Patient Information Websites

This page shows links to various sites with information suitable for patients with disabilities.

Organisation Links

The following Organisations have websites with information for patients:

• AbilityNet
• AfterTrauma
• BAPRAS - British Association for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
• Changing Faces
• Headway - The Brain Injury Association
• Healthy Hearing
• Hearing Link
• ICUSteps
• Limbless Association
• National Spinal Injuries Centre
• Patient.info
• Possability People
• RNIB - Royal National Institute for the Blind
• Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
• Spinal Injuries Association
• UK Government

Subjects

Subject	Organisation	Link
Burns	BAPRAS	www.bapras.org.uk/public/patient-information/surgery-guides/burns
	Patient.info	patient.info/skin-conditions/burns-and-scalds-leaflet
Children and Trauma	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/injured-children/paediatric-trauma-care www.aftertrauma.org/symptoms-and-difficulties-after-trauma/parents-reactions-to-child-injury
Cognitive Difficulty / Memory	Headway	www.headway.org.uk/media/8364/redeveloping-skills-e-booklet-2020.pdf www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/effects-of-brain-injury/memory-problems/
Coping with Visual and Hearing Loss	Hearing Link	www.hearinglink.org/living/adjusting-to-hearing-loss/
	Healthy Hearing	www.healthyhearing.com/report/51841-How-to-support-someone-with-hearing-loss
	RNIB - Royal National Institute for the Blind	www.rnib.org.uk/recently-diagnosed/coming-terms-sight-loss
Facial Injury	Changing Faces	www.changingfaces.org.uk/adviceandsupport/self-help-guides
Fatigue	Headway	www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/effects-of-brain-injury/fatigue/ www.headway.org.uk/media/6580/managing-fatigue-e-booklet.pdf www.headway.org.uk/news-and-campaigns/news/drained-by-fatigue-try-these-8-ways-to-cope-after-brain-injury/
	Brain Injury - New Zealand	www.brain-injury.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2345-07-Fatigue-Management-Online.pdf
Health and Wellbeing after Trauma for Patients - Relatives – Carers	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/life-after-trauma/caring-for-someone-with-an-injury
	ICUSteps	icusteps.org/patients
Injuries to the Head and Brain	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/diagnosis-and-treatment/surgery-head
	Headway	www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/information-library/
Information for Overseas Visitors	UK Government	www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations
Injuries to Chest and Abdomen	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/diagnosis-and-treatment/surgery www.aftertrauma.org/diagnosis-and-treatment/managing-chest-wall-injuries
Limb Injury	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/diagnosis-and-treatment/injuries-to-limbs
Limb Loss	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/diagnosis-and-treatment/injuries-to-limbs
	Limbless Association	www.limbless-association.org/index.php/information/amputee
Managing stress, mood and sleep	BBC Radio 4	All in the Mind, How to manage your worries
	Be Mindful	The clinical-grade digital therapeutic mindfulness course for improved mental health
	Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service	www.brightonandhovewellbeing.org/
	Calm	Calm - The #1 App for Meditation and Sleep
	Headspace	www.headspace.com/
	Headway	www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/brain-injury-and-me/top-tips-for-a-good-nights-sleep/
	NHS	www.nhs.uk/live-well/sleep-and-tiredness/
Managing your Pain	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/symptoms-and-difficulties-after-trauma/pain-different-types www.aftertrauma.org/symptoms-and-difficulties-after-trauma/persistent-pain
Older People and Trauma	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/diagnosis-and-treatment/older-people-and-traumatic-injury
Returning to Work and Driving	AbilityNet	A digital world accesible to all
	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/useful-organisations/useful-organisations
	Headway	www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/information-library/ www.headway.org.uk/media/4123/brain-injury-a-guide-for-employers.pdf
	UK Government	www.gov.uk/driving-medical-conditions
		www.gov.uk/access-to-work - get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is
Spinal Cord Injury	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/diagnosis-and-treatment/surgery-spine
	National Spinal Injuries Centre	www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/NSIC Home/Patients and visitors/national-spinal-injuries-centre-patient-information-leaflets.htm
	Spinal Injuries Association	www.spinal.co.uk
Symptoms and Difficulties after Trauma	AfterTrauma	www.aftertrauma.org/symptoms-and-difficulties-after-trauma