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Accessible Information
General Information
- Accessible Information Standard
- NHS England: Accessible Information Standard
- Large Print Practice Leaflet
Health resources in other languages
Taken from NHS Choices website
Below you can find links to health information in other languages provided by other websites. While every attempt has been made to check the veracity of the information linked to, we do not monitor the content of third-party websites and do not accept any responsibility for any third-party website.
General Health Information
- Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust language resource - A collection of translated health information
- Medline Plus - Information for the public in about 50 languages, from the US National Library of Medicine
- Health Information Translation - find educational resources translated into 18 languages
- WHO- World Health Organisation provides information in 中文,
Français, Español, Русский and ربي
عربي (Arabic)
- Doctoori.net – Arabic health website
- Patient-Education.com – Arabic health websites in the US
Français (French)
Español (Spanish)
- Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades - Centers for Disease Control in the US
Health Topics in other languages
Babies
- UNICef : The Baby Friendly Initiative - A selection of baby friendly resources in other languages
The Baby Centre – Information about pregnancy and birth in:
- عربي (Arabic)
- 廣東話 (Cantonese)
- ગુજરાતી (Gujarati)
- Polskie (Polish)
- Português (Portuguese)
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi)
- Español (Spanish)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- اردو Urdu
Back pain
- Sheffield Back Pain - patient information leaflets about back pain and sciatica translated into ten languages
Cancer
- Macmillan cancer support - Information about the most commonly requested cancer topics translated into other languages
Français (French)
- La Société canadienne du cancer - The Canadian Cancer Society
- Le groupe UNICANCER - The UNICANCER Group
- La Ligue contr le cancer
Português (Portuguese)
- Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro (LPCC) - The Portuguese Cancer League
Español (Spanish)
- la Sociedad Americana Contra El Cáncer - American Cancer Society
- Instituto Nacional del Cáncer - National Cancer Institute in the US
Cervical Smears
- Cervical Screening - Smear testing information leaflets in other languages
Data and Confidentiality:
Diabetes
- Diabetes UK - Diabetes topics in other languages
Female genital mutilation (FGM)
FGM leaflets in:
Heart health
- British Heart Foundation – order publications in other languages
Help with NHS costs
- NHS Business Services Authority - Help with health costs leaflets
HIV
- NAM aidsmap - NAM is an HIV information charity
Mental health
- Royal College of Psychiatrists - mental health advice in multiple languages
- Mental Health in Multicultural Australia - the website offers information in multiple languages
- 中文 (Chinese): Chinese Mental Health Association
Organ donation and transplants
- Sheffield Teaching Hospital - transplant and organ donation leaflets in multiple languages
- Polskie (Polish): Poletransplant: Centrum Organizacyjno-Koordynacyjne do Spraw Transplantacji - Polish transplant coordination centre
British Sign Language
- A range of videos with BSL are available here
- On Data and Confidentiality