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
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
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)