Relevant Information

It is difficult to find clear relevant information and almost always time consuming. The MS1 website is designed to be a source of useful on-line information which can be accessed directly or through healthcare-specific newsgroups.

Industry Bodies

GS1 UK: www.gs1uk.org
GS1 Ireland: www.gs1ie.org
Health Level 7: www.hl7.org.uk
HUG Healthcare User Group: www.gs1.org/sectors/healthcare

Government Bodies

Connecting for Health: www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk
Central Office of Information: www.coi.gov.uk
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: www.mhra.gov.uk
Department of Health: www.dh.gov.uk
Purchasing and Supply Agency: www.pasa.nhs.uk/pasaweb
Professional Associations
The Institute of Decontamination Sciences: www.idsc-uk.co.uk
Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management: www.iheem.org.uk
The Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI): www.abhi.org.uk
Hospital Infection Society: www.his.org.uk
The UK eHealth Association: www.ukeha.co.uk
The Infection Control Nurses Association: www.icna.co.uk/
European Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply: www.efhss.com
The Health Quality Service: www.hqs.org.uk
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: www.nice.org.uk
Association for Perioperative Practice: www.afpp.org.uk

Reference Site Material

The National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit: www.cjd.ed.ac.uk
Five trusts adopt 'scan and save' for surgical instruments: www.e-health-insider.com/news
GS1 in Healthcare: http://www.gs1uk.org/solutions/health/healthcare.asp
Healthcare Computing: www.healthcare-computing.co.uk/eventinfo/pressreleases/2007/gs1uk.htm
The European Healthcare Initiative: www.gs1-health.net/
GS1, HL7 Developing Global Standards Designed to Improve Patient Care: http://electronics.ihs.com/news/gs1-hl7-global.htm
Automated drug provision: www.logisticsit.com
GS1 Healthcare User Group: www.gs1.org/hug/about/members.html
Coding for Success: Simple technology for safer patient care: www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_066082

Decontamination and Infection Control

Central Sterilising Club: www.csc.org.uk
European Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply: www.efhss.com
HealthcareA2Z: www.healthcarea2z.org
Infection Control Nurses Association: www.icna.co.uk
National Resource for Infection Control (NRIC): www.nric.org.uk
NHS Estates: www.decontamination.nhsestates.gov.uk
NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA): www.pasa.nhs.uk
The Hospital Infection Society: www.his.org.ukk
The Institute of Decontamination Sciences: www.idsc-uk.org
SEAC guidance: www.seac.gov.uk
Healthcare Standards Unit: www.hcsu.org.uk
NHS Education for Scotland: Healthcare Associated Infection: www.space4.me.uk/hai
Health Protection Agency: www.hpa.org.uk
Health Protection Scotland: www.hps.scot.nhs.uk
Scottish Decontamination Guidance: www.show.scot.nhs.uk/

Department of Health

Scotland
Scottish Executive Health Department: www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk
Scottish Parliament – National Health Plan: www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/onh-00.asp
Scotland's health on the website: www.show.scot.nhs.uk
England
Department of Health (DH): www.dh.gov.uk
Wales
Welsh Assembly Health Department: new.wales.gov.uk/topics/health/?lang=en
Northern Ireland
Department of Health (Northern Ireland): www.dhsspsni.gov.uk