Plans to commission new services for people living with diabetes in Swindon

Patient's Rights
The Citizen's Advice Bureau website provides advice and information on NHS patients rights.

Department of Health
Providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications

General Dental Council
The GDC is one of 13 organisations known as health and social care regulators.

The Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission promotes improvement in the quality of the NHS and independent healthcare.
 

Health Informatics
Health Informatics Community, the specialist library in Health Informatics of the National electronic Library for Health, aimed at everyone with an active interest in health informatics. Providing news and networking opportunities in a bright and innovative way, the site aims to engender a feeling of community amongst its members.

Health Protection Agency
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is an independent body that protects the health and well-being of everyone in England and Wales.

Health & Social Care Information Centre
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is a special health authority that became a statutory body on 1 April 2005.  The authority took on some of the information management functions of the Department of Health including social care.

National Camhs Support Service
The purpose of the NCSS is to support all those who are involved with developing services to meet the mental health needs and promote the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people across England.

NHS.uk
This is the official gateway to National Health Service organisations on the Internet.

NHS Direct
Gateway to health information on the internet.

NHS Immunisation Information
The most comprehensive, up-to-date and accurate source of information on vaccines, disease and immunisation in the UK

National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE)
The National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence works on behalf of the National Health Service and the people who use it. It makes recommendations on treatments and care using the best available evidence.

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
The Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Health Service Ombudsman undertake independent investigations into complaints about government departments, a range of other public bodies, and the National Health Service.

Prodigy Guidance offers advice on the management of conditions and symptoms that are commonly seen in primary care. The guidance is advisory and has been developed to assist healthcare professionals, together with patients, make decisions about the management of the patient's health. It is intended to support discussion and shared decision-making, and is not a substitute for sound clinical judgment or seeking medical advice where appropriate.

Quality and Outcomes Framework

GP practices receive incentives and rewards for providing high quality services to patients, using the new Quality and Outcomes Framework - QOF for short. Practices are awarded points for their achievements in a total of 146 standards, incentives and assessments relating mainly to essential and additional clinical services for patients, but also for the training and education of the staff and management of the practice. Participation in QOF is entirely voluntary, but all 30 of Swindon's practices have chosen to take part.  more info

Swindon Strategic Partnership

The Partnership aims to bring together all the organisations and groups that are involved in making decisions that affect the future well-being of the people of Swindon.

Swindon Borough Council

For information from local sports facilities to educational policies.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Trust provides health services from their main site - The Great Western Hospital in Swindon, which is a district general hospital and a number of other locations including Marlborough House, Savernake Hospital and Fairford Hospital.

Wiltshire PCT

Wiltshire PCT is responsible for planning and securing health services and improving the health of the population covering the whole of Wiltshire except Swindon.

Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority

The Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Health Authority website  has been developed to keep you informed of developments within these areas.

Wiltshire County Council

This explains the workings of Wiltshire County Council together with council meetings minutes and news.

Continuing Health Care
Continuing health care describes a situation where, following a comprehensive assessment of needs, a person’s overall health needs are so great that the NHS will manage and pay for all the care they need.

University of Bath, Research &  Dev Support Unit
The RDSU provides consultative advice on research methodology and protocol development; support for research training; support and collaboration in high quality research projects and an R&D information service.

Service User Network (SUNS)

Independent user-led voluntary organisation run by current mental health service users. Provides a self-advocacy service empowering people to speak out about their experiences

BBC Online Health

The BBC's website with top health stories and features on health stories, healthy living and health advice.

Reuters Health

Reuters Health (RH) provides medical and healthcare news worldwide.

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