Health Library

BMJ Specialty: General Practice / Family Medicine

DH/Primary care - NHS policy and guidance information for primary care.

HPA Migrant Health Guide - from the Health Protection Agency, guidance for GPs in helping migrant patients.

National General Practice Profiles - various charts available to allow you to view profiles down to gp practice level.

National School for Primary Care Research (NIHR) - a partnership between the five leading academic centres for primary care research in England, with the remit to increase the evidence base in primary care practice. The project is part of the National Institute for Health Research, and was created as a result of the "Better Research for Better Health" Research and Development Strategy. Find out the latest research developments in primary care practice and access the local publications collection.

NHS Quality Observatories : West Midlands - support for benchmarking across a range of services, including a number of tools.

NICE and NHS Evidence - support for general practice - collection of NICE resources to support GPs and consortia.

National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) - news, chat rooms, conference presentations, publications and links to online resources

NHS Alliance - NHS Alliance is the main representative organisation of Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England. It is also the representative organisation of the Health Professionals, managers and lay people who work in Pct's and their equivalent organisations elsewhere is the UK. The site contains news, useful documents, links and information about how to join.

Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) - essential site for General Practitioners. News, library and information services, education, professional development and the British Journal of General Practice

West Midlands Regional Local Medical Committee - West Midlands Regional LMC promotes and represents general practice in the West Midlands. Contains a useful collection of guidance documents for GPs and links to further resources.

Doctors.net - news, web-based e-mail account accessible from anywhere, jobs, library, discussion forums. Access restricted to doctors only - GMC number required

GP and practice team bulletin - Department of health bulletin providing monthly updates on resources relating to health policy and practice. Information covered is suitable for general primary care, including practice managers and nurses.

GPNotebook - designed to provide a concise synopsis of the entire field of clinical medicine with material organised systematically to ensure rapid retrieval of information. Based on clinical practice in the United Kingdom it aims to provide a clinical reference guide for general practitioners and medical students.

Please see our catalogue for books in this subject area. Here are a couple of subjects for you to browse:

• Primary Care
• Family Medicine

eBooks:

• Primary Care
• Family Medicine