Public health directory - policy & guidance

The following sites carry information on national (UK) public health policy and guidance. For international policy and practice see the International section.  You may also be interested in the information in the Policy and acts section.

Government departments

Department of Health (DH)

Food Standards Agency

Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)

Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)

Department for Transport

UK Resilience (Cabinet Office)

Patient safety

National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

Health protection

Health Protection Agency (HPA)

National Public Health Service for Wales (NPHS)

Health Protection Scotland (HPS)

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS, NI)

'Green Book' on immunisations in the UK (DH, regularly updated)

NHS Immunisations website

British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)

Terrence Higgins Trust 

Prison health

University of Birmingham Prison Health Department

Department of Health Prison Health Policy Unit

Youth Justice Board

HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection reports

HM Prison Service

Health in Prisons Project

Offender Health Research Network  Sharing work among those involved in prison and offender health

Guidelines and guidance

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Quality Improvement Scotland (QIS)

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

Clinical practice and pathways

Map of Medicine

NHS Direct

NHS Choices

Patient.co.uk patient information leaflets

 

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