Links

In this section I shall periodically be updating a variety of helpful addresses, e-mail sites and web-sites of interest. The fact that they are here does not imply that we are endorsing them - indeed we have not even contacted some of these organizations. Please e-mail me with any comments on the sites I have included or others you feel I should include, Thank you!

Email And General Addresses
The General Medical Council
health@gmc.uk.org
pressoffice@gmc.uk.org

Consumer Health Information Centre
(mainly for general issues such as colds, flu, stress, mens health, etc)
PO Box 16382 (W) London, WC1A 2QB,
tel 0845 60 61 11
 
 
 
 

 
 
  
 Acne Support Group (great for acne sufferers)
PO Box 230, HAYES, Middx, UB4 9HW

The American Academy of Dermatology
(good patient info, lists some USA dermatologists)
www.aad.org 

For all sufferers from lupus erythematosus and its many various manifestations

LUPUS UK
St James House
Eastern Road
Romford
Essex
RM13NH
Tel: 00 44 1708 731251
Hydra
(good info - basically a selling site)
www.hydra.co.uk
info@hydra.co.uk 

The British Red Cross Beauty Care and Cosmetic Camouflage Service
(great for anyone with a skin problem they wish to obscure)
9 Grosvenor Crescent, London, SW1X 7EJ

Bristol Cancer Help Centre
Grove House, Cornwallis Grove, Clifton Bristol BS8 4PG
Tel: 0117 980 9500 (Enquiries) 
HELPLINE: 0117 980 9505
Fax: 0117 923 9184
info@bristolcancerhelp.org

Cancer Aid and Listening Line
20 Swan Street Manchester M4 5JW
Tel: Helpline: 0161 835 2586

Cancer Care Society
21 Zetland Road Redland Bristol BS6 7AH
Tel: 0117 9427419

Cancer Research Campaign (UK)
 (the UKs biggest cancer research funding charity)
10 Cambridge Terrace London NW1 4JL
Tel: 0171 224 1333
Fax: 0171 224 1333
cancer.info@crc.org.uk

CancerBACUP
3 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3JR
Tel: 0808 800 1234
HELPLINE 0171 613 2121
Fax: 0171 696 9002
info@cancerbacup.org

Cancerhelp (UK)
CRC Institute For Cancer Studies,
Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TA
Cancerhelp@bham.ac.uk

Cancerlink
11-21 Northdown Street London N1 9BN
Tel: 0171 833 2818
Fax: 0171 833 4963
cancerlink@canlink.demon.co.uk

Macmillan Cancer Relief Anchor House 1
5/19 Britten Street London SW3 3TZ
Tel: 0171 351 7811 0845 601 6161
INFO LINE Fax: 0171 376 8098
information_line@macmillan.org.uk

Wessex Cancer Trust's Marc's Line
Marc's line Resource Centre,
Dermatology Day Treatment Centre
Salisbury District Hospital Salisbury Wiltshire SP2 8BJ
Tel: 01722 415071

British Association of Dermatologists
(the UKs main association of medically qualified doctors specialising in skin disease)
19 Fitzroy Square London W1P 5HQ
Tel: 0171 383 0266
Fax: 0171 388 5263
admin@bad.org.uk

Tenovus Cancer Information Centre
College Buildings, Courtney Road Splott Cardiff CF1 1SA
Tel: 0808 808 1010 (Helpline)
Fax: 01222 489919 TCIC
Cancer@aol.com

Cancer Black Care
16 Dalston Lane London E8 3AZ
Tel: 0171 249 1097

Skinship(UK)
10 Thurstable Way Tollesbury Essex CM9 8SQ
Tel: 01621 86 86 66
Fax: 01621 868689

National Eczema Society
(a large UK support organisation)
163 Eversholt Street London NW1 1BU
Tel: 0171 388 4097
Fax: 0171 388 5882
webmaster@eczema.org