Health Tools

Here are some links to a number of tools that may be of value to staff and patients. Some of them are designed for professional use and will need registration and login. Others are available for use by the general public. It is important to understand the way the tools should be used by carefully reading the related information on each site. This site takes no responsibility for the content of these external sites but we endeavor only to offer links t

What would you like to do?
	Find information about illness or medical problems	NHS direct GP notebook eMedicine WebMentor
	Look up a national medical guideline or protocol	eGuidelines NLH guidelines NICE guidelines SIGN guidelines
	Calculate a Body Mass Index (BMI)	BBC BMI
	Check travel advice including immunisations and malaria precautions	Travax (staff) Fit for Travel Dept of Health Foreign Office
	Work out Cardiovascular Risk Score, including risk of stroke and coronary heart disease	Risk Score Edinburgh CVRisk PatientUK
	Use Peak Flow calculator	Wright Peak Flow
	Use a due date and pregnancy calculator	Pregnancy calculator Pregnancy wheel
	Look up medication using BNF or other drug and medicine resource	British National Formulary MIMS WebMentor Medicines Compendium Drug information leaflets
	Use a mental health scoring tool for anxiety, depression or dementia	HAD scale PHQ-9 6-CIT
	Use an interactive growth chart to check growth of child or young adult	Growth charts