The following external websites contain useful information relating to health and wellbeing.
- Department of Health (opens in a new window)
- Health and Social Care Information Centre (opens in a new window)
- Health Knowledge (opens in a new window)
- Healthwatch Worcestershire (opens in a new window)
- Healthwatch England (opens in a new window)
- National Child and Maternal Health Intelligence Network (CHIMAT) (opens in a new window)
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (opens in a new window)
- NHS England (opens in a new window)
- Public Health England (opens in a new window)
- Public Health England Local Health (opens in a new window)
- Public Health England Data and Knowledge Gateway (opens in a new window)
- Public Health Glossary (opens in a new window)
- Redditch & Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group (opens in a new window)
- South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (opens in a new window)
- The Kings Fund (opens in a new window)
- Wyre Forest Clinical Commissioning Group (opens in a new window)
- Your Life, Your Choice Worcestershire (Health and Wellbeing)
Public Health Evidence websites
- NICE Evidence Search (opens in a new window) - provides access to selected and authoritative evidence in health, social care and public health.
- Cochrane Library (opens in a new window) - is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane systematic reviews are considered “gold standard” evidence.
- Social Care Online (opens in a new window) - is the UK's largest online database of information on all aspects of social work and social care. It includes legislation, government documents, practice and guidance, systematic reviews, research briefings, UK grey (informally-published) literature, books, text books and journal articles.
- Campbell Collaboration (opens in a new window) - is an international research network that produces systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions in Crime & Justice, Education, International Development, and Social Welfare
- Health Systems Evidence (opens in a new window) - is a repository of syntheses of research evidence about governance, financial and delivery arrangements within health systems, and about implementation strategies that can support change in health systems.
- Worcestershire County Council Search Strategy - This search strategy can be used to help guide and document data and evidence searches for specific projects. It is not intended to be over-prescriptive or to be worked through systematically if some sections are not relevant.