Useful links

Databases

• Ovid Medline 
  Free Medline for BMA members, with on-line course.
• Pub Med 
  Probably the best free on-line Medline search facility.

Other LETBs

• East of England
• Kent, Surrey, Sussex (KSS)
• London
• North Western
• North East and Cumbria
• Northern Ireland
• Oxford
• Scotland
• Severn
• South West Peninsula
• Yorkshire and the Humber
• Wales
• Wessex
• West Midlands

Evidence Based Medicine/Guidelines

• Centre for Evidence Based Medicine 
  Good overview of EBM, including how to teach it, and a toolbox.
• Clinical Evidence 
  Electronic version of the journal. Only a sample version is free.
• Cochrane Database 
  Only the abstracts are free, but a good search facility using Boolean logic.
• New Zealand Guidelines Group 
  This New Zealand site contains excellent guidelines, many freely available on the net.
• NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination 
  Reviews, databases and even Cochrane.
• SIGN (Scottish Inter-collegiate Guidelines Network) 
  Probably the best UK Primary Care/Secondary care interface guidelines on the net.

GP Recruitment

• National GP Recruitment office 
  This is now the site to look at if you aspire to be a GP.

Medical bodies

• Department of Health
• General Medical Council (GMC)
• Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training (JCHMT)
• Medical Research Council (MRC)
• National Patient Safety Agency

Medico-legal

• Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland
• Medical Defence Union
• Medical Protection Society

NHS

• National Institute for Clinical Excellence
• National Patient Safety Agency
• NHS Education for Scotland

NHS GP Appraisal

• NHS Appraisal for Doctors website homepage

General Organisations

• Medical Women's Federation 
  A basic information site including a few female related links.
• Royal Society of Medicine
• The British Medical Association (BMA) 
  Excellent site about the BMA.
• Doctors net
• Hospital Doctor
• National Advice Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education (NACPME)
• Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

Other Sites of Interest

• Association of Medical Research Charities, UK, (AMRC)
• British Medical Association (BMA)
• British Medical Journal
• Council for Science and Technology
• Health Development Agency
• Higher Education Funding Council
• NHS Medical Careers
• Medical Research Council
• UK Research Councils
• Wellcome Trust
• World Health Organisation

Patient Information

• Patient UK 
  A informative site with good patient information.

Primary Care

• GP Web sites 
  A database of surgery sites.
• NHS Primary Care Group Alliance 
  Excellent web page including one-page summaries of important NHS circulars such as the CHD NSF.

Public Health

• Public Health Laboratory Service 
  UK advice and fact sheets (from heroin to head lice) and access to services.

Publications

• British Journal of General Practice 
  Searchable free on-line for members.
• British Medical Journal (BMJ) 
  Incredibly forward thinking free on-line journal, fully searchable and more than appears in print.
• Free medical journals on line 
  A site promoting free access to medical journals over the Internet.
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 
  The up to date copy of this excellent textbook free!
• New England Journal of Medicine 
  NEJM abstracts, or subscribe for full version.
• The Lancet 
  Good on-line journal.

Royal Colleges

• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AOMRC)
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of General Practitioners
• Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
• Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health
• Royal College of Pathologists
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Physicians of London
• Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Royal College of Radiologists
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Surgeons of England

Summative Assessment

• National Office for Summative Assessment 
  The only up to date source of SA information.

Government and National Organisation

• COPMeD Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans of the United Kingdom
• Department of Health
• NHS National Health Service
• National Patient Safety Agency

NHS Trusts in East Midlands

• Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 
• East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• Kettering General Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Northampton General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust 
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
• Sherwood Forest NHS Foundation Trust
• United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Faculties & Other Educational Organisations

• British Medical Association
• General Medical Council (GMC)
• Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) news items
• The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
• The Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)
• College of Emergency Medicine
• The Faculty of Occupational Medicine
• The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
• The Faculty of Public Health
• Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare
• The Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training (JCHMT)
• The Kings Fund
• The Royal College of Anaesthetists
• The Royal College of General Practitioners
• The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
• The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• The Royal College of Pathologists
• The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow
• The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• The Royal College of Physicians of London
• The Royal College of Psychiatrists
• The Royal College of Radiologists
• The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• The Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Conference of Postgraduate Deans (COPMeD)
• National Association for Pastoral Care in Education 
  Includes NAPCE newsletters and papers.
• Dundee University Medical Education Department 
  Distance learning courses, including medical education, audit and nursing.