Useful Links
Help and support with your injury
- Allergy UK
- Asbestos Diseases UK
- ASPIRE - Association for Spinal Injury Research Rehabilitation and Reintegration
- ASSIST
- Asthma UK
- BBC health website
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust
- British Deaf Association
- British Lung Foundation
- British Tinnitus Association
- Burns Survivors Association
- Cancerbackup – cancer information
- Changing Faces – support for people with disfigurement
- Cruse Bereavement Care
- Disaster Action
- Headway – the Brain Injury Association
- Limbless Association
- Mesothelioma UK
- MIND – for better mental health
- MRSA Support Group
- National Eczema Society
- NHS Direct
- Patient.co.uk – health information
- Physioroom.com
- Physiotherapy network
- PTSD Support
- RADAR - Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
- Raynaud’s and Scleroderma Association – including HAVS/vibration white finger
- RNID - Royal National Institute for Deaf People
- RNIB - Royal National Institute of the Blind
- RSI Awareness
- Shoulderdoc.co.uk – information about shoulder and elbow injuries
- Spinal Injuries Association
- Stroke Association
- The Back-Up Trust – support for people with spinal injuries
Help and support if you’ve been a victim of a crime
Information about preventing accidents
- ALARM – National Forum for Risk Management in the Public Sector
- AvMa – Action Against Medical Accidents
- BBC health information
- Brake – national road safety charity
- Carbon Monoxide Kills
- Child Accident Prevention Trust
- CO Awareness
- CO Gas Safety
- Foodlink – information about food poisoning
- Food Standards Agency
- Health and Safety Executive
- National Patient Safety Agency
- NHS Direct
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
- Safe Travel – safety tips and advice for travellers
- Stress Management Society
- Think Road Safety – government site promoting road safety
Information about your rights
- Advice Now
- Citizens Advice
- Claims Management Regulation
- Community Legal Service Direct
- Government information about your rights
- Liberty guide to human rights
- Trades Union Congress
- Which? – consumer information
- Worksmart – TUC site for workers
Other information
- Contact your local council
- Financial Ombudsman Service – if you have a dispute with your motor insurer or a claim about financial mis-selling
- Motor Insurers’ Bureau
- Your local police force
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