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ACTION FOR VICTIMS OF MEDICAL ACCIDENTS (AVMA) Bank Chambers, 1 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3TP. 0171-291 2793

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS General Service Office, PO box 1, Stonebrow House, Stonebrow, York YO1 2NJ. 0171 352 3001

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE SOCIETY 158-160 Balham High Road, London SW12 9BN. 0181 675 6557

ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM COUNCIL 41 Eagle Street, London WC14 4AR. 0171 405 8572

ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL SECRETARIES, PRACTICE ADMINISTRATORS AND RECEPTIONISTS (AMPSPAR) Tavistock House North, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9LN. 0171 387 6005

BRITISH ACADEMY OF EXPERTS 90 Bedford Court Mansions, Bedford Avenue, London WC1B 3AE. 0171 637 0333

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BRITISH CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION Premier House, 10 Greycoat Place, London SW1P 1SB. 0171 222 8866

BIRTH CONTROL TRUST 27-35 Mortimer Street, London W1N 7RJ. 0171 580 9360

BRITISH DENTAL ASSOCIATION 64 Wimpole Street, London W1M 8AL. 0171 935 0875

BRITISH DIABETIC ASSOCIATION (BDA) 10 Queen Anne Street, London W1M 0BD. 0171 323 1531

BRITISH EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION Anstey House, 40 Hanover Square, Leeds LS3 1BE. 01532 439393

BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY 1 St Andrews Place, Regents Park, London NW1 4LB. 0171 935 4004

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION 102 Gloucester Place, London W1H 4DH. 0171 935 0185

BRITISH HOMOEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION 27a Devonshire Street, London W1N 1RJ. 0171 935 2163

BRITISH HYPNOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION 1 Wythburn Place, London W1H 5WL. 0171 723 4443

BRITISH INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY 36 Portland Place, London W1N 4AT. 0171 580 4085

BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (BMA) BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP. 0171 387 4499

BRITISH PAEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION (BPA) 5 St Andrews Place, Regents Place, London NW1 4LB. 0171 486 6151

BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE (BPAS) Austy Manor, Wooton Wawen, Solihull, West Midlands B95 6BX. 015642 3225

BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY (BRCS) 9 Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X 7EJ. 0171 235 5454

BROOK ADVISORY CENTRES 153a East Street, London SE17 2SD. 0171 708 1390

CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF COMPLIMENTARY MEDICINE 51 Bedford Place, Southampton SO1 2DG. 01703 334752

CHILDWATCH 25a Beverley Road, Hull HH15 2JJ. 01430 423824

COLLEGE OF HEALTH 18 Victoria Park Square, London E2 9PF. 0171 980 6263

COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF MEDICINES (CSM) Freepost, London SW8 5BR. 0171 273 3000

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE CENTRE 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, 0181 200 6868

DISABLED LIVING FOUNDATION 380-384 Harrow Road, London W9 2HU. 0171 289 6111

GAY SWITCHBOARD 0171 837 7324 GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL (GMC)

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LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH FUND 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ. 0171 405 0101

MEDICAL DEFENCE UNION (MDU) 3 Devonshire Place, London W1N 2EA. 0171 486 6181

MEDICAL AND DENTAL DEFENCE UNION OF SCOTLAND 144 West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 0141 332 6646

MEDIC ALERT FOUNDATION 12 Bridge Wharf, 156 Caledonian Road, London N1 9UU. 0171 833 3034

MEDICAL PROTECTION SOCIETY (MPS) 50 Hallam Street, London W1N 6DE. 0171 637 0541

MIND: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH 22 Harley Street, London W1N 2ED. 0171 637 0741

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN 25 Effie Road, London SW6 1EE. 0171 736 6267

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND TRUSTS (NAHAT) 47 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2RS. 0121 471 4444

NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST (NCT) Alexandra House, Oldham Terrace, London W3 6NH. 0171 992 8637

NATIONAL ECZEMA ASSOCIATION Tavistock House East, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9SR. 0171 388 4097

NATIONAL MENINGITIS TRUST Fern House, Bath Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 3TJ. 01453 6751738

PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATION 18 Victoria Park Square, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PF. 0171 981 5676

RELATE: NATIONAL MARRIAGE GUIDANCE Herbert Gray College, Little Church Street, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 3AP. 01788 73241

ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS (RCGP) 14 Prince’s Gate, Hyde Park, London SW7 1PU. 0171 581 3232

ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS (RCOG) 27 Sussex Place, Regents Park, London NW1 4RG. 0171 262 5425

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS (RCPath) 2 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AF. 0171 930 5861

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (RCP) 11 St Andrew’s Place, London NW1 4LE. 0171 935 1174

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS (RCPsych) 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG. 0171 235 2351

ROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS 38 Portland Place, London W1N 3DG. 0171 636 4432

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (RCS) 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN. 0171 405 3474

ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN. 0171 735 9141

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE (RSM) 1 Wimpole Street, London W1M 8AE. 0171 408 2119

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TERENCE HIGGINS TRUST 52-54 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8JU. 0171 242 1010

UK CENTRAL COUNCIL OF NURSING (UKCC) 23 Portland Place, London W1N 3AF 0171 637 7181