Useful LinksHealth OrganisationsDepartment of Health - the government Department responsible for public health issues New Economics Foundation - works to construct a new economy centered on people and the environment NESTA - National Endowment for Science Technology & Arts NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement - aims to spread new ways of working and technlogy through the NHS National Institute for Health Clinical Excellence - body developing a series of clinical guidelines to ensure consistency Long-Term Conditions Alliance the umbrella body for national voluntary organizations in the UK working to meet the needs of people with long term health conditions The Association of Public Health Observatories - runs 12 health observatories in the country, each specializes in different area produces information, data and intelligence on health and health care of people in their respective areas. The National Primary Care Research and Development Centre is a multi-disciplinary, academically independent centre, established by the Department of Health in 1995 to undertake a programme of policy related research in primary care. We are a collaboration between the universities of Manchester and York with our main base at The University of Manchester. National Voices: a proposal to strengthen the voices of service users, patients ancd carers in national health and social care policymkaing What's Interesting?http://www.workingforhealth.gov.uk/About-Us/Default.aspx has a series of interesting case studies of addressing health issues in the work place. Health Work Wellbeing is a Government-led initiative to improve the health and wellbeing of working age people. Founded on a growing evidence base that working is good for health, it brings together employers, unions and healthcare professionals in helping more people with health conditions to find and stay in employment.Nice - interventions to improve mental health in older people report |
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