NHS Direct

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One of the very first sites I featured on Website of the Day was this companion site to the NHS’ 24-hour telephone helpline.
In recent years NHS Direct has faced competition from some newer health portals, but a recent facelift and redesign have helped cement its position as one of the most comprehensive and easiest-to-use of all health sites.
There’s a searchable directory of local health services (including GPs, dentists and opticians) and a health encyclopaedia which explains even the most complex conditions in plain English.
The cornerstone of the site remains a self-help guide that uses a clickable interactive body map and a serried of flow charts to help you work out whether you should put your feet up, or dial 999.

Comments

[Robert]

Hi Miles,

Here's a wee suggestion for site of the day..

With all the furor regarding helping charities by buying virtual Christmas gifts (goats etc) this site might help.

You log on to www.shop2care.co.uk and do your shopping as normal from your chosen shops, but all of the shops give back money to The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, who help unpaid carers who make up 1 in 10 of the population, including young carers.

This means normal shopping at normal prices but helping charity at no cost to you whatsoever.

There is also a viral santa game which can be played as an intro to the site and it is found at www.scotchmedia.com/santa