Useful Reference Information

We have collated links to sites that may assist you in finding good supporting information regarding the implementation of technologies and standards in healthcare. Please click on the relevant links and you will be directed through the appropriate web site. If you feel there are additional sites that are currently not listed please use the contact form and we will add the information.

Industry Bodies

GS1 UK: www.gs1uk.org
GS1 Ireland: www.gs1ie.org
Health Level 7: www.hl7.org.uk
HUG Healthcare User Group: www.gs1.org/sectors/healthcare

Government Bodies

Connecting for Health: www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk
Central Office of Information: www.coi.gov.uk
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: www.mhra.gov.uk
Department of Health: www.dh.gov.uk
Purchasing and Supply Agency: www.pasa.nhs.uk/pasaweb
Professional Associations
The Institute of Decontamination Sciences: www.idsc-uk.co.uk
Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management: www.iheem.org.uk
The Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI): www.abhi.org.uk
Hospital Infection Society: www.his.org.uk
The UK eHealth Association: www.ukeha.co.uk
The Infection Control Nurses Association: www.icna.co.uk/
European Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply: www.efhss.com
The Health Quality Service: www.hqs.org.uk
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: www.nice.org.uk
Association for Perioperative Practice: www.afpp.org.uk

Reference Site Material

The National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit: www.cjd.ed.ac.uk
Five trusts adopt 'scan and save' for surgical instruments: www.e-health-insider.com/news
GS1 in Healthcare: http://www.gs1uk.org/solutions/health/healthcare.asp
Healthcare Computing: www.healthcare-computing.co.uk/eventinfo/pressreleases/2007/gs1uk.htm
The European Healthcare Initiative: www.gs1-health.net/
GS1, HL7 Developing Global Standards Designed to Improve Patient Care: http://electronics.ihs.com/news/gs1-hl7-global.htm
Automated drug provision: www.logisticsit.com
GS1 Healthcare User Group: www.gs1.org/hug/about/members.html
Coding for Success: Simple technology for safer patient care: www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_066082

Decontamination and Infection Control

Central Sterilising Club: www.csc.org.uk
European Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply: www.efhss.com
HealthcareA2Z: www.healthcarea2z.org
Infection Control Nurses Association: www.icna.co.uk
National Resource for Infection Control (NRIC): www.nric.org.uk
NHS Estates: www.decontamination.nhsestates.gov.uk
NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA): www.pasa.nhs.uk
The Hospital Infection Society: www.his.org.ukk
The Institute of Decontamination Sciences: www.idsc-uk.org
SEAC guidance: www.seac.gov.uk
Healthcare Standards Unit: www.hcsu.org.uk
NHS Education for Scotland: Healthcare Associated Infection: www.space4.me.uk/hai
Health Protection Agency: www.hpa.org.uk
Health Protection Scotland: www.hps.scot.nhs.uk
Scottish Decontamination Guidance: www.show.scot.nhs.uk/

Department of Health

Scotland
Scottish Executive Health Department: www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk
Scottish Parliament – National Health Plan: www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/onh-00.asp
Scotland's health on the website: www.show.scot.nhs.uk
England
Department of Health (DH): www.dh.gov.uk
Wales
Welsh Assembly Health Department: new.wales.gov.uk/topics/health/?lang=en
Northern Ireland
Department of Health (Northern Ireland): www.dhsspsni.gov.uk