Links

• DHSSPSNI – Department of Health,Social services and Public Safety for NI

Hepatitis B information and support

• Hepatitis B Foundation - information available in several languages

• Hepatitis.Info.Org - access to Hepatitis B information, personal stories and videos

• X-Plain Hepatitis B summary

• World health Organisation - Hepatitis B information

Hepatitis C information and support

• Hepatitis C Scotland

• NHS Choices- Hepatitis C-Get tested. Get Treated -Information and advice on the blood-borne virus hepatitis C. Including: a questionnaire, how you get hepatitis C infection, symptoms, testing 

• British Liver Trust –Provides information on all forms  of liver disease. 

• The Hepatitis C Trust – Information about Hepatitis C, treatments and support

• RVH Liver Support Group –  Independent group offering help and support to those in Northern Ireland, with liver diseases.

HIV

Terrence Higgins Trust- Get informed about HIV and sexual health.

Substance Misuse

• Substance misuse- Management in general practice - A network to support members of the primary health care team who work with substance misuse in the UK.

• Regional alcohol and drugs website for professionals in Northern Ireland

• Statistics from Northern Ireland Needle & Syringe Exchange scheme: 1April 2009- 31March 2010

• DrugScope- UK’s leading independent centre of information and expertise on drugs.

Northern Ireland Drug and Alcohol Coordination Teams (DACTs)

For further information you can contact your local DACT directly on the telephone numbers below:

Eastern DACT                                        
028 9027 9398 / 028 9031 1611

Northern DACT
028 2531 1192

Southern DACT
028 3741 4557

Western DACT
028 8225 3950

GUM Sexual Health Clinics in Northern Ireland

Map of sexual health clinics in Northern Ireland

Migrant Health Guide

Migrant Health Guide- Health Protection Agency (2011) - Website supporting GPs who care for migrants

• RCGP Part 1 Certificate in the Detection, Diagnosis and management of Hepatitis B and C in Primary Care (free access to health professionals)
• BMJ learning
• NI COMPASS- Therapeutic Notes - register free
• DOH E-learning for Healthcare
• Medscape
• Medi Learning - Ireland's only free, independent, online CPD resource designed specifically for Irish GPs and consultants
• Hepatitis Online Education - Resource for health Professionals

Other useful links

• National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
• The Cochrane Library
• Pubmed
• British National Formulary
• British Medical Association
• Ethnic Community groups in Northern Ireland
• NI Dept of Health, Social Services and Public Safety