Healthcare Advice

Problems about healthcare range from knowing what you are entitled to from the NHS to how to complain if the service is poor.

On this Healthcare Advice section we provide links to information about your rights to health care, the NHS complaints procedure, how much health care costs and we direct you to other specialist agencies who can provide you with help and more detailed information.

To help you find the information you require more easily, we have broken Healthcare Advice into relevant sub-categories. Please choose the one closest to your requirement:

Care Homes
Dentists & GPs
NHS Costs & Charges
Patients’ Rights
Hospitals
Counselling / Psychotherapy

Care Homes

Age UK: Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life.

NHS Choices: Your Guide to Care & Support.

Dentists & GPs

Citizens Advice: Get advice about health costs and services.

NHS Choices: Local GP Services.

NHS Choices: Dental health.

NHS Choices: NHS help page on how to find a local dentist.

NHS Costs and Charges

Citizens Advice: Comprehensive information regarding NHS costs and charges on Citizens Advice.

NHS Choices: Information about help with NHS health costs.

Patients’ Rights

Citizens Advice: Comprehensive information about Patients Rights on Citizens Advice.

NHS Choices: Your rights in the NHS.

Hospitals

Citizens Advice: Discrimination in health and care services.

NHS Choices: About NHS hospital services.

Counselling / Psychotherapist

Counselling Directory: Find a counsellor or psychotherapist near you.

NHS Choices: Counselling.

NHS Choices: Other psychological therapies.