Government Regulatory Bodies

To link to any of these sites, just click on the web address.

CSCI
www.csci.org.uk
The Commission for Social Care Inspection is the single, independent inspectorate for all social care services in England.

An Bord Altranais
www.nursingboard.ie
Website of the Irish Nursing Board.

Chief Nursing Officer (England)
http://www.doh.gov.uk/cno/
This site provides information about the Department of Health’s Nursing Group, part of the Nursing, Quality and Consumers Directorate headed by the Chief Nursing Officer.

Clean Hospitals Campaign
www.cleanhospitals.com
Monitors cleanliness standards for hospitals throughout England.

Commission for Health Improvement
www.chi.nhs.uk
The CHI aims to help the NHS in England and Wales assure, monitor and improve quality of patient care.

Department of Health
www.doh.gov.uk
Here you will find the latest on the Department's work, as well as health and social care guidance, publications and policy.

Extension Of Independent Nurse Prescribing
www.doh.gov.uk/nurseprescribing/pomlist.htm
Dept of Health page giving a list of items prescribable by nurses under the extended scheme.

General Medical Council
www.gmc-uk.org/index.htm
Maintains a register of doctors for the protection of the public.

General Social Care Council
www.gscc.org.uk
The General Social Care Council is the social care workforce regulator. It will register social care workers and regulate their conduct and training.

Health Professions Wales
www.wnb.org.uk
Health Professions Wales deals with a range of functions in relation to the quality assurance of nursing and midwifery education in Wales. It replaces the Welsh National Board, which ceased operations at the end of March 2002.

The Medicines Control Agency
www.open.gov.uk/mca
The MCA works to safeguard public health by ensuring that all medicines on the UK market meet appropriate standards of safety, quality and efficacy.

NHS
www.nhs.uk
The official gateway to National Health Service organisations on the Internet.

NHS Direct
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
Online advice service.

NHS Education for Scotland
www.nes.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Education for Scotland deals with a range of functions in relation to the quality assurance of nursing and midwifery education in Scotland. It replaces the National Board for Scotland, which ceased operations at the end of March 2002.

NHS Executive
www.doh.gov.uk/nhs.htm
Nursing related documents from the Department of Health.

NIPEC
www.n-i.nhs.uk/nipec
The Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery (NIPEC)has been set up to oversee non-regulatory aspects of education in Scotland. It replaces the former National Board for Northern Ireland (NBNI), which ceased to exist at the end of March 2002.

Primary care electronic library for health
http://www.nelh-pc.nhs.uk/
This extensive site is designed to provide all those in primary care access to key knowledge and know-how. It features references, books, journals, papers, research reports and an internal search facility.

The Resuscitation Council (UK)
www.resus.org.uk
The Resuscitation Council (UK) provides education and reference materials on the most effective methods of resuscitation.

Scottish Health on the Web
www.show.scot.nhs.uk/
Provides links to Scottish NHS resources on the web.

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