Useful Links

NHS and Government Health Websites

• ABS Online - address books (NHSnet only)
• ClearNET (NHSnet only)
• Commission for Health Improvement
• Dental Practice Board
• Department of Health
• Department of Health - Hospital Activity Statistics
• General Medical Council
• Health Development Agency
• The Health Service Ombudsman (England)
• Health Technology Assessment (A National NHS R & D Programme)
• Health of Wales Information Service
• Health of Wales Information Service - NHSnet version
• Information Policy Unit (IPU)
• ISD Online - Scotland's national health statistics and information
• Lancashire Early Intervention Service
• LogisticsNet (NHSnet only)
• Medical Devices Agency
• Medicines Control Agency
• National Clinical Assessment Authority
• National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE)
• National Patients Safety Agency
• National Prescribing Center
• NHS Alliance
• NHS Careers
• NHS Confederation
• NHS Direct
• NHS Direct Wales - Galw Iechyd Cymru
• NHS Estates
• NHS Executive
• NHS Magazine
• NHS Plus - Occupational health
• NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHSnet only)
• nhs.uk
• Organisation Codes Service (OCS) (NHSnet only)
• Patient & Public Involvement Transition Advisory Board
• Prescribing Support Unit
• Prescription Pricing Authority (PPA)
• Primary Care Information Modernisation Programme (PCIMB)
• PRODIGY
• Public Health Laboratory Service
• UK Transplant (NHSnet only)
• Waiting Lists and Waiting Times Data for England
• Your Guide to the NHS - Replaces The Patients Charter

Other UK Government

• Audit Commission
• Cabinet Office
• Information Commissioner - Data Protection
• e-Envoy (government strategy for the information age)
• Office of Government Commerce (formerly GCat,S-CAT: The Government IS/IT Catalogue)
• Health and Safety Executive
• Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
• Her Majesty's Treasury
• National Audit Office
• National Statistics
• Open Government Site
• Public Record Office

NHS Regional

For a list of all Health Authorities and Hospitals in England please see nhs.uk's Local NHS Services Page.

• Leeds FLIS - Implementing Information for Health in Leeds
• Information for Health in North Yorkshire
• LondonLinks - Networking Information for Healthcare
• NHS Trent Regional Office
• Nottingham Health Information Forum
• NW Lancashire HA - Directorate of Public Health and Health Policy

Organisations

• ASSIST
• Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists
• Association of Medical Research Charities
• Association of Medical Microbiologists
• Association of Medical Secretaries, Practice Managers and Receptionists
• Association of Operating Department Practitioners
• Association of Radical Midwives
• British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine
• British Association of Clinical Terminology Specialists
• British Association of Community Doctors in Audiology
• British Association of Medical Managers (BAMM)
• British Computer Society - Nursing Specialist Group
• British Dental Association
• British Healthcare Internet Association
• British Medical Informatics Society
• BMA
• British National Formulary (BNF)
• British Neuropathological Society
• British Polio Fellowship
• British Standards Institution
• Centre for Health Information Quality (CHiQ)
• Chartered Institute Of Personnel and Development
• Chartered Management Institute
• Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
• Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
• European Health Management Association
• Focal Institute for Scottish Health Informatics (FISHI)
• GPUK.net
• Health on the Net Foundation
• Imperial Cancer Research Fund
• Institute of Biomedical Sciences
• Institute of Health Record Information and Management
• Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM)
• International Hospital Federation
• International Medical Informatics Association
• King's Fund
• Lancashire Early Intervention Service
• Lancashire Health Shools Programme
• Lancashire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership
• Medecins Sans Frontieres
• Medical Women's Federation
• National Association of Medical Students
• National Association of Primary Care
• National Blood Service
• National Centre for Health Outcomes Development (NHSnet only)
• National Performance Advisory Group
• National Vision User Group
• New Health Network
• North of England Institute for Health Informatics
• OpenClinical
• The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• The Physiological Society
• Primary Health Care Group of the British Computer Society (PHCSG)
• The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
• The Royal Society of Medicine
• The Royal Statistical Society
• Society for Computing and Technology in Anaesthesia
• Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
• UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
• UK Healthcentre
• UK Institute for Health Informatics
• UK National External Quality Assessment Service (NEQAS)
• UK Psychiatric Pharmacists Group
• Voluntary Organisation in Health and Social Care Education (VOISE)
• World Health Organisation
• World Health Organisation - Europe (WHO)

Journals and online Health Magazines

• British Journal of General Practice
• British Journal of Healthcare Computing(BJHC)
• British Medical Informatics Society
• British Medical Journal (BMJ)
• British Nursing News Online
• Clinical Science Online
• Computer Weekly
• Community Care
• Doctors Guide to the Internet
• eGuidelines - clinical guidelines
• epulse
• Health Informatics Europe
• Health Informatics Journal
• Healthcare Informatics (USA)
• Health Service Journal (HSJ)
• Hospital Bulletin
• Inside Hospitals
• International Journal of Medical Informatics
• Irish Medical Journal
• ITIN - British Computer Society Nursing Specialist Group
• Journal of Medical Ethics
• The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
• The Journal of Medical Internet Research
• The Lancet
• New Scientist
• Priory Lodge Medical Journals
• RCM Midwives Journal
• Reuters Health Information Service
• Telemedicine Today
• Which? Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Publications and Papers

• Campden Healthcare Publications - free healthcare publications
• Ciculars on the Internet (COIN)
• Current Local Authority Circulars (LACs) and Local Authority Social Services Letters (LASSLs)
• Health related reports, inquiries, White Papers and Acts of Parliament
• NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
• UK Official Publications on the Internet

Research, Education and Training Resources

• British Library Training Courses
• Centre for Health Informatics and Computing (CHIC)
• Centre for Health Informatics and Multi-professional Education (CHIME)
• Clinical Supervision
• European Computer Driving License (NHS)
• The Foundation of Nursing Studies
• Gateway to Health Informatics for Teaching (GHIFT)
• Health Economics Research Centre
• HospitalHealthcare
• The Institute of Cancer Research
• Learning and Information Service
• Looking Good? The Attractiveness of the NHS as an Employer
• Medical Research Society
• Midwives Information and Resource Service (MIDIRS)
• National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)
• NHS Executive - Human Resource Strategy
• NHS Management Training Scheme
• Nursing Education Forum
• Policy Studies Institute
• www.rdinfo.org.uk - Health related research / training (DOH)
  www.rddirect.org.uk
  www.rdlearning.org.uk
• Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
• School for Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
• Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle (SCHIN)
• Telemedicine Research Centre (US)
• UK Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre
• The Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development
• The Wisdom Centre

Universities and Colleges

• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
• College of American Pathologists
• Faculty of Public Health Medicine
• The Royal College of Anaesthetists
• The Royal College of General Practitioners
• The Royal College of Nursing
• The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• The Royal College of Pathologists
• The Royal College of Psychiatrists
• The Royal College of Physicians
• The Royal College of Radiologists
• The Royal College of Surgeons (England)
• UCL Institute of Child Health
• UCL Institute of Neurology
• UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
• University of Aberdeen - Medical Informatics Research
• University of Belfast - School of Nursing and Midwifery
• University of Birmingham School of Medicine
• University of Bournemouth - Institute of Health and Community Studies
• University of Bristol - Clinical Radiology
• University of Cambridge Department of Pathology
• University of Cambridge Department of Pharmacology
• University of Dundee Medical School
• University of Edinburgh Faculty of Medicine
• University of London St. George's Hospital Medical School
• University of Manchester - Medical Informatics Group
• University of Newcastle Faculty of Medicine
• University of Nottingham Medical School
• University of Salford - Salford Health Informatics Research Environment
• University of Sheffield Medical School
• University of Southampton School of Medicine
• University of Wales College of Medicine
• University of Warwick - School of Postgraduate Medical Education
• University of York - Centre for Health Economics

Libraries and Databases

• BMA Library
• The British library
• The Cochrane Library
• COPAC - University Research Library Catalogue
• Doctor Online
• Electronic Medicines Compendium
• English National Board Health Care Database
• Health Libraries Group
• The Healthcare Libraries Unit
• ITpapers.com - The Yellow Pages of White Papers
• medify.com
• National Research Register
• NMAP - Resources for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professions
• The Online Medical Dictionary
• Organising Medical Networked Information (OMNI)
• Outcomes Literature Database
• Patient Group Directions (PGD's)
• Red Book Online
• Royal Society of Medicine Library Catalogue
• South Devon Health Libraries
• Turning Research Into Practice Database (TRIP)
• UK National Database of Telemedicine
• University of Cambridge Medical Library
• US National Library of Medicine
• Wellcome Science Policy Information News Database (SPIN)

Events and Conferences

• BJHC clinically focused conferences
• Healthcare Computing
• healthcareconferences.com
• IBC UK Conferences
• Medical Computing Today - Convention Calender
• Medicalconferences.com
• medinfo2004
• Royal College of Nursing Conferences, Events and Study Days

Miscellaneous Resources

• BBC News - Health
• Disease Explained
• doctorsworld.com
• Doctors.net.uk - Portal for Doctors
• Doctor OnLine
• Health - news.co.uk
• GP Clinical Software Bug Tracking
• GPUK - The General Practitioner's mailing list
• Government Departments and Ministries of Health: European Union
• Hospitals and Health Authorities Listing (BUBL)
• Medadviser - Information on NHS superannuation scheme
• Medical Defence Union
• Medic8.com - UK Medical Portal
• Medical World Search
• medideskonline.com
• Medisearch
• NursingNetUk - Database of Nursing Jobs
• Nurses Reconnected.com
• PharMed - Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions (ETP)
• publicsecta.com
• Radcliffe Medical Press
• Torex User Group

Utilities

• Acrobat Reader - PDF Viewing Software
• Adobe PDF for the visually impaired
• Download Latest version of Microsft IE
• Download Netscape Browsers
• Microsoft Word/Excel Viewers
• MUMPS - Open Source implementation
• Winzip

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