EXTERNAL LINKS

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A

• Audit Commissionhttp://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/Pages/default.aspx

B

• Bandolier http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/ - An independent journal that provides evidence based healthcare information for both healthcare professionals and consumers.
• Behind the Headlines (NHS Choices) helps you to find out the true story behind the sensational headline news. http://www.nhs.uk/news/Pages/NewsIndex.aspx
• Biomed Central (e-journals)http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/ - BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to over 100 peer-reviewed biomedical research journals.
• British Medical Association (BMA) is the professional medical association and trade union for doctors and medical students. http://www.bma.org.uk/

C

• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) their aim is to develop, teach and promote evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to doctors and health care professionals to help maintain the highest standards of medicine. http://www.cebm.net/
• Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ - Based at the University of York, the CRD aims to provide research-based information about the effects of interventions used in health and social care.
• The Cochrane Libraryhttp://www.cochrane.org/index.htm - An electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care and those responsible for research, teaching funding and administration at all levels. There may be difficulty accessing full text documents from your government network computer.

D

• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ - DARE contains summaries of systematic reviews which have met strict quality criteria. Included reviews have to be about the effects on interventions. Each summary also provides a critical commentary on the quality of the review.
• Department of Health Research and Development www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/ResearchAndDevelopment/fs/en

F

• FADE The North West Grey Literature Service www.fade.nhs.uk/ - FADE provide the North West Grey Literature Service.

G

• General Social Care Council is the regulator of the social work profession and social work education in England. http://www.gscc.org.uk/

N

• National Audit Officehttp://www.nao.org.uk/default.aspx
• NHS Evidencewww.evidence.nhs.uk – NHS Evidence aims is to provide clinicians with access to the best current know-how and knowledge to support healthcare-related decisions.
• National Institute for Innovation and Improvement assists the NHS in transforming healthcare for patients by developing and spreading new work practices, technology and improved leadership. http://www.institute.nhs.uk/
• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) regulates nurses and midwives in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Islands http://www.nmc-uk.org/

S

• School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) specialises in health services and public health research, and the application of health economics and decision science to the development of health services and the improvement of the public health. http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/index

T

• Turning Research Into Practice (TRIP) www.tripdatabase.com/ - One of the Internet’s leading medical resources. The TRIP Database allows users to rapidly and easily identify high quality medical literature from a wide range of sources.