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Care Quality Commission (CQC)
The independent regulator of health and adult social care in England that makes sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, and high-quality care, encouraging care services to improve.
Centre for Mental Health
The UK’s leading authority on mental health research, the Centre for Mental Health works with government, policy makers, service providers and commissioners to create social change.
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)
Offers critical appraisal skills training, workshops, and tools that will help you read and check health research for trustworthiness, results, and relevance so that you can decide if they are believable and useful.
Department of Health & Social Care
The government department that helps people to live better for longer; leading, shaping and funding health and care in England, making sure people have the support, care and treatment they need, with the compassion, respect and dignity they deserve.
EThOS
EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service which enables access to the UK’s doctoral research theses. There are approximately 380,000 records relating to theses awarded by over 120 institutions. Around 120,000 of these also provide access to full text thesis, either via download from the EThOS database or via links to the institution’s own repository.
Faculty of Public Health
The UK's Faculty of Public Health (FPH) is the standard setting body for specialists in public health in the United Kingdom. FPH is a joint faculty of the three Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (London, Edinburgh and Glasgow) and also a member of the World Federation of Public Health Associations.
Health and Care Professions Council
The Health and Care Professions Council regulate the following professions: biomedical scientists, clinical scientists, dietitians, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, paramedics, radiographers and social workers in England.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)
This is a British social policy research and development charity that funds UK-wide research and development programs seeking to understand the root causes of social problems, and how social needs can be met in practice. The charity produces informative and topical research reports on cities towns and neighborhoods, housing, income and benefits, people, society and work.
King's Fund
The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve health and care in England. Their vision is that the best possible health and care is available to all.
London Datastore
The London Datastore is a free and open data-sharing portal where anyone can access statistics and data relating to the capital and its individual boroughs. The site provides over 700 datasets to help one understand the city and its problems.
MentalHelp
MentalHelp.net provides comprehensive mental health and mental illness information on depression, bipolar suicide, anxiety, addiction, schizophrenia, and more.
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK.
NHS Choices
NHS Choices is the UK’s biggest health website which gives users the opportunity to find what policies and processes govern the National Health Service and gain insights into the factors that influence visits to the NHS.
NHS England Statistics
NHS England publishes statistics on a range of health and care subjects. These statistics are used to inform debate, decision-making and research both within government and by the wider community.
NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence aims to improve health and social care through evidence based practice with guidance, advice, quality standards and information services for health, public health and social care with additional resources to help maximise the use of evidence and guidance.
Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics is the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics and is responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local levels.
PubMed Central
PubMed Central (PMC) is a service of the US National Library of Medicine that includes over 25 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles and includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
Royal College of Nursing
The Royal College of Nursing is the world’s largest nursing union and professional body. They represent more than 435,000 nurses, student nurses, midwives and health care assistants in the UK and internationally, promoting excellence in practice and shaping health policies.
SCIE Social Care Online
Social Care Online is produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence. It is the UK’s largest database of information and research on all aspects of social care and social work
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health; it leads partners in global health responses. WHO contains country reports and statistics. They also have a section on life-course.
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