North Somerset Healthcare Library Links

General Primary Care Links

• National Primary Care Research and Development Centre - http://www.npcrdc.ac.uk/About_NPCRDC.cfm

This collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and York was established by the Department of Health in 1995 to undertaken a programme of policy related research in primary care.

• School for Primary Care Research - http://nspcr.ac.uk/

This research partnership between 8 leading academic centres for primary care research in England was founded in October 2006. Partners include the Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham, Keele, Southampton, Manchester, Oxford, UCL and Bristol.

Government and Official Links

• Care Quality Commission - http://www.cqc.org.uk/
• Compacts - http://www.thecompact.org.uk/ - partnerships between the NHS and the 3^rd sector in England.
• Department of Health - http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm
• NHS Improvement - http://www.improvement.nhs.uk/
• NICE - http://www.nice.org.uk/
• Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman - http://www.ombudsman.org.uk/

Information and Knowledge Management Links

• North Somerset Healthcare Library – find out more about your local NHS library service: http://northsomersethealthcarelibrary.wordpress.com
• A to Z list of journals available at North Somerset Healthcare Library/online: http://northsomersethealthcarelibrary.wordpress.com/journalsatoz/
• Bibliographic databases collated via NHS Evidence - http://www.library.nhs.uk/booksandjournals/advanced/default.aspx (NHS Athens required to search)
• BNF (British National Formulary) – available via NHS Athens
• Google Scholar – searches peer reviewed academic journals - http://scholar.google.co.uk/
• Map of Medicine: over 370 clinical pathways for common medical conditions – available via NHS Athens
• NHS Athens – register or sign in: http://www.swice.nhs.uk
• NHS Evidence: collated evidence from NICE and other NHS sources - http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/default.aspx
• Ovid databases: find out who’s written what; includes MEDLINE, Embase and British Nursing Index – available via NHS Athens
• Pubmed – free edition of MEDLINE – http://www.pubmed.gov

Patient Information

• 18 week waiting times site - http://www.18weeks.nhs.uk/endwaiting/
• National Patient Safety Agency - http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/pleaseask/
• NHS Choices - http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx, patient information
• NHS Direct - http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/ - patient service information

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