NHS Wales e-library for health
Free Resources by subject area
Allied Health
British Association of Occupational
Therapists: College of Occupational
Therapists
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
Library
Health Professions Council
National Association of Perioperative Practice
Pedro
Physiobase
Trauma
World Confederation for Physical Therapy
http://www.cot.co.uk/
http://www.csp.org.uk/libraryandinformation/library.cfm
http://www.hpc-uk.org/
http://www.afpp.org.uk/
http://www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au/index.html
http://www.physiobase.com/index1.cfm?sfalse
http://www.trauma.org/
http://www.wcpt.org/smfforum/index.php
Cancer
American Society of Clinical Oncology
(ASCO)
Bandolier - Cancer
Cancer UK
CancerMondial
CancerWEB project
NeLH Cancer Specialist Library
NICE Cancer guidance
Royal College of Radiologists
U.S National Cancer Institute
Prepared by HSW Web Team
http://www.asco.org/
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/cancer.html
http://www.cancerindex.org/clinks44.htm
http://www-dep.iarc.fr/
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/
http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/cancer/
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=91496
http://www.rcr.ac.uk/
http://www.cancer.gov/
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Cardiovascular Disorders
Arrhythmia Alliance
British Cardiac Society
British Heart Foundation
British Hypertension Society
Cardiac Risk in the Young
Cochrane Heart Group
Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales
National Heart Forum
NICE (National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence)
Primary Care Cardiovascular Society
http://www.arrhythmiaalliance.org.uk
http://www.bcs.com
http://www.bhf.org.uk
http://www.bhsoc.org
http://www.c-r-y.org.uk
http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/cochrane/heart.htm
http://nww.wales.nhs.uk/hebw/
http://www.heartforum.org.uk/
http://www.nice.org.uk
http://www.pccs.org.uk/
Child Heath
Dentistry and Oral Health
ADA – American Dental Association
American Academy of Periodontology
British Dental Association
British Orthodontic Society
Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry
Dental Practice Board
General Dental Council
IADR/AADR – International Association for
Dental Research / American Association for
Dental research
http://www.ada.org/
National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH)
NeLH Oral Health Specialist Library
World Health Organisation – Oral Health
Country Profiles
http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/
Prepared by HSW Web Team
http://www.perio.org/index.html
http://www.bda-dentistry.org.uk/
http://www.bos.org.uk/links/
http://www.cebd.org/
http://www.dpb.nhs.uk
http://www.gdc-uk.org/
http://www.iadr.com/
http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/oralhealth/
http://www.whocollab.odont.lu.se/
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Diabetes
Ear, Nose and Throat
Eyes and Vision
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Cochrane Eyes and Vision
Eye
Royal College of Ophthalmologists
http://www.aao.org/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00029394
http://www.cochraneeyes.org/
http://www.nature.com/eye/index.html
http://www.rcophth.ac.uk/
Gastroenterology
Health Informatics
HOWIS CPD for ICT Professionals
Informing Healthcare
NHS Health Informatics Community
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/directory.cfm?TID=51
UK Council for Health Informatics Professions
http://www.ukchip.org.uk/
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/ihc/home.cfm
http://www.informatics.nhs.uk/
Health Management
Clinical Governance Practice SelfAssessment Tool
Department of Health
Health Commission Wales
http://nww2.nphs.wales.nhs.uk:8080/primarycareqitdocs.nsf/Main%20Frameset?OpenFra
meSet&Frame=Right&Src=%2Fprimarycareqitdocs.nsf%2FPublicPage%3FOpenPage%2
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http://www.dh.gov.uk
http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/health/hcw/?lang=en
Health Inspectorate Wales
Healthcare Standards Wales
Institute of Rural Health (IRH)
Key Publications on HOWIS
National Leadership and Innovation Agency
for Healthcare
National Public Health Service for Wales
http://www.hiw.wales.gov.uk/content/template.asp?ID=/content/scope-func-e.asp
NLH Health Management Specialist Library
Pay Modernisation Unit
http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/healthManagement/
Prepared by HSW Web Team
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites/home.cfm?OrgID=465
http://www.rural-health.ac.uk
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/keypublications.cfm
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?OrgID=484
http://www.nphs.wales.nhs.uk
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?OrgID=433
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Statement of Financial Entitlement (SFE).
WAHIMS – Welsh Assembly Health
Information Monitoring Service
Welsh Assembly Government – Health and
Social Care
Welsh Health Estates
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=480&pid=6070
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?ORGid=291
http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/health/;jsessionid=A1B1DAC5686538F8269DC9DA902EB
192?lang=en
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?orgid=254
Infectious Diseases
Learning Disabilities
Medicine
Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales
http://nww.wales.nhs.uk/hebw/
Mental Health
DoH Policy and Guidance on Mental Health
HAFAL
Health Evidence Bulletins Wales – Mental
Health
Institute of Psychiatry
Mental Health Care
Mental Health Wales
NELMH National Electronic Library for Mental
Health
NICE mental health
NIMH National Institute for Mental Health
NIMHE National Institute for Mental Health
England
Psychiatry on-line
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
Prepared by HSW Web Team
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/MentalHealth/fs/en
http://www.hafal.org/
http://nww.wales.nhs.uk/hebw/mhnsf/index.htm
http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/
http://www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk/
http://www.mentalhealthwales.net/website/about.htm
http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=mental
http://www.nimh.nih.gov
http://nimhe.csip.org.uk/
http://www.priory.com/psych.htm
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/
http://www.scmh.org.uk/80256FBD004F6342/vWeb/wpKHAL6EHHWV
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Musculoskeletal Disorders
Nervous System
Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
Agenda for Change
Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’
Association
eNWI
Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales
Internet tutorial for nursing, midwifery and
health visiting
Intute: Health and Life Sciences
NICE (National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence)
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Practice Nursing
Primary Health Care
Royal College of Midwives
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Nursing Wales: primary care
focus
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HumanResourcesAndTraining/ModernisingPay/
AgendaForChange/fs/en
http://www.msfcphva.org/
http://www.ehealthnurses.org.uk/wales/
http://nww.wales.nhs.uk/hebw/
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/nurse
http://nmap.ac.uk/
http://www.nice.org.uk
http://www.nmc-uk.org/
http://www.practicenursing.com/index.htm
http://www.nursing-standard.co.uk/primaryhealthcare/
http://www.rcm.org.uk/
http://www.rcn.org.uk
http://www.rcn.org.uk/wales/
Nutrition
British Association for Parenteral and Enteral
Nutrition
British Nutrition Foundation
Food and Nutrition Information Center
Food Standards Agency
Journal of Nutrition, The
NICE Guideline Eating Disorders
NICE Guideline Nutrition Support in Adults
Nutrition & Metabolism
The British Dietetic Association
The Nutrition Society
Old
P
http://www.bapen.org.uk/
http://www.nutrition.org.uk/home.asp?siteId=43§ionId=s
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/fnic.html#N
http://www.food.gov.uk/
http://jn.nutrition.org/
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=cg009
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=cg032
http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/
http://www.bda.uk.com/
http://www.nutritionsociety.org/index.asp
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Older People
Palliative Care
BMJ collected resources: End of Life
Decisions
Cancer Pain Release
Gold Standards Framework
Growth House
Improving supportive and palliative care for
adults with cancer (NICE guidance)
National Council for Palliative Care
Pain Talk
Palliative Care in Wales
Palliative Care Matters
Palliative Medicine Handbook – On-line
edition
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/collection/end_of_life_decisions
http://www.whocancerpain.wisc.edu/
http://www.goldstandardsframework.nhs.uk/
http://www.growthhouse.org/
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=110012
http://www.ncpc.org.uk/
http://www.pain-talk.com/
http://wales.pallcare.info/
http://www.pallcare.info/
http://book.pallcare.info/
Pathology
Pharmacy/Medicines
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)
Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales
MeReC Publications
National electronic Library for Medicines
(NELM)
NICE (National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence)
PRODIGY Knowledge
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
(SIGN)
WeMeRec Bulletins
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/index
http://emc.medicines.org.uk/
http://nww.wales.nhs.uk/hebw/
http://www.npc.co.uk/merec.htm
http://www.nelm.nhs.uk
http://www.nice.org.uk
http://www.prodigy.nhs.uk/
http://www.sign.ac.uk/
http://www.wemerec.org
Primary Care
ATTRACT
Best treatments: clinical advice for patients
from the BMJ
Prepared by HSW Web Team
http://www.attract.wales.nhs.uk/
http://www.besttreatments.co.uk/btuk/home.jsp
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Clinical Governance Practice SelfAssessment Tool
Department of General Practice, Cardiff
University: GP site
Department of Health: Primary Care portal
General Medical Services (GMS) Contract –
HOWIS microsite
GP notebook
Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales
Institute of Rural Health (IRH)
Internet Medic tutorial
National Association of Primary Care
National Primary Care Research and
Development Centre
NELH Primary Care Information Service
NICE National Collaborating Centre for
Primary Care
OMNI; the UK’s gateway to high quality
internet resources in health and medicine
Patient UK
Practice Nursing
Primary Care Query Answering Service
Primary Health Care
PRODIGY Knowledge
Self-tutoring packs: internet guide for GPs
(January 2005)
SHOW General Practice
UK health news
http://nww2.nphs.wales.nhs.uk:8080/primarycareqitdocs.nsf/Main%20Frameset?OpenFra
meSet&Frame=Right&Src=%2Fprimarycareqitdocs.nsf%2FPublicPage%3FOpenPage%2
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http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/general_practice/about_the_department
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/OrganisationPolicy/PrimaryCare/fs/en
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?orgid=480
http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk
http://nww.wales.nhs.uk/hebw/
http://www.rural-health.ac.uk
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/medic/
http://www.primarycare.co.uk/
http://www.npcrdc.man.ac.uk/index.cfm
http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/primarycare/
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=202051
http://omni.ac.uk/
http://www.patient.co.uk/
http://www.practicenursing.com/index.htm
http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/
http://www.nursing-standard.co.uk/primaryhealthcare/
http://www.prodigy.nhs.uk/
http://www.hiel.nhs.uk/Public/SiteEditEngine.aspx?menu_id=153&page_id=120
http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk/portal/elib/pages/common/BrowseSpecialistLinks.aspx?id=73
48&title=General%20Practice
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/uknews/
Public Health
Association of Public Health Observatories
Health Evidence Network
Health Protection Agency
National Public Health Service for Wales
Public Health Electronic Library
Prepared by HSW Web Team
http://www.apho.org.uk/apho/
http://www.euro.who.int/HEN
http://www.hpa.org.uk/
http://www.nphs.wales.nhs.uk
http://www.phel.gov.uk/
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Screening programmes
UK Public Health Association
Wales Centre for Health
Welsh Health Impact Assessment Unit
http://www.healthcarea2z.org
http://www.ukpha.org.uk/
http://www.wch.wales.nhs.uk
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?OrgID=522
Radiology
British Institute of Radiology
Royal College of Radiologists
http://www.bir.org.uk/
http://www.rcr.ac.uk/
Respiratory
Screening
Skin Disorders
BMC Dermatology
BMJ Dermatology Collection
British Association of Dermatologists
British Skin Foundation
Clinical Evidence : Skin Disorders
Cochrane Skin Group
DermAtlas
Dermatology Online Journal
Hardin MD Skin Disorders / Skin Diseases
NLH Skin Disorders Specialist Library
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcdermatol/
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/collection/dermatology
http://www.bad.org.uk/about/
http://www.britishskinfoundation.org.uk/
http://www.clinicalevidence.com/ceweb/conditions/skd/skd.jsp
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/%7Emuzd/index.htm
http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/
http://dermatology.cdlib.org/
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/derm.html
http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/skin/
Stroke
Surgery
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Healthcare Freeware
Interactive Cardiovascular & Thoracic
Surgery
NICE (National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence)
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Prepared by HSW Web Team
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/abdominalaorticaneurysm/htm/index.htm
http://www.healthcarefreeware.com/
http://icvts.ctsnetjournals.org/
http://www.nice.org.uk
http://www.edu.rcsed.ac.uk
http://www.rcseng.ac.uk
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Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
(SIGN)
World Orthopaedics
http://www.sign.ac.uk/
http://www.worldortho.com/database/intro-orth/main.html
Urology
Women's Health
Prepared by HSW Web Team
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