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Links
All Wales Medicines Strategy Group popular
Pr0viding advice on strategic medicines management and prescribing in Wales.
Awares popular
A directory of information resources, both online and offline, in Wales and worldwide: includes news, details of seminars. (Cymraeg and English)
Breast Test Wales popular
http://www.screeningservices.org.uk/btw/
Breast cancer screening programme. Aims to provide information of interest to both the general public and health professionals.
CAIS
An agency in Wales that provides a range of services to help clients overcome drug or alcohol problems, including counselling, detoxification, and residential rehabilitation.
Call Helpline
http://www.callhelpline.org.uk
Telephone helpline offering emotional support and information/literature on mental health and related matters to the people of North Wales and Powys.
Centre for Health Leadership Wales
Information on conferences, events, research and personal development programmes for healthcare professionals working within the NHS in Wales.
Centre for the Economics of Health
http://www.bangor.ac.uk/healtheconomics
Based at the University of Wales. Conduct research and provide policy support to the National Assembly.
Cervical Screening Wales
http://www.velindre-tr.wales.nhs.uk/csw/index.html
Provides information on the cervical screening programme across Wales.
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC) Wales
CDSC Wales is the epidemiological investigation arm of the Public Health Laboratory Service in Wales.
Dyslexia Wales
Details of a course which helps solve learning problems encountered by dyslexics. Contact information.
Fitness Wales
The governing body for exercise and fitness. Specialising in training courses for people who wish to become fitness instructors (ETM, GYM, circuits, aqua etc)and personal trainers.
Forum for Senior Nurses
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/AndrewCresswell
Gives brief information and contact details.
Freedom of Information Act
Details of this act within the NHS Wales.
Health of Wales Information Service ( HOWIS )
A gateway to information on organisations and services provided by the National Health Service (NHS) within Wales. Details of key publications (PDF format), press releases and links to all official NHS Wales web sites.
Health Professions Wales
Supports education and training for the NHS workforce and works with employers, higher education and professional regulators.
Health Promotion in Wales
Discover how your lifestyles affect your health. Access professional resources, library, publications and research
Health Solutions Wales
Information on the organisation and the services that it provides to the NHS in Wales.
ICT Foundation Programme for General Medical Practices
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/foundation
Providing information on a Programme that aims to improve the quality of information available in General Medical Practice in Wales.
Informing Healthcare
Welsh assembly government strategy to support the modernisation of health services using information and communication technologies.
Institute of Rural Health
http://home.rednet.co.uk/homepages/irh/
The Institute's objective is to optimise the health of rural communities. It has been founded in Mid Wales to act as an UK based centre of excellence in rural health.
Kidney Research Unit for Wales Foundation
Promote renal research and care. Includes fundraising and events, news, past successes, a gallery of celebrities supporting and patients benefiting, information about the Institute of Nephrology, and ways to help.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service
http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/home_eng/index.asp
English language version of this service, with information on fire safety for home and business, firefighter recruitment and current vacancies.
National Public Health Service for Wales
Information on this service for Wales. A new organisation that brings together the public health resources of the five former health authorities.
National Service Frameworks (Wales)
Information on National Service Frameworks (NSFs) that are being developed to address variations in standards of care and to achieve greater consistency in the availability and quality of services, by putting in place mechanisms which will enable best care to be provided to all.
NHS Direct Wales
http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/
The 24 hour nurse-led telephone advice service run by NHS Wales. Provides information on the diagnosis and treatment of common conditions. When to seek medical help. Advice on healthy living.
