Government organisations
Department of Health Long-Term Conditions (LTC) Team
The LTC Team, formerly the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP), aims to help anyone with an interest in improving delivery of Long-Term Conditions services. The LTC Team consists of ten regionally based LTC leads working in areas of service development to support a ‘whole system’s approach’ across the NHS and Local Government interface and the voluntary sector supporting various programmes associated with care service improvements. The purpose the Long Term Conditions Team can be described in three main roles:
- To develop a working partnership with Strategic Health Authorities in support of the National Operating Framework and local priorities linked to local and regional Darzi work,
- To identify ways for SHA’s to utilise the considerable expertise of the LTC team to achieve world class health and social care both regionally and nationally,
- To enable a LTC work plan to be developed which will support development improvement strategies to deliver effective and efficient services for people with long term conditions.
Their website is a key tool to developing an LTC Community, with the three interlinked parts of their website working together to:
- To bring information Long Term Conditions together in one place,
- To access self assessment tools to help you identify how you are doing. It can also point you towards information and expertise to help you change and track your own journey as you progress,
- To allow a community of people with a common interest in long-term conditions to work together, share ideas and knowledge and achieve more than we can as individuals.
info@longtermconditions.csip.org.uk
www.ltc-community.org.uk
Children First for Health
Children First for Health is an award winning health and hospital information website for teenagers, children and parents, providing an interactive guide to health for these groups of people. Their mission is to improve children’s health through education and awareness.
Department for Work and Pensions
The Department provides benefits and services for a wide range of people. Their website explains how to claim Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Carer’s Allowance online.
Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance
Tel: 0845 7 123456
Carers’ Allowance Tel: 01253 85 61 23
www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/discare
Department of Health (DH)
The DH exists to improve the health and wellbeing of people in England. Their website explains their work, structure and responsibilities; gives regular updates on key strands of their work; and provides electronic formats of their publications, as well as other information.
DirectGov
Directgov is the official government website for citizens. It provides easy access to the public services you use and the information you need in one place.
Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA)
If you’ve had, or currently suffer from a medical condition or disability that may affect your driving you must tell the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). You’ll also need to provide details if you develop a new condition or disability or one that has become worse since your licence was issued. The DVLA provide medical advisory information and guidelines for those affected with a medical condition or disability that may affect their driving. Their drivers medical information can now be found under the Motoring section in Directgov. Directgov was created to provide all UK citizens easy access to public services in one place
National Electronic Library for Health (NLH)
The NLH is a modern, integrated, hybrid service that aims to be ‘the best, most trusted health related knowledge service in the world’. It comprises NHS funded services across the country and, a digital hub, plus commissioned information services and products.
NHS Choices
NHS Choices is a comprehensive information service that aims to put you in control of your healthcare. The service is intended to help you make choices about your health, from lifestyle decisions about things like smoking, drinking and exercise, through to the practical aspects of finding and using NHS services in England when you need them. It draws together the knowledge and expertise of:
- the National Library for Health,
- the Information Centre for Health and Social Care,
- the Healthcare Commission and many other organisations.
And since the integration of the online arm of NHS Direct in October 2008, NHS Choices provides a single public “front door” to all NHS online services and information through the country’s biggest health website.
NHS Direct
NHS Direct aims to be the national healthline, providing expert health advice, information and reassurance, using world class telephone, website and digital TV services, and to be the NHS’ provider of choice for telephone and digitally delivered health services, operating 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
Telephone Health Line: 0845 46 47
www.nhsdirect.com
Department for Children, Schools and Families:
Special educational needs and disability(SEN)
It is the ambition of the special educational needs (SEN) and disability division that every child with special educational needs reaches their full potential in school, and can make a successful transition to adulthood and the world of further and higher education, training or work. To promote the welfare and interests of disabled children, and to improve the support they receive, their website provides a wide range of SEN and disability advice and information for teachers, parents and others working with children with SEN in England.
Tel: 0870 000 2288
info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
www.dcsf.gov.uk/sen
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