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Key Regional & National Organisations

Department of Health
Health Development Agency
South West Government Office
South West Public Health Observatory
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
Kings Fund
Commission for Health Improvement

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Key Guidance & Reports

The NHS Plan
Acheson Report: Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health
Tackling Health Inequalities 2002 Cross-Cutting Review
Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation
Tackling Health Inequalities: consultation on a plan for delivery
National Cancer Plan
National Service Frameworks
National Sexual Health Strategy for sexual health and HIV
Smoking Kills: A White Paper on Tobacco
Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain

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Primary Care Trusts

Avon
Bristol South & West PCT
Bristol North PCT
South Gloucestershire PCT
North Somerset PCT
Bath & North East Somerset PCT

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Local Government

Avon
Bath & North East Somerset
Bristol City Council
North Somerset
South Gloucestershire

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Other Local Organisations

Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society

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Education & Training

Faculty of Public Health Medicine
The Royal Institute of Public Health
UK Public Health Association
West Midlands Public Health Skills Audit
University of the West of England
University of Bristol
University of Bath
Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Workforce Development Confederation
Public Health Resource Unit, Oxford

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Evidence Base

National Electronic Library for Health  - includes Bandolier, Clinical Evidence, Cochrane Library, Medline, Effectiveness Reviews, and ZETOC.
Public Health Electronic Library
South West Information for Clinical Effectiveness
NHS Centre for Review and Dissemination
Health Care Needs Assessment Series
Health Development Agency
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
OMNI
Campbell collaboration
The Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales

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Public Health Statistics

Department of Health: Public Health Statistics
Health Survey for England
Office of National Statistics
Office of National Statistics - Neighbourhood Statistics
Office of National Statistics - Datasets and Publications 
National Centre for Health Outcome [Compendium of Clinical Indicators] - NHS access only.
South West Public Health Observatory
Public Health Laboratory Service
Home Office: British Crime Survey
Living in Britain 2000 (General Household Survey)
Key Health Statistics from General Practice
National Food Survey
Department of Education and Skills
Department of Health - NHS Reference costs

Also see specific topics below, local health data and data sources pages for more information. 

Accidents

Avon Fire Brigade
Avon & Somerset Constabulary
Brake
British Red Cross Society
Child Accident Prevention Trust  
Collaboration for Accident Prevention and Injury Control (CAPIC)
Department for Trade and Industry
Department for Transport, Local Government and the regions
Department for Transport Local Government  Safety Equipment Kid Rapt
Department of Health – Preventing Accidental Injury Priorities for Action – October 2002
Injury Prevention Journal – BMJ
Institute of Home safety
Health and Safety Executive 
Health Development Agency
National Healthy School Standard 
National community Fire Safety Centre 
Lifeskills 
Road safety
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Safe Routes to School
Safety Camera Partnership
St John Ambulance 
Trading Standards
Walk to School 

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Asylum Seekers

Home Office
Refugee Action
Refugee Action - Bristol

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Births & Maternity

Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths
Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy

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Cancer 

UK National Screening Committee website
Avon, Somerset & Wiltshire Cancer Services
South & West Cancer Intelligence Service
National Electronic Library for Health- Cancer
Department of Health - Cancer

Cervical Screening

UK National Screening Committee website
Avon, Somerset & Wiltshire Cancer Services
NHS Cancer Screening Programmes

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Children & Teenage Pregnancy

Teenage Pregnancy Unit
Connexions
Sure Start
Children's Fund in B&NES

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Communicable Diseases

Public Health Laboratory Service
UK Infection Control Nurses Association

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Coronary Heart Disease & Stroke

British Heart Foundation
National Heart Forum

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Dental Public Health

General Dental Council
The British Dental Association
The Dental Epidemiology Survey Programme
The National Dental Strategy

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Diabetes

Weston General Hospital Diabetes Service
Diabetes UK (formerly the British Diabetic Association)
Clinical Evidence
UK National Screening Committee: Diabetic Retinopathy
National Institute for Clinical Excellence: Guidelines on Diabetes Type 2 - Retinopathy and renal
Department of Health - National Service Framework for Diabetes
Health Care Needs Assessment - Diabetes Mellitus
Health Survey for England '99: The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups:

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Environmental Health

The Environment Agency
Department of Health - Environmental Chemical Unit
South West Environmental Observatory

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Food & Nutrition

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Mental Health

SANE
Bristol MIND
MIND
Mind Out
Mental Health Foundation
Rethink
Mental Health Act Commission
The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health's
Mentality

Somerset & Wessex Eating Disorders Association

(Formally known as, Somerset Eating Disorders Association)
World Federation for Mental Health

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Older People

Age Concern
National Osteoporosis Society
Preventing Falls – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Alzheimer’s Society

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Prisons

The Prison Health Policy Unit and Prison Health Task Force Website 
The Prison Service Website
The Home Office Website

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Regeneration

Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
Single Regeneration Budget 6 - Bristol
New Opportunities Fund
British Urban Regeneration Association
Education Action Zones
Health Action Zones Network
New Deal
Social Exclusion Unit
Sure Start

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Smoking

ASH - Action on Smoking and Health
Department of Health - tobacco policy team
Avon Support To Stop

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Substance Misuse

DrugScope

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