Useful Links

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) - an independent body that protects the health and well-being of everyone in England and Wales

National electronic Library of Infection

UK National Audit Office: Executive Summary

NHS Direct: MRSA

BBC Quick guide to MRSA

CJD Support Network - for people affected by CJD

National CJD Surveillance Unit, Edinburgh - lots of useful information, especially for researchers

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) - experts who advise doctors and the government

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs -all about BSE

TB Alert - a charity that raises the awareness of TB in the UK and supports the work of the NHS by providing information to patients. It produces some useful leaflets including 'Contact Tracing and Screening for Tuberculosis (TB)'; 'Tuberculosis - your questions answered'; 'Tuberculosis skin test'; 'BCG vaccination against tuberculosis (TB) for older children and adults'.

Last updated: 8 August, 2007