Useful online resources
Click on the links below to access the websites referred to throughout the book, along with some other important online resources.NHS Sites:
- www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx - NHS UK homepage
- www.show.scot.nhs.uk/index.aspx - NHS Scotland homepage
- www.wales.nhs.uk/ - NHS Wales homepage
- www.hscni.net/ - NHS Northern Ireland homepage
- www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/ - NHS Connecting for Health site
- www.npsa.nhs.uk/ - NHS National Patient Safety Agency
- www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/ - NHS Direct homepage
- http://smokefree.nhs.uk/ - NHS Smoking Cessation site
- www.nta.nhs.uk/ - NHS National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse homepage
- www.library.nhs.uk/default.aspx - NHS Evidence: Health Information Resources homepage
Key Organisations:
- http://bnf.org/bnf/index.htm - British National Formulary homepage
- www.cqc.org.uk/ - Care Quality Commission homepage
- www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm - the Department of Health (UK) homepage
- www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm - Health and Safety Executive homepage
- www.nmc-uk.org/ - Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) homepage
- www.rcn.org.uk/ - Royal College of Nursing homepage
Specialist Organisations:
- www.ageuk.org.uk/ - AgeUK (formerly known as Age Concern) homepage
- www.aso.org.uk/ - Association for the Study of Obesity (UK) homepage
- www.bapen.org.uk/ - British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) homepage
- www.bcs.com/pages/default.asp - British Cardiovascular Society homepage
- www.bda.uk.com/ - British Dietetic Association homepage
- www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/ - British Thoracic Society homepage
- www.drinkaware.co.uk/ - DrinkAware UK homepage
- www.drugscope.org.uk/ - DrugScope UK homepage
- www.dualdiagnosis.co.uk/ - National Consortium of Nurses in Dual Diagnosis and Substance Use homepage
- www.environment-agency.gov.uk/ - Environment Agency (UK) homepage
- www.food.gov.uk/ - Food Standards Agency homepage
- www.hqip.org.uk/ - Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
- www.ias.org.uk/index.html - Institute of Alcohol Studies homepage
- www.macmillan.org.uk/Home.aspx - Macmillan Cancer Support 2010
- www.nutrition.org.uk/ - British Nutrition Foundation homepage
- www.opsi.gov.uk/ - Office of Public Sector Information homepage
- www.publicguardian.gov.uk/ - Office of the Public Guardian homepage
- www.resus.org.uk/ - Resuscitation Council (UK) homepage
- www.transfusionguidelines.org.uk/index.aspx - UK Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services homepage
Worldwide Links
- www.cdc.gov/ - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) homepage
- www.epuap.com/ - European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel homepage
- www.european-nutrition.org/ - European Nutrition for Health Alliance homepage
- www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ - American Heart Association (USA) homepage
- www.icn.ch/ - International Council of Nurses homepage
- www.nanda.org/ - North American Nursing Diagnosis Association homepage
- www.who.int/en/ - World Health Organisation homepage
Other useful bookmarks:
- www.britishjournalofnursing.com/ - British Journal of Nursing homepage
- www.nursingtimes.net/ - The Nursing Times homepage
- www.studentnurse.org.uk – Student Nurse homepage (advice, support and information)