{"id":344,"date":"2026-09-09T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/resources\/links\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T08:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:51:40","slug":"links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/resources\/links\/","title":{"rendered":"Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"further-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/rights-disabled-person\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disability Rights UK Government<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs24.scot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS 24 provides comprehensive health information and self care advice to the people of Scotland.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsinform.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS inform provides a co-ordinated, single source of quality assured health and care information for the people of Scotland.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patient.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patient.Co.Uk &#8211; This independent website provides information about health, disease medicines and related topics for patients and health professionals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"guidance-for-healthcare-professionals\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guidance for Healthcare Professionals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biasp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Association of Stroke Physicians<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.careinspectorate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Care Inspectorate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org\/welcome_to_healthcare_improvem.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Healthcare Improvement Scotland<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmc-uk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nursing and Midwifery Council<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcslt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sign.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"information-for-carers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information for Carers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vocal.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VOCAL-voice of carers across Lothian<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.care4carers.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Care for Carers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carers-westlothian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carers of West Lothian<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coel.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carers of East Lothian<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/carersupportpayment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City Of Edinburgh Council Carer support payment scheme<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"national-organisations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Organisations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chss.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.differentstrokes.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Different Strokes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvla.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthscotland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS Health Scotland<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stroke.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Stroke Association<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhsoc.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">British Hypertension Society<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/Topics\/Health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scottish Executive &#8211; Health Department<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsinform.co.uk\/health-library\/articles\/s\/stroke\/introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS Inform &#8211; Stroke Information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsinform.co.uk\/health-library\/articles\/t\/transient-ischaemic-attack\/introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS Inform &#8211; Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"local-organisations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Local Organisations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smart.scot.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SMART (South-East Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.befriending.co.uk\/befriendingdirectory_results.php?region=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Befriending Networks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firrhillcentre.com\/ECSS.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edinburgh Community Stroke Service<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further Information Guidance for Healthcare Professionals Information for Carers National Organisations Local Organisations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":338,"menu_order":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"Further Information Guidance for Healthcare Professionals Information for Carers National Organisations Local Organisations","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":862,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/862"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/stroke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}