Other resources and sources of useful
information for GPs, provided by third parties. The College is not
responsible for content that appears on or is linked from this
page.
Initiatives
Action on Hearing Loss
Action on Hearing Loss (formerly the Royal National Institute
for Deaf People) has created a GP support section on their new
website. It provides advice on diagnosing and treating hearing loss
and tinnitus in patients, as well as how to ensure your surgery is
accessible for people with hearing loss.
Action on Hearing Loss
GP support information 
Be Clear on Cancer
Launched in October 2011, the
Department of Health's Be Clear on Cancer
campaign aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of lung
cancer and encourage people with symptoms to go to their GP
early.
Be Clear on Cancer National Awareness and Early Diagnosis
Initiative
European Antibiotic Awareness Day - 18 November
European Antibiotic Awareness Day is an annual, Europe-wide
public health initiative aimed at encouraging responsible use of
antibiotics. To support the day, a range of resources have
been created for use in hospitals and primary care settings -
including information leaflet, posters and videos for waiting rooms
and a 'non-prescription' leaflet.
ECDC materials and
other resources to support to support European Antibiotic Awareness
Day
Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGB) Annual
Self-Care Conference - 8 November
Jointly hosted by RCGP, this year's conference will explore how
to encourage behavoiural change for better health, better care and
better services.
More about the
Twelfth PAGB Annual Self-Care Conference
Other resources
Arthritis Research UK
Arthritis Research UK works to take the pain away for sufferers
of all forms of arthritis and helps people to remain active by
funding high class research, providing information and
campaigning.
Arthritis Research UK information for medical
professionals
British Association of Dermatologists
These standards are intended for us in any service that provides
care for people with skin conditions. They bring together best
practice and existing guidance, and aim to meet the needs of
commissioners of services in a changing NHS.
Quality Standards for
Dermatology 
British Heart Foundation
The British Heart Foundation plays a vital role in funding
pioneering heart research in the UK. It provides support and care
for heart patients and information to help people reduce their own
risk of dying prematurely from a heart or circulatory related
illness.
British
Heart Foundation resources for health care
professionals
College of Optometrists
This publication provides optometrists and other health care
professionals with a comprehensive overview of the importance of
vision in preventing falls.
Importance
of vision in preventing falls
Health Protection Agency (HPA)
HPA Migrant Health
Guide
Management of acute bloody diarrhoea potentially caused by vero
cytotoxin producing Escherichia coli in
children
Healthy Working UK
A website that provides doctors and
other healthcare professionals with access to information, guidance
and training on the management of health and work.
Healthy Working UK
Heart UK
Familial
Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) information for health
professionals
Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Cancer Support works to improve the lives of people
affected by cancer, providing practical, medical, emotional and
financial support.
Macmillan Cancer Support: information for health and social care
professionals
Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health (MedFASH)
Booklet: HIV in Primary Care, Second
Edition June 2011
NHS Organ Donor Register
Anyone can register on the NHS Donor Register. Age is not
a barrier to becoming an organ or tissue donor and neither are most
medical conditions. One donor can save or transform up to nine
lives through organ donation.
More about the Organ Donor
Register
Pfizer Vaccines - best practice in vaccination video
Video demonstrating current UK best practice in immunising
infants and adults. Prepared with the help of Adrienne Willcox,
nurse director at A Talent 4 Health Ltd and Dr George Kassianos,
immunisation lead for the Royal College of General
Practitioners.
Best practice in vaccination video
Royal College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
This document highlights the role of maternity services in the
early identification of high-risk women and assessment of current
illness, and describes principles of service organisation for
health providers to meet these needs.
Management of women with mental health issues during pregnancy and
the postnatal period
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child
Health
Allergic conditions constitute the commonest causes of chronic
disease in childhood and affect upwards of 20 per cent of the
child population. The RCPCH has produced comprehensive work in this
area.
Allergy care
pathways
Royal National Institute for the
Blind, RCGP, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, NHS Alliance,
Family Doctor Association, Optometry bodies, National Association
of Primary Care
Web-based guidance on effective commissioning of eye care and
sight loss services for use by commissioning consortia, produced by
a multi-disciplinary and multi-sector panel.
Eye care and sight
loss services commissioning guidelines
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Guidance for healthcare professionals on
transfer of medicines information when patients move care
settings
Royal Colleges
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