Under each heading you can see organisations with relevant information and the links to that website, with a full list of organisations at the bottom.
Burns
BAPRAS
British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) – As the voice of plastic surgery in the UK, we aim to raise awareness of the breadth of plastic surgery, to promote innovation in teaching, learning and research and to increase overall understanding of the profession. This website has resources for both patients and professionals.
Patient.info
A website with lots of information for patients
Children and trauma
After Trauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
Cognitive Difficulty / Memory
Headway: The Brain Injury Association
Brain injury can challenge every aspect of your life, walking, talking, thinking and feeling, and the losses can be severe and permanent. every year around 350,000 people are admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury. That’s one every 90 seconds. A brain injury can happen to anyone, at any time. When it does, Headway is here to help.
Coping with visual and hearing loss
Hearing Link Services
We are part of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, a charity that provides a wide range of personalised hearing support services and trains highly skilled hearing dogs – because nobody with hearing loss should feel alone.
Healthy Hearing
Our mission is to reduce the time between needing hearing care and seeking hearing care by providing in-depth articles on hearing loss, tinnitus, inner ear disorders, hearing aids, implantable devices and assistive listening devices. Healthy hearing leads to healthy living – when you improve your hearing, you improve your life.
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
RNIB is committed to helping blind and partially sighted people.
Facial injury
Changing Faces
– providing support and promoting respect for everyone with a visible difference.
Fatigue
Headway: The Brain Injury Association
Brain injury can challenge every aspect of your life, walking, talking, thinking and feeling, and the losses can be severe and permanent. every year around 350,000 people are admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury. That’s one every 90 seconds. A brain injury can happen to anyone, at any time. When it does, Headway is here to help.
- Fatigue after brain injury
- Managing fatigue after brain injury booklet
- 8 ways to cope after brain injury
Brain injury – New Zealand
Health and wellbeing after trauma for patients, relatives and carers
After Trauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
ICUSteps
We’re ICUsteps, the intensive care patient support charity. Critical illness can be a traumatic experience. We want to make sure surviving isn’t.
Injuries to the head and brain
After Trauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
Headway: The Brain Injury Association
Brain injury can challenge every aspect of your life, walking, talking, thinking and feeling, and the losses can be severe and permanent. every year around 350,000 people are admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury. That’s one every 90 seconds. A brain injury can happen to anyone, at any time. When it does, Headway is here to help.
ICUsteps
We’re ICUsteps, the intensive care patient support charity. Critical illness can be a traumatic experience. We want to make sure surviving isn’t.
Information for overseas visitors
UK Government
Injuries to chest and abdomen
AfterTrauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
Limb injury
After Trauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
Limb loss
After Trauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
Limbless Association
Supporting lives beyond limb loss since 1983.
Managing stress, mood and sleep
BBC Radio 4
Be Mindful
An online app.
Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service
We all experience low points at times in our lives, and it’s not unusual to feel sad, anxious, stressed or low in mood.
The Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service is a free NHS service for anyone aged 4 years old and upwards with a postcode beginning BN1, BN2, BN3 or BN41.
Calm
Our goal is to help you improve your health and happiness.
Headspace
Think of Headspace as your mind’s best friend. We’re here for you whenever you need us, wherever you are, helping you get through tough times and find joy in every day.
Headway: The Brain Injury Association
Brain injury can challenge every aspect of your life, walking, talking, thinking and feeling, and the losses can be severe and permanent. every year around 350,000 people are admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury. That’s one every 90 seconds. A brain injury can happen to anyone, at any time. When it does, Headway is here to help.
NHS
Online advice
Managing your pain
After Trauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
Older people and trauma
After Trauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
Returning to work and driving
AbilityNet
We have a number of services that support a wide range of users. From older or disabled people looking for help with their technology to digital professionals advocating for accessibility best practices within their organisation
After Trauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
Headway: The Brain Injury Association
UK Government website
- Medical conditions, disabilities and driving
- Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition
Spinal cord injury
After Trauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
National Spinal Injuries Centre
Your time with us is the start of a new journey and our aim is for you to live with your spinal cord injury as independently as possible.
Spinal Injuries Association
We are the expert, guiding voice for life after spinal cord injury
Symptoms and difficulties after trauma
AfterTrauma
A website that connects and supports survivors of traumatic injury and their families.
Organisation Links
The following Organisations have websites with information for patients:
- AbilityNet
- AfterTrauma
- BAPRAS – British Association for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
- Changing Faces
- Headway – The Brain Injury Association
- Healthy Hearing
- Hearing Link
- ICUSteps
- Limbless Association
- National Spinal Injuries Centre
- Patient.info
- Possability People
- RNIB – Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
- Spinal Injuries Association
- UK Government