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All Wales Medicines Strategy Group :

- Providing advice on strategic medicines management and prescribing in Wales.
Awares (All Wales Autism Resource) :

- A directory of information resources, both online and offline, in Wales and worldwide: includes news, details of seminars. (Cymraeg and English)
Breast Test Wales :

- Breast cancer screening programme. Aims to provide information of interest to both the general public and health professionals.
CAIS :

- An agency in Wales that provides a range of services to help clients overcome drug or alcohol problems, including counselling, detoxification, and residential rehabilitation.
Call Helpline :

- Telephone helpline offering emotional support and information/literature on mental health and related matters to the people of North Wales and Powys.
Care Forum Wales :

- Lobbies for the care sector. Profile, membership information and news.
Centre for the Economics of Health :

- Based at the University of Wales. Conduct research and provide policy support to the National Assembly.
Clwyd ME Support Group :

- Self help support group for people with ME or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in North Wales.
Depression Alliance Cymru :

- Supports people affected by depression. Profile, publications, news and events.
Dr. Catherine Goodwin - Psychology and Counselling :

- Based in Risca South Wales, offering counselling for anxiety, stress, panic attacks, depression and phobias. Includes qualifications, FAQ and contact.
Dyslexia Wales :

- Details of a course which helps solve learning problems encountered by dyslexics. Contact information.
Eifion Lewis :

- Osteopath practicing in Swansea, Gorseinon and Carmarthen. Provides information on osteopathy, its history, the techniques used and the conditions treated, particularly back and neck pain.
Epilepsy Wales :

- Organisation aiming to help people with epilepsy in Wales, their families and carers with information and support. Profile and services.
Fitness Wales :

- The governing body for exercise and fitness. Specialising in training courses for people who wish to become fitness instructors (ETM, GYM, circuits, and aqua) and personal trainers.
Forum for Senior Nurses :

- Gives brief information and contact details.
Freedom of Information Act :

- Details of this act within the NHS Wales.
Hafal :

- Supports those affected by severe mental illness. Profile, activities and news with local contacts.
Health Promotion in Wales :

- Discover how your lifestyles affect your health. Access professional resources, library, publications and research
Health Solutions Wales :

- Information on the organisation and the services that it provides to the NHS in Wales.
Kidney Research Unit for Wales Foundation :

- Promote renal research and care. Includes fundraising and events, news, past successes, a gallery of celebrities supporting and patients benefiting, information about the Institute of Nephrology, and ways to help.
National Public Health Service for Wales :

- Information on this service for Wales. A new organisation that brings together the public health resources of the five former health authorities.
National Service Frameworks (Wales) :

- Information on National Service Frameworks (NSFs) that are being developed to address variations in standards of care and to achieve greater consistency in the availability and quality of services, by putting in place mechanisms which will enable best care to be provided to all.
Real Life Solutions :

- Site providing information on male and female home fertility tests and preconception nutritional advice.
Rolfing Wales :

- Offers the Rolf Method of Structural Integration which restores alignment with gravity, improving posture and freedom of movement. Provides information on the treatment, the benefits and what to expect.
Ron Smith Cancer Appeal :

- Cancer treatment centre for North Wales. Helping cancer patients, their carers and children.
Rural Well Being :

- Health information service for rural areas. Includes A-Z search of health practitioners in rural counties.
Sleep Apnoea :

- Information about a support group based in North West Wales, including past and forthcoming events. Also offers some basic information. [English/Welsh]
St David's Foundation Hospice Care :

- Provides free specialist advice and support to patients and their families facing a life-threatening illness. Includes details of their residential and home-care services.
Standing Ground Helpline :

- Offer support to victims of any type of abuse. Contact details.
Village Home Care :

- Independent agency describes its home care services. [Swansea and Cross Hands]
Wales Council for the Blind :

- Independent umbrella organisation promoting the welfare of blind and partially sighted people and the prevention of blindness. Information about membership, activities, and their Manifesto.
Wales Office of Research and Development of Health and Social Care :

- Funds projects involved in the research and development of health and social care in Wales.
Welsh Hospital Pharmacy Training :

- Information to illustrate the hospital training places and facilities available for Pre-registration Pharmacists and Clinical Diploma Pharmacists in Wales.
Welsh Medicines Resource Centre (WeMeReC) :

- Source of independent information on prescribing for health professionals working in healthcare in Wales including general practitioners (GPs), community pharmacists, medical and pharmaceutical advisers.