Links

Below are just a few links to relevant information:

Note: Links to local services and NHS Wales Organisations can be found on the Directory Page. | See also NHS Direct Wales Health Encyclopaedia

Health in Wales

Cancer Research Wales | CancerVOICES

Children First for Health | Children First Wales | Children and Young People (Welsh Assembly Government) | Your Child's Health | Healthy Start 

Diabetes Toolkit Carmarthenshire

Drinkaware - Promoting sensible drinking

Expert Patient Programme Wales

Health Challenge Wales (for information in your area go to the NHS Wales Directory and click on your Local Health Board)

Healthy Living Centres

Hepatitis C awareness website

Keep Well this Winter

NHS Direct Wales Support Group listings.

NHS Direct - Giving Blood and Organ Donation information

Sexual Health | South East Wales: www.willynilly.org.uk   

Smoking Cessation | www.stub.org.uk | www.ash.org.uk | Stop Smoking Wales

St. John Ambulance in Wales

Walking the Way to Health Wales

The Thyroid Cancer Support Group - Wales are a small group of thyroid cancer patients in South Wales who have joined together to set up a self-help support group for the benefit of thyroid cancer patients. 

The Clinical Research Collaboration Cymru (CRC Cymru) was established in 2006 by the Wales Office of Research and Development (WORD) to provide dedicated infrastructure to improve the quality, quantity, co-ordination, integration, inclusiveness and speed of health and social care research in Wales.

Health Bodies & Related Organisations in Wales

Chief Medical Officer Wales

Health Service Ombudsman for Wales

Healthcare Standards for Wales

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales

National Service Frameworks (NSF) in Wales

Wales Audit Office

Welsh Local Government Association

Welsh NHS Confederation

Improving Healthcare

Healthcare Commission

Health Protection Agency (HPA)

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)

Vetting and Barring Scheme

Independent Safeguarding Authority

National Clinical Assessment Service
NCAS was set up by the NHS in England and provides its services in Wales under a Service Level Agreement with the Welsh Assembly Government.

Organisations covering Healthcare elsewhere in UK

Department of Health

NHS Direct Online (England)

NHS 24 (Scotland)

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Other

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Mental Capacity Act

National Drugs Strategy

National Library for Health

National Electronic Library for Social Care

NHS Counter Fraud Service

Office for National Statistics

Preparing for Emergencies | UK Resilience | Wales Resilience

Professional UK Bodies 

Wales on the Web

Welsh Dragon Burns Club - registered charity set up to support children aged between 8 and 17 who have been victims of burns injuries and recieved treatment at the welsh burns unit at Morriston Hospital.

WEQAS - WEQAS is one of the largest EQA providers in the UK, with over 800 laboratories registered in our schemes and operate as a separate unit within the Directorate of Laboratory Medicine, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, based at the Quadrant Centre, Cardiff.

The Older People's Commission - The Older People's Commision is the independent champion for older people's issues and strive to give the elderly a stronger voice within society, as well as being a source of information, advocacy and support. They are based in the Cardiff Executive Centre, Temple Court, 13 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9HA, Tel: 029 2078 6579.

www.handsonscotland.co.uk - Online resource for anybody working with children and young people. The website provides practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people's troubling behaviour, build up their self-esteem and promote their positive mental wellbeing.

Disclaimer:

NHS Wales is not responsible for the content or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over availability of the linked pages.

NHS Wales reserves the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.