Professional Organisations
Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation: The field of neurology and neuroscience moves forward at an alarming pace and it is difficult to keep up with advances. ACNR (Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation) is designed to overcome that problem, through a combination of unique and innovative approaches. www.acnr.co.uk
Anaesthesia UK: Anaesthesia UK is an educational site with training resources for anaesthetic professionals. It provides interactive practice questions, journal abstracts and reference articles for the Primary FRCA, Final FRCA, Irish FCARCSI, European Diploma of Anaesthesiology, American Board examinations, and currently receives over 30,000 page views daily. www.anaesthesiauk.com
(The) Association of British Neurosurgeons: The aim of the Association of British Neurologists is to improve the health and well-being of people with neurological disorders by advancing the knowledge and practice of neurology in the British Isles. www.theabn.org
(The) British Association for the Study of Headache (BASH): BASH is the United Kingdom national society member of the International Headache Society (IHS) and the European Headache Federation (EHF). Membership is open to all health care professionals with an interest in headache. www.bash.org.uk
British Association of Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons: Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the surgical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the mouth, jaws, face and neck. This website contains information about oral and maxillofacial resources and about BAOMS which we hope will be of interest and benefit to clinicians www.baoms.org.uk
British Dental Association: The British Dental Association (BDA) is the professional association and trade union for dentists in the United Kingdom and was founded in 1880. Membership, which is voluntary, stands at around 23,000. The majority of members are in general practice, or "High Street" practices. www.bda.org
British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS): The British Medical Acupuncture Society is a registered charity established to encourage the use and scientific understanding of acupuncture within medicine for the public benefit. It seeks to enhance the education and training of suitably qualified practitioners, and to promote high standards of working practices in acupuncture. www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk
Bupa Gamma Knife Centre: www.gammaknifecentre.com
Chronic Pain Policy Coalition: The Chronic Pain Policy Coalition is a forum established in 2006 to unite patients, professionals and parliamentarians in a mission to develop an improved strategy for the prevention, treatment and management of chronic pain and its associated conditions. www.paincoalition.org.uk
(The) Cochrane Collaboration: The Cochrane Collaboration, established in 1993, is an international network of people helping healthcare providers, policy makers, patients, their advocates and carers, make well-informed decisions about human health care by preparing, updating and promoting the accessibility of Cochrane Reviews - over 4,000 so far, published online in The Cochrane Library. www.cochrane.org
European Federation of Neurological Societies: EFNA's motto is "Partnership for Progress" and we really do try to achieve our aims by this route, combining the strength and experience each of our member organisations has acquired in the work for its own particular medical condition. EFNA draws together all that experience to unite in a common cause, providing the international medical community, politicians and other decision-makers with an active partner and source of authoritative information across a broad, but extremely important and distinctive area of medicine - brain disorders. www.efna.net
European Headache Federation: EHF dedicates its efforts to improving awareness amongst governments, health care providers and consumers across Europe of headache disorders and their personal and socioeconomic impact. www.ehf-org.org
European Organisation for Rare Diseases: EURORDIS is a non-governmental patient-driven alliance of patient organisations representing more than 423 rare diseases patient organisations in over 43 countries. http://www.eurordis.org
The Institute of Neurology: The mission of the Institute of Neurology, as a specialist Postgraduate Institute of UCL, is to carry out high quality research, teaching and training in basic and clinical neurosciences. Together with our associated specialist Hospital, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, the Institute promotes translation of research that is of direct clinical relevance to improved patient care and treatment. http://www.ion.ucl.ac.uk
International Association for the Study of Pain: IASP brings together scientists, clinicians, health care providers, and policy makers to stimulate and support the study of pain and to translate that knowledge into improved pain relief worldwide. http://www.iasp-pain.org
(The) International Headache Society (IHS): ISH is the world's membership organisation for all whose professional commitment, whatever their discipline, is to helping people whose lives are affected by headache disorders. http://www.ihs-headache.org
Medicine Guides: Medicine Guides is a new online resource providing patients and the general public with information about UK-licensed medicines. Medicine Guides have been developed by the Department of Health, the NHS, the pharmaceutical industry and patient and professional groups, and are made available in partnership with NHS Direct Online. The aim of Medicine Guides is to enable patients to make informed decisions; be more involved in treatment choices; and make best use of their medicines. Information on pain can be found here. http://www.medicines.org.uk/guides
Multiple Sclerosis (American Society): www.mssociety.org
Net Doctor: Find out all you need to know about the prevention, treatment and management of more than 500 diseases and conditions. www.netdoctor.co.uk
(The) Neurological Alliance: The NA's purpose is to drive forward implementation of the National Service Framework for Long Term Neurological Conditions across England; to increase understanding of neurological conditions and of the lives of people with those conditions; and, to speak for the neurological community with an authoritative voice. www.neural.org.uk
Neuropathy Trust: The Neuropathy Trust is a worldwide charity to provide a lifeline to people affected by Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) and Neuropathic Pain (NeP). It is the primary function of the Trust to ensure, irrespective of the cause of the peripheral neuropathy or neuropathic pain (whether known or otherwise) that patients, family, carers and health care providers receive the highest possible level of information and support. The Neuropathy Trust is independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion. www.neurocentre.com
Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headaches in the UK (OUCH): OUCH exists to raise general awareness of the condition within the medical profession and the general public. We offer support and guidance to sufferers and their families and work closely with the Institute of Neurology in London where our Patron, Professor Peter Goadsby, runs the Headache Group. www.ouchuk.org
Overcoming Chronic Pain: This site has some self help resources that are helpful in dealing with Chronic Pain www.overcoming.co.uk
PACE (Pain: Collaboration & Exchange): PACE is a network of healthcare professionals interested in improving chronic pain management. www.paceconnect.org.uk
Pain.com: Pain.com is a unique online resource offering the most up-to-date pain and pain management information on a variety of different topics written by medical professionals for both the consumer and healthcare specialist. It offers a huge online library of information on pain. www.pain.com
The Pain Web: A UK resource for health professionals which includes information about the management and treatment of pain. www.thepainweb.com
Pain Relief Foundation: A UK charity which funds research into the causes and treatment of chronic pain and is concerned with the education of doctors and nurses in pain management. It provides self-help leaflets and tapes. www.painrelieffoundation.org.uk
Primary Care Neurology Society: The Primary Care Neurology Society is a network of like minded healthcare professionals, organisations and partnering companies who all share an interest in primary care neurology. The Society's main aim is to generate greater awareness and interest in neurology among professionals with an interest, or working, in primary care to help improve the quality of healthcare services to people suffering neurological symptoms and defined illnesses/conditions. www.p-cns.org.uk
Radiosurgery at the Harley Street Clinic: www.radiosurgery.co.uk
(The) Royal College of Anaesthetists: The College is the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the UK, and to ensure the quality of patient care through the maintenance of standards in anaesthesia, critical care and pain management. They publish useful leaflets including this one on nerve damage and one on epidurals for pain relief after surgery. www.rcoa.ac.uk
Royal College of General Practitioners: The Royal College of General Practitioners is the professional membership body for family doctors in the UK and abroad. www.rcgp.org.uk
Sheffield Gamma Knife Centre: www.gammaknife.org.uk
Shingles Support Society: The Shingles Support Society supplies information on shingles and post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN for short): what they are and how to treat them. www.shinglessupport.org
Society of British Neurological Surgeons: The Society of British Neurosurgeons supports the study and advancement of neurosurgery. www.sbns.org.uk
Stroke Association: The Stroke Association is the only UK wide charity solely concerned with combating stroke in people of all ages. /www.stroke.org.uk
Talking Health Network: Talking Health is a Network of independent freelance consultants, organisations and individuals supportive of the development of values based, lay led self-management and empowerment training for people living with long-term conditions, and the health and social care professionals that support them. www.talkinghealth.org
TNA The Facial Pain Association: An American TN website www.fpa-support.org
(The) World Headache Alliance (WHA): WHA exists to relieve the suffering of people affected by headache throughout the world, in particular, by sharing information among headache organisations and by increasing the awareness and understanding of headache as a public health concern with profound social and economic impact. www.w-h-a.org
University College London Hospital : Dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, cardiac, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. UCLH is home to the world's largest and influential translational and clinical research portfolios. www.uclh.nhs.uk
United Kingdom Multiple Sclerosis Specialist Nurse Association (UKMSSNA) : A professional membership organisation for Clinical Nurse Specialists in multiple sclerosis and for other health and social care professionals with the interest in the care of people with MS in the United Kingdom. www.ukmssna.org.uk
Page last updated on 19 Feb 2012