PATIENT SUPPORT INFORMATION


NHS Direct

Website
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

Tayside Thyroid Support Group 

Local representative
Mrs Lynne McFarlane   01382 633870
Mrs Dorothy Bell   01382 632303
Mrs Helen Brady   01382 633859 (afternoons)

Address;
c/o Outpatient Area 6
Ninewells Hospital and Medical School
Dundee
DD1 9SY

Thyroid Foundation

Address;
PO Box 97
Clifford
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS 23 6 XD

Local representative
Mrs Moira Smith 01382 776585

Website
British Thyroid Foundation www.btf-thyroid.org

Thyroid Foundation www.thyroid-fed.org

Vitiligo

The Vitiligo Society has information for patients on their website www.vitiligosociety.org.uk

News

Thyroid Eye Disease Association

Address;
Solstice
Sea Road
Winchlesea Beach
East Sussex
TN 36 4LH
01797 222338
e-mail tedassn@eclipse.co.uk

Local Representative
Mrs Whitehouse 01828 627313

Website
www.thyroid.ca/English/Guides.html


Pituitary Foundation (PitPat)

Address;
PO Box 1944
Bristol
BS99 2UB
0117 9273355
e-mail helpline@pipat.demon.co.uk

Local Representatives
Mrs Monica Hodgkinson 01575 540291
Mrs Joyce Lowden  01738 630394

Website
www.pituitary.org.uk

Other website with information www.niddk.nih.gov/health/endo/endo.htm

News


Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Address;
CLIMB
The Quadrangle
Crewe Hall
Weston Road
Crewe
CW1 6UR
01270 250221

Website
www.cah.org.uk


National Osteoporosis Society

Address;
PO Box 10
Radstock
Bath
BA3 3YB
01761 472721
e-mail info@nos.org.uk

Website
www.nos.org.uk

Also available is www.osteo.org


Brittle Bone Society

Address;
30 Guthrie Street
Dundee
DD1 5BS
01382 204446

Website
www.brittlebone.org

 
Hyperparathyroidism

Website
International website on www.niddk.nih.gov/health/endo/pubs/hyper/hyper.htm


Polycystic Ovarian Society

Address;
Verity
Unit AS20.01
Aberdeen Centre
22-24 Highbury Grove
London
N5 2EA

Website
www.verity-pcos.org.uk
Dundee Group: E-mail: dundee@verity.pcos.org.uk


Society of Endocrinology

Address;
22 Apex Court
Woodlands
Bradley Stoke
Bristol
BS32 4JT
01454 642200
e-mail info@endocrinology.org

Website
www.endocrinology.org


Obesity

Website
www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk/learningcentre/weightmanagement

www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/nutrit.htm


Diabetes UK

Website;
www.diabetes.org.uk

Other website with information www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/diabetes.htm


Hypogonadism in males

Mens health helpline 01819954448

Pituitary Foundation (PitPat)
PO Box 1944
Bristol
BS99 2UB
0117 9273355
e-mail helpline@pipat.demon.co.uk

Local Representatives
Mrs Ross Marr 01382 633870
Mrs Monica Hodgkinson 01575 540291

Website
www.pituitary.org.uk


Klinefelters Syndrome

Klinefelters Syndrome Association
13 York Place
Orpington
Kent BR6 8PR
01689 870785

website
www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/klinefelter.htm


Fitness to Drive

Website;
www.dvla.gov.uk

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 and 2

Patient support website linking UK and Canada

Website;
www.mensociety.com


Carcinoid

For information you might wish to contact the new support group for carcinoid patients:
Living with Carcinoid (Tel: 0208 398 3931)


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