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These are the four main sites for health and social care policy in the UK. They are especially useful for information about up-to-date policy development and for downloading policy documents:

The Department of Health (England): http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
The Scottish Executive: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health
National Assembly of Wales: http://www.wales.gov.uk/index.htm
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety: http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/

http://www.bild.org.uk/
The British Institute of Learning Disabilities - BILD aims and objectives include the advancement of education and research relating to learning disabilities including people with profound and multiple disabilities.

http://www.ndt.org.uk/
National Development Team - an independent not-for-profit development agency that wants new opportunities and inclusion in ordinary life for all people with learning disabilities.

www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation - seeks to help people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems, through research, service development, training, policy recommendations and public awareness raising.

www.nimhe.org.uk
National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) - supports local communities to improve mental health and the quality of services for people affected by mental health problems.

www.world-schizophrenia.org
World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders - The only global organization dedicated to lightening the burden of schizophrenia and allied disorders for sufferers and their families.

http://www.carers.gov.uk/index.htm
Caring about Carers - A site established to meet the Government commitment to provide details of the services or benefits affecting carers on the Internet. Useful links to carers’ organisations.

http://www.disabilityalliance.org/
Disability Alliance - the leading authority on social security benefits for disabled people. The site provides regularly updated information about benefits, tax credits and community care as well as disability related campaigns and parliamentary news.

http://www.bcodp.org.uk/
British Council of Disabled People - the UK's national organisation of the worldwide Disabled People's Movement. It was set up in 1981 by disabled people to promote our full equality and participation in UK society.

http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/
Help the Aged - Working together with older people, Help the Aged campaigns, researches and develops practical solutions, to ensure that older people have enough money to live on; feel more involved and less isolated or alone; get equality and rights in all areas of their lives; and receive high-quality care, when and where they need it.

http://www.jrf.org.uk
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - one of the largest social policy research and development charities in the UK, spending about £7 million a year on a research and development programme that seeks to better understand the causes of social difficulties and explore ways of overcoming them.

http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/
The Nuffield Foundation - the Foundation funds a programme of research and development on older people. It funds work that starts from the perspectives, needs and interests of the older person and his or her family, rather than those of service providers. It is interested in projects that will enhance individual autonomy and choice and that recognise variation in preferences and provision.

http://www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE online) - At Social Care Online you can access a wide range of information and research on all aspects of social care. New content is added daily and is drawn from a range of resources including journal articles, websites, research reviews, legislation and government documents, and service user knowledge. It has a useful list of links to many other social care sites.

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