Health Professional Nursing Agency Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Cancer Options is a private, cancer consultancy where you can obtain consultancy, research and coaching for all the different cancer treatments and therapies. |
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 The Cancer Care Alliance, | | | http://www.cancercarealliance.nhs.uk/index.asp | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Home Nursing Review (London, United Kingdom) | | The Cancer Care Alliance, (known locally as the CCA) is one of 34 Cancer Networks in England, set up in response to the Calman-Hine Report and the NHS Cancer Plan. Cancer Networks consist of groups of health professionals and organisations from primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare and the voluntary sector, as well as other organisations, working with patients in an organised manner in order to plan and deliver accessible, high quality and equitable cancer services. |
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| Cruse Bereavement Care, | | | http://www.cruse.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Home Nursing Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Cruse Bereavement Care is a counseling and advice service for those bereaved by death throughout the UK. It gives advice, information and practical support. |
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| British Red Cross Society, | | | http://www.redcross.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Home Help Review (London, United Kingdom) | | British Red Cross Society are a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis. Services are available from local centres including transport and escort, medical loan, emergency response, fire victims support, domiciliary care, Home from Hospital schemes and first aid. |
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| Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI), | | | http://www.csci.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Home Nursing Review (London, United Kingdom) | | CSCI is responsible for registering and inspecting care services in England. |
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| Home Share UK, | | | http://www.homeshare.org | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nurse Agency Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Home Share UK is based on the idea that a householder offers accommodation to a homesharer in exchange for an agreed level of support. It may be help with household tasks, or financial support, or both. It is essentially an exchange that recognises that two people have needs and something to offer. |
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| Elderly Accommodation Counsel, | | | http://www.housingcare.org | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Homecare Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Elderly Accommodation Counsel is a registered charity which maintains a nationwide database of all forms of accommodation for older people. It also gives guidance, advice and detailed information to help enquirers choose the accommodation most suited to their needs.
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| Disabled Living Foundation, | | | http://www.dlf.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nurse Agency Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Disabled Living Foundation is a national charity that provides free, impartial advice about mobility products. It also runs an equipment demonstration centre, provides information about equipment for daily living and offers a specialist
advice service on clothing. |
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| Counsel and Care, | | | http://www.counselandcare.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Homecare Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Counsel and Care is a charity which provides advice for older people, their families and professionals on community care and other issues.
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| Foundations, | | | http://www.foundations.uk.com | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Home Help Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Foundations is the National Co-ordaining Body for Home Improvement Agencies (HIAs) which offers independent advice, information, support and practical assistance to older owner occupiers, amongst others, to repair and adapt their homes. |
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| Diabetes UK, | | | http://www.diabetes.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nursing Service (London, United Kingdom) | | Diabetes UK is the largest funder and charity in the UK devoted to the research, care and treatment of people with diabetes. It offers help for people with diabetes and their families. |
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| Carers UK, | | | http://www.carersonline.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Home Nursing Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Carers UK offers general help and advice for all carers.
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| Hospice Information, | | | http://www.hospiceinformation.info | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nurse Agency Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Hospice Information is a joint venture between St Christopher’s Hospice and Help the Hospices which offers an enquiry service on UK and international hospice and palliative care to the public and professionals. |
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| Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitatio, | | | http://www.radar.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nursing Service (London, United Kingdom) | | RADAR is a national network of disability organisations and disabled people. It is a campaigning organisation that also provides guides on holidays in Britain and Ireland. |
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| Stroke Association, | | | http://www.stroke.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Home Help Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Provides an information service and has some community services in different parts of England and Wales. Can also refer enquirers to stroke clubs throughout England and Wales. |
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| National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL), | | | http://www.ncil.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nurse Agency Review (London, United Kingdom) | | The National Centre for Independent Living is an organisation run by and for disabled people. NCIL is a national support, advice and consultancy organisation that aims to enable disabled people to be equal citizens with choice, control, rights and full economic, social and cultural lives. It is designed to be a resource on independent living for disabled people which offers training and consultancy on direct payments and personal assistance. |
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| Funder Finder, | | | http://www.funderfinder.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nursing Service (London, United Kingdom) | | Funder Finder develops and distributes software to help individuals and not-for-profit organisations in the UK identify charitable trusts that might give them money. |
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| National Association for Mental Health (MIND), | | | http://www.mind.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Homecare Review (London, United Kingdom) | | MIND offers support for people in mental distress and their families. It provides details of local associations which provide services such as counseling projects, self-help, support groups, drop-in centre’s and other services. |
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| Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) , | | | http://www.rnib.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Home Help Review (London, United Kingdom) | | RNIB is a National UK charity providing a good range of information for blind or partially sighted people. |
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| Tourism for All UK , | | | http://www.tourismforall.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nurse Agency Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Tourism for All UK’s central source of holiday and travel information for disabled people and their carers. They can help with information on accessible accommodation, visitor attractions, transport, activity holidays for people with children with disabilities, respite care establishments, sources of holiday funding and accessible overseas destinations. |
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| Research Institute for Consumer Affairs (RICA), | | | http://www.ricability.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nursing Service (London, United Kingdom) | | The Research Institute for Consumer Affairs (RICA) is a national research charity dedicated to providing independent information of value to disabled and older consumers. |
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| Parkinson’s disease Society, | | | http://www.parkinsons.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Homecare Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Helps people with Parkinson ’s disease and their relatives with problems arising from the disease; it collects and disseminates information on the disease; encourages and provides funds for research.
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| MENCAP, | | | http://www.mencap.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Home Help Review (London, United Kingdom) | | MENCAP is the leading UK charity for people with a learning disability and their families. |
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| Patients Association, | | | http://www.patients-association.com | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nurse Agency Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Patients Association gives advice to patients and carers on patients’ rights, complaints procedures and access to health services or appropriate self-help groups. |
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| Royal National Institute for Deaf and Hard of Hear, | | | http://www.rnid.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Private Nursing Service (London, United Kingdom) | | RNID is the largest charity working to change the world for the UK’s 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people. They do this by campaigning and lobbying, raising awareness of deafness and hearing loss, providing services and through social, medical and technical research. |
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| Assist UK, | | | http://www.assist-uk.org | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Homecare Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Assist UK has information about Disabled Living Centres throughout the UK and is the national voice for disabled/independent living centre's. |
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| Arthritis Care, | | | http://www.arthritiscare.org.uk | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Home Help Review (London, United Kingdom) | | Arthritis Care offers advice and information by trained counselors, some of whom have arthritis. There are over 400 branches in the UK, supporting people with
arthritis and their families. |
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| Macmillan Cancer Support, | | | http://www.macmillan.org.uk/ | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Homecare (London, United Kingdom) | | Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. Macmillan nurses provide practical, medical, emotional and financial support and campaign for better cancer care.
Macmillan nurses work in every area of care, from individual cancer types to paediatrics to chemotherapy.
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| Cancer Research UK, | | | http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ | | Reviewer: Health Professionals Homecare (London, United Kingdom) | | Cancer Research UK produces a variety of publications on cancer, the research they do and their purpose in the care and treatment of cancer. Cancer Research UK are the world's leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research. |
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