Links

UK statutory bodies

• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• NHS Education for Scotland (NES)
• Northern Ireland Board (NBNI)

UK professional organisations

• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Midwives
• Council of Deans and Heads of UK University Faculties for Nursing and Health Professions
  

Nursing and Midwifery sites

• Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit
• International Council of Nurses (ICN)
• International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)
• Midwives Information and Resource Service (midirs)
• Safe Motherhood
• Midwifery Research Discussion List

Healthcare links

• NHS Grampian
• Scottish Health on the Web (SHOW)
• NHS Health Scotland
• World Health Organisation

Evidence based practice

• NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (Q15)
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
• SIGN Guidelines
• National Electronic Library for Health
• Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health
• Bandolier
• Effective Healthcare Bulletins
• Consort Statement
• The Joanna Briggs Institute

Healthcare Databases

• The Cochrane Library
• The Campbell Collaboration
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
• ESDS Qualidata
• NHS Economic Evaluation (NHS EED)
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
• National Research Register
• MIRIAD - the Midwifery Research Database

Research Funding

• RDInfo - National Institute of Health Research

Useful sites:

• Academic Writing
• Social Research Update
• Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (courses)
• National Research Ethics Service
• Grampian Research Ethics Committee Site
• Cinical Trials Toolkit
• Research Process Flowchart, which maps the different stages of the research process and provides hints, tips and checklists for researchers at all levels.
• Foundation of Nursing Studies, Centre for Nursing Innovation, which maps the different stages of the research process and provides hints, tips and checklists for researchers at all levels.

Other Link sites

• Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration
• British Nursing News Online
• The British Pain Society
• European Federation of IASP Chapters
• International Association for the Study of Pain
• Midwives Online
• NHS Palliative & Supportive Care Library
• NMAP - Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health resources
• Pain Association Scotland
• Thornbury Nursing Portal
• Glasgow Caledonian University - CARE Journal  
• DOH, INVOLVE
• BSG
• Palliative Care Research Society
• James Lind Alliance