| Scotland
- Health Related |
| •Alcohol
Information Scotland |
| The Alcohol
Information Scotland website provides a wide range of information
on alcohol for Scotland. This includes statistics, research, publications,
key policy documents and practice guidelines as well as links to
useful websites. Up to date news is reported through daily media
monitoring.
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| •NHS
Board Websites |
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| •Health
Scotland |
| Health Scotland aim
to ensure "that people have adequate information about health and
the factors which influence it" in Scotland. |
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| •Scottish
Health Statistics |
| Scotland
has some of the best health service data in the world. Few other
countries have information which combines high quality data, consistency,
national coverage and the ability to link data to allow patient
based analysis and follow up. |
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| •Scottish Public Health Observatory |
| The ScotPHO website is a collaborative venture led by ISD Scotland and NHS Health Scotland. Along with summary data and statistics, the website provides background information, interpretation, policy notes, data sources, references and links to further information for a wide range of topics related to the health of the Scottish population. |
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| •SHOW
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| Scottish
Health On The Web -Scotland has some of the best health service
data in the world. |
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| •The
Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH) |
| The Scottish
Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH) is responsible
for the national surveillance of communicable diseases and environmental
health hazards and the provision of expert operational support on
infection and environmental health to health boards and local authorities
in Scotland. |
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| •Clinical
Resource and Audit Group |
| The Clinical
Resource and Audit Group is the lead body within Scottish Executive
Health Department promoting Clinical Effectiveness in Scotland. |
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| UK
- Health Related |
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| •National
Collaborating Centre for Drug Prevention |
| The NCCDP
is funded by the Health Development Agency and is part of a UK wide
network of Collaborating Centres established by the HDA to help
build the evidence base in public health and to provide evidence
about how to reduce inequalities in health. |
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•National
Health Service |
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Portal site for NHS services in the UK. |
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| •National
Treatment Agency |
| The NTA aims
to increase the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment
for drug misuse in England. |
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| •Substance
Misuse Management in General Practice (SMMGP) |
| Substance
Misuse Management in General Practice (SMMGP) is a developing network
to support GPs and other members of the primary health care team
who work with substance misuse. The project team produces the Substance
Misuse Management in General Practice newsletter (Network), and
organises the annual conference 'Managing Drug Users in General
Practice'. |
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| World
- Health Related |
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•National
Institute on Drug Abuse - US |
| NIDA was
established in 1974, and in October 1992 it became part of the National
Institute of Health and plays an important role in programs of drug
abuse research. |
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•National
Institutes of Health (NIH - US) |
| Founded in
1887, the National Institutes of Health today is one of the world's
foremost medical research centers, and the Federal focal point for
medical research in the U.S. The NIH, comprised of 25 separate Institutes
and Centers, is one of eight health agencies of the Public Health
Service which, in turn, is part of the US Department of Health and
Human Services. |
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•Substance
Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration |
| SAMHSA is
an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services charged
with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment,
and rehabilitation services. |
