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Health policy links

Updated May 2006

Please note that these links are to sites unrelated to the BMA. We can accept no responsibility for their content

Clinical Governance Support Team - the CGST offers support, information about clinical governance, lessons from development work across the country and answers to questions on clinical governance.
Go to the website here: www.cgsupport.nhs.uk

Healthcare Commission - The Healthcare Commission promotes improvement in the quality of the NHS and independent healthcare. It has a wide range of responsibilities, all aimed at improving the quality of healthcare. It has a statutory duty to assess the performance of healthcare organisations, award annual performance ratings for the NHS and coordinate reviews of healthcare by others.
Go to the website here: www.healthcarecommission.org.uk

Kings' Fund - an independent, charitable foundation whose aim is to improve health, especially in London.
Go to the website here : www.kingsfund.org.uk

Department of Health - health and social care policy, guidance and publications.
Go to the website here : www.dh.gov.uk

Department of Health circulars - circulars explain aspects of health and social care policy and regulation more fully.
Go to the website here - www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/LettersAndCirculars/fs/en

Family Health Services Appeal Authority - an independent tribunal non-departmental public body. The FHSAA's President and members are appointed by the Lord Chancellor.
Go to the website here : www.fhsaa.org.uk

Government Statutory Instruments - the full text of all published Statutory Instruments are available from the first printed Statutory Instrument of 1987.
Go to the website here : www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - NICE is part of the National Health Service and its role is to provide patients, health professionals and the public with authoritative, robust and reliable guidance on current “best practice”.
Go to the website here : www.nice.org.uk

National Performance Advisory Group - The National Performance Advisory Group is a self-financed NHS organisation, and part of Essex Ambulance Service NHS Trust. It provides a range of services to support benchmarking and best value initiatives within the NHS.
Go to the website here : www.npag.org.uk

Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety - a registered charity and an associate Parliamentary Group. Its aim is to advise and inform members of the House of Commons and of the House of Lords on air, rail and road safety issues.
Go to the website here : www.pacts.org.uk