Links

Clinical trials toolkit
http://www.ct-toolkit.ac.uk/

EU Clinical Trials Directive (for trials in the UK)
http://www.uk-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2004/20041031.htm

Human Tissue Act resource page
http://www.idrn.org/human_tissue_act.php

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/index.htm

National Research Ethics Service (formerly COREC)
http://www.nres.npsa.nhs.uk/

Nuffield Council on Bioethics
http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/

Research governance
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Policyandguidance/Researchanddevelopment/A-Z/Researchgovernance/index.htm

Research Passports (NHS)
http://www.nihr.ac.uk/systems/Pages/systems_research_passports.aspx

Action Research
http://www.action.org.uk/research_projects/guidelines_for_project_applicants.php

BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council)
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/

Department of Health
http://www.doh.gov.uk/research/index.htm

DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
http://www.defra.gov.uk/

DFID (Department for International Development)
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/

ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/

EU
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/index_en.html
and 6th Framework Programme in particular…
http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/

FSA (Food Standards Agency)
http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/

Health Technology Assessment
http://www.hta.ac.uk/funding/index.shtml

Health Technology Portal (collaboration with industry)
http://www.healthtechnologyportal.org.uk/scripts/default.asp?sid=3

IDRN funding bulletin
http://www.idrn.org/funding.php

King’s Fund
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/

Meningitis Research Foundation
http://www.meningitis.org/research

Meningitis UK
http://www.meningitisuk.org/research.htm

MRC
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/

National Co-ordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development
http://www.nccrcd.nhs.uk/

NERC (Natural Environment Research Council)
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/

NHS R&D
http://www.dh.gov.uk/ProcurementAndProposals/RDCallsForProposals/fs/en

RDInfo - Health related funding opportunities
http://www.rdinfo.org.uk/

ResearchResearch
http://www.researchresearch.com

Royal Society
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/

UK Clinical Research Collaboration
http://www.ukcrc.org

VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate)
http://www.vmd.gov.uk/

Wellcome Trust
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/index.htm

Academy of Medical Sciences
http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/

Acid Fast Club
http://www.acidfastclub.co.uk/

Association of Clinical Microbiologists
http://www.aclinmicrobiol.org.uk/

British Association for Sexual Health & HIV
http://www.bashh.org/

British Association for Study of the Liver
http://www.basl.org.uk/

British HIV Association
http://www.bhiva.org/

British Infection Association
http://www.britishinfection.org/drupal/

British Liver Trust
http://www.britishlivertrust.org.uk/home.aspx

British Mycological Society
http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/

British Paediatric Allergy Immunity and Infection Group
http://www.bpaiig.org/

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
http://www.bsac.org.uk/sitemap.cfm

British Society of Gastroenterology
http://www.bsg.org.uk/

British Society for Immunology
http://bsi.immunology.org/

British Society for Medical Mycology
http://www.bsmm.org/

British Society for Parasitology
http://www.bsp.uk.net/

British Thoracic Society
http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/

Central Sterilising Club
http://www.csc.org.uk/

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
http://www.cieh.org/

Clinical Virology Network
http://www.clinical-virology.org/

Faculty of Public Health
http://www.fphm.org.uk/

Hospital Infection Society
http://www.his.org.uk/

Infection Prevention Society (Incorporating ICNA)
www.ips.uk.net

Institute of Biomedical Science
http://www.ibms.org/

Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health
http://www.medfash.org.uk/index.html

Medical Research Society
http://www.medres.org.uk/j/index.php

Public Health Medicine Environmental Group
http://www.phmeg.org.uk/

Royal College of General Practitioners
http://www.rcgp.org.uk/

Royal College of Midwives
http://www.rcm.org.uk/

Royal College of Nursing
http://www.rcn.org.uk/

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
http://www.rcog.org.uk/

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/

Royal College of Pathologists
http://www.rcpath.org

Royal College of Physicians
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/

Royal College of Surgeons
http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/

Royal Institute of Public Health
http://www.riph.org.uk/

Royal Society of Medicine
http://www.rsm.ac.uk

Royal Society for Promotion of Health
http://www.rsph.org/

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
http://www.rstmh.org/

Society for Applied Microbiology
http://www.sfam.org.uk/

Society for General Microbiology
http://www.socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/

Clinical Research Nurses Association (CRNA)
http://www.crna.org.uk/

British Liver Nurses Forum
Click here for the website.

Infection Prevention Society (Incorporating ICNA)
www.ips.uk.net

International Council of Nurses Research Network
http://www.icn.ch/resnet.htm

International Council of Nurses HIV/AIDS Network
http://www.icn.ch/hivaids_net.htm

National HIV Nurses' Association
http://www.nhivna.org/

RCN Research in Child Health Network
Click here for their website.

Royal College of Midwives
http://www.rcm.org.uk/

Royal College of Nursing
http://www.rcn.org.uk/

INVOLVE
http://www.invo.org.uk/

MRSA Action UK
http://www.mrsaactionuk.net/

National Concern for Healthcare Infections
http://www.nc-hi.com

NHS Centre for Involvement
http://www.nhscentreforinvolvement.nhs.uk/

WHO Patients Safety Group
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/patients_for_patient/who_we_are/en/index.html

Encephalitis Society
www.encephalitis.info

Clinical Academic Medicine in Jeopardy
http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p_clinacad.pdf

Cooksey Review
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/4/A/pbr06_cooksey_final_report_636.pdf

Detection and identification of Infectious Disease
http://www.foresight.gov.uk/OurWork/CompletedProjects/Infectious/Index.asp

Developing Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research in the UK (UK CRC report)
http://www.ukcrc.org/publications/reports.aspx

Fighting Infection
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200203/ldselect/ldsctech/138/138.pdf

Getting Ahead of the Curve
On the DH website

Hepatitis C: Action Plan for England
On the DH website

Improvement Expansion & Reform
On the DH website

Medical Research Council research strategy
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/About/Strategy/index.htm

National Strategy for Sexual Health & HIV
On the DH website

NHS Priorities and Needs: R & D Funding
On the DH website

On the State of Public Health: Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2007
On the DH website

Path of Least Resistance
http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/smac1.htm

Stopping Tuberculosis in England
On the DH website

Strengthening Clinical Research
http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/images/publication/pscr.pdf

Summary of Responses to the Strengthening Clinical Research Call for Evidence
http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/images/project/Strength.pdf

World Health Organization Report on Infectious Diseases 2000. Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance.
http://www.who.int/infectious-disease-report/2000/index.html

Antibiotic Action
http://www.antibiotic-action.com/

Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium
http://www.infectiousdisease.cam.ac.uk/

CHAIN (Contact, Help, Advice and Information Network)
http://chain.ulcc.ac.uk/chain/index.html

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases
http://www.eid.ed.ac.uk/

ESTI2 consortium - electronic self testing instruments for sexually transmitted infections
http://www.esti2.org.uk/

HCAI Research Network
http://www.hcainetwork.org/

Health Services Research Network
http://www.nhsconfed.org/specialist/specialist-1789.cfm

Medicines for Children Research Network
http://www.mcrn.org.uk/

Med-Vet-Net
http://www.medvetnet.org/cms/

NHS Networks
http://www.networks.nhs.uk/1.php

NOCLOR - North Central London Research Consortium
http://www.noclor.nhs.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=1

Oxfordshire Biosciences Network
http://www.obn.org.uk/

Primary Care Research Network
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/php4-cgiwrap/hscpcrn/index.php

Scottish Infection Research Network
http://www.gla.ac.uk/sirn/

UK Clinical Research Network
http://www.ukcrn.org.uk/index.html

UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network
http://www.ukdctn.org/home/

Antimicrobial Resistance
http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/

Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu

Clostridia.net
http://www.clostridia.net/

Clostridium difficile online learning module
http://learning.bmj.com/learning/search-result.html?moduleId=6070005

Electronic Medicines Compendium
http://www.medicines.org.uk/

Engage in Research
http://www.engageinresearch.ac.uk/

European Vaccine Manufacturers
http://www.evm-vaccines.org/

GPRD Data, common infections and antimicrobial prescribing in primary care in the UK
http://www.idrn.org/antimicrobial_prescribing.php

Healthcare associated infection
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/HealthcareAcquiredInfection/fs/en

Healthcare Republic
www.healthcarerepublic.com

Health Protection Agency infection pages
http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/

Infection Control Manual
http://www.infectioncontrolservices.co.uk/

Infections Specialist Library
http://www.library.nhs.uk/infections/

Infectious Disease Links and News
http://www.mdlinx.com/IDLinx/

Infectious Disease News
http://www.infectiousdiseasenews.com/

International Information Centre on Congresses
http://www.congres-relation.com/

Intute - providing free access to the very best web resources for education and research.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/

Lectures by searchable topic
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/assist/topicsearch.htm

Master ofPublic Health
http://masterofpublichealth.org/

Medical Translation
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/medical_translation.shtml

Molecular typing and Tuberculosis editorial
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/169/7/779

National Digital Archive of Datasets
http://ndad.ulcc.ac.uk/

National e-Science Centre
http://www.nesc.ac.uk

National Electronic Library of Infection
http://www.neli.org.uk/

National Electronic Library of Infection Antibiotic Resistance website
http://www.antibioticresistance.org.uk

National Research Register
http://www.update-software.com/National/

National Resource for Infection Control (NRIC)
http://www.nric.org.uk/

NHS Research and Development Forum
http://www.rdforum.nhs.uk/index.htm

Nursing recruitment (through Pulese recruitment agency)
http://www.pulsestaffing.co.uk

RDDirect - advice for researchers
http://www.rddirect.org.uk/

RDLearning - a database of health related training opportunities
http://www.rdlearning.org.uk/

Supercourse - Epidemiology
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/supercourse/index.htm

Tomedes (medical translations)
http://www.tomedes.com/

TropIKA.net, Tropical Disease Research to foster Innovation and Knowledge Application
http://www.tropika.net/

Types of bacteria
http://www.typesofbacteria.co.uk/

UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Units
http://www.ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/

UK e-Science Grid Support Centre
http://www.grid-support.ac.uk