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Healthcare Management: Websites and Organisations

Health Organisations

Age UK - a leading charity for older people.

Care Quality Commission - The UK independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. Tasked with ensuring health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care.

Department of Health and Social Care - UK government body advising on health and social care policy.

Gov,UK Public Health Policy Area - UK government information on public health policy.

The KIng's Fund - An independent charity working to improve health and care in England

NHS Digital - Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Information about the use of NHS digital services and data.

NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) - Provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.

Office for Health Improvement & Disparities - Focus on improving the nation’s health and on levelling up health disparities. Part of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman - Regulatory authority making final decisions on complaints that have not been resolved by the NHS in England and UK government departments and other public organisations.

Skills for Care - Skills for Care provides practical tools and support to help adult social care organisations in England recruit, develop and lead their workforce.

Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) - SCIE improves the lives of people of all ages by co-producing, sharing, and supporting the use of the best available knowledge and evidence about what works in practice.

The UK's Faculty of Public Health (FPH) - a membership organisation for nearly 4,000 public health professionals across the UK and around the world.

UK Health Security Agency - Focus on the impact of infectious diseases, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents and other health threats. UKHSA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care.

Country Information

CIA world factbook

A useful site prepared by the CIA, which gives basic economic and political information about countries around the world.

US Department of State

This American government site offers information on commercial and economic affairs, overseas opportunities and links to other sites. Particularly useful are the Background Notes which include detailed information on countries, including country's history, political conditions, economy and relations with other country.

Find Open Data

UK data from central government, local authorities and public bodies.

European Data Portal

Collection of datasets containing public sector information from public data portals across European countries, along with information on permitted re-use.