The NHS website

The NHS website is the UK’s biggest health website. It provides a comprehensive health information service to help put you in control of your healthcare.

The website helps you make choices about your health, from decisions about your lifestyle, such as smoking, drinking and exercise, to finding and using NHS services in England.

The NHS website includes more than 20,000 regularly updated articles. There are also hundreds of thousands of entries in more than 50 directories that you can use to find, choose and compare health services in England.

The site draws together the knowledge and expertise of:

• NHS Evidence, formerly the National Library for Health
• the Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)  
• the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
• many other health and social care organisations

Along with articles and reports, the site offers hundreds of videos, interactive tools and listings that allow you to compare services, such as hospitals, GPs, care homes or dentists. You can also rate and comment on any service.

The site lets you create your own private user account and you can have content personalised for you on the NHS website.

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