Useful Links

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Government Departments/NHS Organisations

• Chief Scientist Office
• Department of Health
• Information Statistics Division
• NHS Health Scotland
• NHS Education for Scotland
• Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
• Scottish Executive
• Scottish Executive Health Department

Funding

• RD Info - Information on funding opportunities
• Big Lottery Fund
• Camelot Foundation - Mental Health in Young Adults (Aged 11-25)
• Carneige Trust
• Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland
• Chief Scientist Office
• Department of Health
• ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Leverhulme Foundation
• MRC (Medical Research Council)
• National Institutes of Health (USA)
• NHS Health Scotland
• Nuffield Foundation
• Scottish Hospitals Endownment Research Trust
• The Health Foundation

Systematic Reviews

• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Netowrk (SIGN)
• Cochrane Library

Mental Health

• Mental Health and Well Being Support Group
• Well? Mental health and wellbeing – part of the Scottish Executive
• Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health
• Mental Health Foundation
• Psychiatric Research Trust
• Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH)
• See Me Campaign
• Alzheimer's Scotland
• Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health
• Scottish Consortium for Learning Disabilities
• Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
• Heads Up Scotland - National Project for Children and Young People's Mental Health

Facilities

• Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility

Nursing Specific

• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Nursing (Scotland)
• Scottish Research Nurse and Coordinators Network (SRNCN)

Midwifery Specific

• Royal College of Midwives

Allied Health Profession Specific

• NHS Education for Scotland - Making Choices, Facing Challenges
• Department of Health - Allied Health Professions
• Department of Health - Allied Health Professions bulletin
• Association of Professional Music Therapists
• British Association of Art Therapies (BAAT)
• British Dietetic Association
• British Association for Dramatherapists
• British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists
• British Orthoptic Society
• College of Occupational Therapists
• College of Radiographers
• Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• The Chartered Society for Physiotherapists
• The Society for Chiropodists and Podiatrists

Help/Advice/Information

• NHS Lothian - University Hospital Division: R&D Office
• RD Direct - Information on the research process
• RD Learning - This provides information on courses througout the UK
• R&D Forum - News and discussions for R&D
• National Research Register - database of all active research in the NHS, updated quarterly
• C.H.A.I.N. - Contact, Help, Advice and Information Networks
• Clinical Trials Toolkit - Offers helf for Clinical Drug Trials
• Scottish NHS Workforce, by staff type and area (provided by ISD)