Useful Links
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Appraisal and Medical Management
- Department of Health ' Tackling concerns locally'
- cfep UK Surveys
- Developmedica - Medical Teaching Courses for Doctors
- GMC Affiliates
- GMC Apprasial
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
- NHS appraisal toolkit
- Revalidation Support Team
- The Royal College of General Practitioners
- The Royal College of Physicians
- The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists
- The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
- The Royal College of Surgeons of England
- The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery
- East of England Multi Professional Deanery
- Kent Surrey and Sussex Deanery
- London Deanery
- Mersey Deanery
- Northern Deanery
- North Western Deanery
- Oxford Deanery
- Severn Deanery
- South West Peninsula Deanery
- Wessex Deanery
- NHS West Midlands Workforce Deanery
- NEW: Express interest in the Revalidation Pilot Projects and read the Revalidation Projects Summary
- NEW: GMC Today Revalidation Special
- NEW: Responsible Officer Consultation now released
- NEW: RCGP Guide to Revalidation of GPs
Associations and Societies
- Age Concern
- Brain and Spine
- British Dietetic Association
- British Red Cross
- Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
- Center for Case Management
- CHAIN
- Child Death Helpline
- Child Growth Foundation
- Childrens Heart Federation
- Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
- David Lewis Centre
- Disability Rights Commission
- Downs Heart Group
- Drugscope
- Family Fund Trust
- Food and Drink Federation
- General Medical Council
- Help the Aged
- Hospital Infection Society
- Kings Fund
- Little Hearts Matter
- Medical Defence Union
- Medical Protection Society
- Medical Research Council
- Meningitis Trust
- Mental Health Foundation
- National Cancer Research Network
- National Childbirth Trust
- National Children's Bureau
- National Consumer Council
- National Deaf Children's Society
- National Electronic Library
- National Heart Forum
- National Kidney Research Fund
- National Mental Health Research Network
- National Obesity Forum
- National Patient Safety Agency
- National Treatment Agency
- NCCHTA
- NCYPE
- NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
- NICE
- Nutrition Society
- PiF - Patient Information Forum
- Prescribing advice for GP's
- Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain & Ireland
- Stroke Association
- The National Council for Palliative Care
- University of Birmingham - National Centre for Anticoagulation Training
- UroSource
- Uroweb
- Cumberland Lodge
- British Blood Transfusion Society
- UK Stroke Forum
- The British Psychological Society
- The UK Clinical Pharmacist Association
Clinical Effectiveness, Clinical Audit & Evidence Links
- Clinical Audit Support Centre
- National Clinical Audit Advisory Group
- Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
- Advancing Quality
- Maternity Dashboards
- Centre for Reviews & Dissemination
- Care Quality Commission
- Cochrane Collaboration
- Chief Medical Officers Annual Report 2007
- Connecting for Health - Clinical Dashoboards
- HealthcareUK
- HQIP
- High quality Care for All: NHS Next Stage Review final report
- Irish Society for Quality in Healthcare
- NHS Evidence
- Our NHS, Our Future
- ScHARR
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - Clinical Guidelines
- What is the Clinical Dashboards Programme?
- Our NHS, High Quality Care for All
- Department of Health, National Clinical Audit
Clinical Information Systems and IT
Cancer Care
- Anthony Nolan Trust
- Association for International Cancer Research
- Association of Cancer Physicians
- Breakthrough Breast Cancer
- Cancer Bacup
- British Association of Surgical Oncology
- Cancer reform strategy report
- Cancer Reform Strategy
- Cancer Black Care
- Cancer Research UK
- Cancer networks
- Childhood Cancer Research Group
- Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Network
- Leukaemia Research Fund
- Cancer Nursing Library
- Cancer Nursing Association
- Macmillan
- Marie Curie
- Medical Research Council
- National Cancer Research Network
- Social care for cancer patients
- Tenovus
- The Christie
- The NHS Cancer Programme
- The Prostate Cancer Charity
- The Royal Marsden
Healthcare News
Integrated Care Pathways Links
Infection
Journals
- Bandolier
- BMJ
- Clinical Governance Bulletin
- Clinical Services Journal
- The International Journal of Clinical Leadership
- Cochrane Library
- Critical Care
- Effective Healthcare
- Emergency Nurse
- Evidence Based Medicine
- Evidence Based Medicine Reviews
- GUT - Gastroenterology Journal
- Health Business
- Health Effectiveness Bulletin Wales
- Health Service Journal
- Healthcare Equipment and Supplies
- Hospital Doctor
- Journal of Clinical Risk
- Journal of Informatics in Primary Care
- Journal of Integrated Care
- Nursing Management
- Nursing Standard
- Nursing Times
- Pavilion Publishing
- Quality & Safety in Health Care
- The Journal for Healthcare Design & Development
- The Lancet
- The magazine for Laboratory Medicine - Medical Laboratory World
- The Remedy Online (Cornwall Clinical Journal)
Lean
Mental Health Links
- National Survivor User Network
- National Mental Health Development Unit
- Research and Development in Mental Health
- Mind
- Turning Point
- Shaping Our Lives
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Institute of Psychiatry
- Re-think
- Mental Health Foundation
- The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- National Self Harm Network
- Institute of Mental Health
- Mental Health Providers Forum
- Together UK
- Drugscope
- Specialist Clinical Addiction Network
- Daily Dose
- Federation of Drug Professionals
- Association of Nurses in Substance Abuse
- SANE
- Scottish Association for Mental Health
- UK Council of Psychotherapy
- National Specialist Library for Mental Health
- Depression Alliance
- Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the NHS
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- British Psychoanalytic Council
- British Psychological Society
- CORE Partnership
- Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Primary Care
- Society for Psychotherapy Research
- RCN Mental Health Group
- Mentality
- Mental Health Nurses Association
- Social Perspective Network - MH
- Mental Health Matters
- National Institute for Mental Health Knowledge Community
- Children Young People and Families
- Care Networks
- Health and Social Care Change Agent Team
- Long term conditions community
- Mental Health First Aid
- Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
- London Development Centre
- Substance Misuse Management in General Practice
- Institute of Medical Law
- Mental Health Today Magazine
- Mental Health Providers Forum
Nursing
- Leaders in Nursing (formerly Nurse Directors Association)
- The Association of UK University Hospitals (Nurse Directors subgroup)
- Matrons National Network
- Community Matrons National Network
- RCN forums
- Education for Health
- Queen's Nursing Institute
- Foundation of Nursing Studies
- Association for Perioperative Practice
- British Association for Nurses in Cardiovascular Care
- Skills4Nurses
- United Kingdom of Oncology Nurses
- Royal College of Midwives
- Nursing & Midwifery Council
- Skills for Health
- Nurses Jobs
- nurseledclinics.com
- Centre for Nursing Innovation
- Nursing Agencies List
- Just for Nurses
- Nursing Events
Primary Care
Paediatric Links
- Ambulatory Child Health Journal
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Association for Paediatric Education in Europe
- Child Friendly Healthcare Initiative
- Childrens Heart Federation
- Development Medicine & Child Neurology Journal
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatrics: US Journal
- PIER: Paediatric Information & Education Resource
- Pregnancy & Parenting
- Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health
- Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust - Alder Hey
- Virtual Children's Hospital Iowa
- WHO Child Health & Development
- Mentality
Patient Involvement and Empowerment
- Commission for Health Improvement
- Discern: Quality criteria for consumer health information
- Doctor Online
- National Association for Patient Participation
- On line directory of UK self help groups
- Signposts: A Practical guide to patient and public involvement in Wales
- The Kings Fund
- The Patients Association
- The Patients Forum
- Guidance on the routine collection of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) :Department of Health - Publications
- New DH guidance on patient-reported outcome measures | News | Nursing Times
- Measuring patient reported outcomes - Personal Care Magazine
- Ombudsman's Principles
- PALS
- NHS Complaints Procedures
- Making Experiences Count
Risk Management and Legal
- ALARM
- Capsticks Solicitors
- Clinical Risk Unit, UCL
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (US)
- Journal of Clinical Risk
- Journal of Nursing Risk Management (US)
- Medical Devices Agency
- National Patient Safety Foundation (USA)
- Patient Safety (Australia)
- Risk Management Foundation: Harvard University
- Risk Management Standards Australia
- The Medical Defence Union
- The Medical Protection Society
- To err is human: building a safer healthcare system (US)
- Department of Health - Patient Safety
- National Patient Safety Agency
- DoH, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
- DoH, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust - Reports
- Care Quality Commission, patient safety
- DoH, National Quality Board Meetings
- Anticoagulation Europe
- British association of Haematology
- National Clinical Audit and Governance Group
- Patient Safety Federation
- WHO Global Alliance for Patient safety
- 1000 Lives Campaign Wales
- Ireland Campaign
- National Institute for Innovation and Improvement
- NPSA anticoagulants
- Thrombus journal
- Thrombosis Journal
- Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostatis
Quality Improvement and Clinical Governance
- Advancing Quality
- Department of Health: Quality Accounts
- Care Quality Commission
- High Quality Care for All: NHS Next Stage Review Final Report
- Lord Darzi, High Quality Care for All, Our journey so far
- Medical Directors' Bulletin, Issue 90, February 2009
- Quality Indicators: assured menu full report
- The Centre for Information
- Department of Health: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
- New Clinician Outcomes and Benchmarking Tool for consultant clinicians, surgeons and their managers
- Scottish Patient Safety Programme
Social Care
- VOICE UK
- Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Association of Directors of Child Services
- Age concern
- Action on Elder abuse
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Care Quality Commission
- British Association of Social Workers
- Practitioner Alliance against the abuse of Vulnerable Adults
- Social Care Association
- Association of Chief Police Officers
- Association of Directors of Social Work
- Community Care
- The Ann Craft Trust
- Respect
- The Supporting People Programme
- Children's Services Network
- English Community Care Association
- Safechild
- Social Care Jobs
- PRoFaNE
