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Web Sites - Ethics & Law in Health and Social Care Resources

Here you will find quality checked web sites relevant to Ethics & Law in Health and Social Care in the following categories:

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Policy Bodies and Agencies

Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)
CSCI promotes improvements in social care for the benefit of the people who use care services

Communitycare.co.uk
Website related to the Community Care publication.

Department of Health
Point of access to a variety of social care documents and initiatives. Also refer to the a-z of topics on the Site Map for the full range of subjects covered by the Department of Health, including:

Directgov
Government website providing links to other sites and current information about government activities. Including Caring for Someone.

Equality and Human Rights Commission
Web site dedicated to improving rights awareness for people with disabilities.

Europa - Gateway to the European Union
European Union information including links to official documents and statistics.

Healthcare Commission
Information source for the social care sector in the UK. Site includes an extensive list of links arranged by topic area.

INVOLVE
Promoting public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research. Includes guides for researchers including research ethics.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

King's Fund

Liberty

National Centre for Social Research

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - Public Health
Publications, evidence and guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and its Centre for Public Health Excellence.

NHS - National Service Frameworks

Policy Studies Institute

Social Care Association

Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU)

University of York - Health Economics Resource Centre
Includes links to other information sources.

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Legislation

Carers: Department of Health
Government guidance and regulations affecting carers, details of the current carers grant and other relevant information on carers’ policy.

Department of Health - Human Rights
Information from the Department of Health.

Directgov - Disabled People
UK government information including links to the Equality Act 2005.

Eur-Lex
Database of EU legal materials.

European Court of Human Rights Portal

The Institute of Mental Health Act Practitioners
Guide to legal materials relating to mental health in the UK.

Ministry of Justice - Human Rights

UK Legislation
Access to UK legislative materials including Acts and Statutory Instruments and guidance regarding the use of official documents.

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Information Services

Economic and Social Research Council - Research Catalogue
Contains details of ESRC funded research projects.

National Library for Health

Social Care Association
Links to further sources of information.

Social Care Online
Information provided by the Social Care Institute for Excellence.

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Useful Links

Intute: Social Welfare

King's Fund Links
Links to other research organisations.

Legal Resources for Lawyers, A-Z
Compilation of legal links on the internet.

Web Sites - Law
Quality checked web sites relevant to Law gathered together by BU's Law Subject Librarian.

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