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 Patients looking for information about the choices available for their healthcare will now be able to find it all on one NHS website.

NHS Choices and NHS Direct, two of the country's leading health websites, are joining forces to provide the public with all the health information they need in one place.

The public are now able to access all of the NHS's health content from one easy to navigate website, NHS Choices at http://www.nhs.uk. The site will offer trusted advice and information so the public can understand and exercise their choice about health and healthcare.

From today, whether you are considering which hospital to choose or checking what your symptoms might mean, all of the NHS's knowledge and expertise will be available from a single website.

This move means the NHS will have one of the most comprehensive online health information services in the world.

Health is one of the most searched for subjects on the internet and it is crucial the NHS provides safe and accurate online information to meet this demand by creating a single front door to all its knowledge and services.

Now NHS Choices offers the public access to: self-help guides, comparative information on hospitals, guides to long-term conditions, practice profiles to help find GPs and much more.

Health Minister Ben Bradshaw, said:

"By putting all our online health information on http://www.nhs.uk, the public will easily be able to find out the most suitable health options for them, from where to have their treatment to the best ways of keeping fit and healthy".

"This single site will make it easier for the public to find reliable health information quickly and will give relevant and accurate advice that will help them to make their own decisions and choices about their health and healthcare "