| Advice Guide |
| The online CAB service Adviceguide provides information on your rights - including benefits, housing and employment, and on debt, consumer and legal issues. Developed by Citizens Advice, you can get information specific to all four UK countries. |
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| British Medical Association |
| The BMA, the voice of the profession, represents all doctors from all branches of medicine all over the UK. |
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| British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) |
| The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) was jointly set up by Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Health Protection Agency and the Institute of Child Health, London in 1986 to undertake active surveillance of rare paediatric disorders. |
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| Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority |
| The area covered by Cheshire and Merseyside includes 15 Primary Care Trusts, 9 acute hospital NHS Trusts, 5 specialist tertiary NHS Trusts, 3 specialist mental health/learning disabilities NHS Trust and one ambulance NHS Trust. |
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| Child Poverty Action Group |
| CPAG promotes action for the relief, directly or indirectly, of poverty among children and families with children. We work to ensure that those on low incomes get their full entitlement to welfare benefits. In our campaigning and information work we seek to improve benefits and policies for low-income families, in order to eradicate the injustice of poverty. |
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| Children’s Heart Federation |
| The Children's Heart Federation (CHF) brings together groups across Britain and Ireland so that they can share problems, ideas, approaches and educational materials designed to help heart children. |
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| Children's Cancer Support Group |
| CHICS (Children's Cancer Support Group) is a registered charity and was formed in 1986. It is run on a voluntary basis by parents for parents, relatives and friends of children with cancer, with the support of hospital staff. It provides support and self-help for parents of children with cancer in Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Wales and the Isle of Mann. |
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| Commission for Health Improvement |
| The Commission for Health Improvement's aim is to improve the quality of patient care in the NHS. |
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| Department of Health |
| Here you will find the latest on the Department's work, as well as health and social care guidance, publications and policy. |
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| Health Watch |
| The weekly web page for journalists with news and views from the North West Public Health team. |
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| Healthcare Events |
| Healthcare events and links to over 1000 useful pages in catagories of paediatrics, risk management, clinical governance, patient involvement, clinical effectiveness etc. |
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| International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units (INoPSU) |
| The International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units (INoPSU) is a truly collaborative organisation. Established in 1998, it currently joins 14 diverse countries with a common purpose - to conduct surveillance of uncommon conditions of childhood. The member units span the globe - from the Netherlands to New Guinea to New Zealand. |
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| Liverpool University |
| Liverpool is one of the UK's leading research universities with a reputation nationally and internationally for high quality teaching and research. |
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| Mersey Health Services |
| A central point of information for all health organisations on Merseyside. |
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| Merseyside Health Action Zone |
| Working to improve the health of people living in Merseyside by narrowing the gap between the least healthy and the most healthy and we also work to improve and modernise services and make them more accessible to everyone |
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| N W Healthier Communities |
| The purpose of community health is to provide better information, support and self-help provision to individuals and families within a community or locality. |
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| National Childcare Month (June 2002) |
| It’s a great chance to celebrate all that’s good and new in childcare, promote services in your community and involve local organisations and families in activities. |
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| National Childminding Association |
| The National Childminding Association (NCMA) is the only national charity and membership organisation that speaks on behalf of registered childminders in England and Wales. |
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| National Children's Bureau |
| The National Children's Bureau (NCB) is a registered charity which promotes the interests and well-being of all children and young people across every aspect of their lives. |
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| National Health Service |
| This is the official gateway to National Health Service organisations on the Internet. It connects you to your local NHS services and provides national information about the NHS
- what it does, how it works, and how to use it. |
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| National Institute for Clinical Excellence |
| NICE - The National Institute for Clinical Excellence - was set up as a Special Health Authority for England and Wales on 1 April 1999. It is part of the National Health Service (NHS), and its role is to provide patients, health professionals and the public with authoritative, robust and reliable guidance on current “best practice”. |
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| National Patient Safety Agency |
| The NPSA is an independent body created in July 2001 to co-ordinate the efforts of the entire country to report, and more importantly to learn from, adverse events occurring in the NHS. |
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| National Statistics |
| This is the official UK statistics site. You can view and download a wealth of economic and social data FREE |
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| NHS Confederation |
| Understanding the NHS Confederation - the voice of NHS Management. The NHS Confederation is the only membership body for all NHS organisations. |
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| NHS Direct |
| Your gateway to health information on the Internet. |
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| NHS Information Authority |
| We aim to be the organisation that the NHS chooses to Support national electronic care records to improve patient care, Provide information services and knowledge for decision making, Establish Health Informatics as a recognised national profession and Provide reliable and secure information infrastructure services. |
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| Our Healthier Nation |
| This website provides information on all aspects of the OHN health strategy and is regularly updated |
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| Royal College of Nursing |
| The RCN is the voice of nursing in the UK. With a membership of nearly a third of a million it represents registered nurses, healthcare assistants, nursing students and cadets. |
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| Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| Provides information about the College including details of Courses and Events, Examination regulations and timetables and services for Fellows and Members. |
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| Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
| Conducts paediatric research, organises meetings and conferences and publishes papers and guidelines of relevance to paediatric practice. |
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| The Children’s Society |
| The Children's Society is one of the largest and most innovative children's charities in Britain. |
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| UK Transplant |
| A Special Health Authority working within the NHS to support Transplant Units throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland. |
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| Unison |
| UNISON is the biggest trade union in Britain. We represent people who work in public services, in voluntary organisations and in private companies providing services to the public. |
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