Links
General information
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Nursing general
Midwifery general
General information
For further information about student nurses and midwives visit the UNISON and NUS website:
www.troubleatwork.org.uk
The Nursing and Midwifery Admissions Service lists courses across the country as well as providing advice on applying and statistics:
www.nmas.ac.uk
The Nursing Times is a magazine aimed at health care professionals and their site contains useful information as well as past articles:
www.nursingtimes.net
Directory of health related websites from information on illness and health promotion to patient advocacy groups:
www.patient.co.uk
Links to further nursing and midwifery resources:
www.healthcarelibrary.org.uk/nursing/main.html
England
Information is available from the Department of Health site on a variety of subjects from bursary information to statistics and research:
www.doh.gov.uk
The Nursing and Midwifery council can provide information on registration and codes of conduct within the UK:
www.nmc-uk.org
Ireland
The Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland:
www.n-i.nhs.uk
The Department of Health and Social Services, Public Health and Safety in Northern Ireland:
www.dhsspsni.gov.uk
The Northern Ireland Executive website contains information relating to government health policy:
www.dhssni.gov.uk
Scotland
Online health information provided by NHS Scotland:
www.show.scot.nhs.uk
The Scottish Parliamentary website has government publications related to health in Scotland:
www.scotland.gov.uk
The Health Education Board for Scotland is Scotland's national agency for health education, promotion, advice and information:
www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk
National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting in Scotland:
www.nbs.org.uk
The Health Technology Board for Scotland works to improve Scotland's health by providing evidence based advice:
www.htbs.org.uk
Wales
Official website of NHS Wales:
www.wales.nhs.uk
Website supporting the promotion of health and well being in Wales:
www.hpw.wales.gov.uk
Welsh National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting:
www.wnb.org.uk
North Wales Health Authority:
www.nwales.ha.wales.nhs.uk
The Welsh Parliamentary website contains information relating to government health policy:
www.wales.gov.uk
Nursing general
Portfolio of British Nursing websites, provides further links to nursing sites with news of events and listings:
www.british-nursing.com
Search for nursing courses in any UK institution:
www.nursingcourses.co.uk
Nursing discussion groups, news, health information, library and jobs:
www.allnurses.com
Better Bursary is a campaign to make the UK government change all funding for nursing students to a non-means tested system and push for a higher bursary to tackle the hardship that nurses face during training.:
www.betterbursary.com
Midwifery General
Midwifery organisation that shares ideas, skills and information with colleagues and clients:
www.radmid.demon.co.uk
Midwifery forums, information, articles and review:
www.midwiferytoday.com
Midwifery articles, resources and information on conferences etc:
www.midwifeinfo.com
American website promoting the awareness and acceptance of breastfeeding:
www.promom.org
Virtual Midwifery Library:
www.uea.ac.uk
US health care resources for midwives:
www.midwivesofwa.org/mwsites.html
