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Sexual Health

Centre for Sexual Health Research www.socstats.soton.ac.uk/cshr/ 

The Terrence Higgins Trust www.tht.org.uk/ 

National AIDS Trust www.nat.org.uk/ 

Brook Advisory Service www.brook.org.uk/ 

Family Planning Association (FPA) www.fpa.org.uk/ 

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) www.bpas.org/ 

Pregnancy

The National Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland: http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/publications/ffmsshow/ffms-00.htm

The Report of the Expert Advisory Group on Caesarean Section: www.show.scot.nhs.uk/crag/publications/reprod1.htm 

Maternity Care Data Project: www.nhsia.nhs.uk/mcd/ 

The Maternity Alliance: www.maternityalliance.org.uk/ 

BirthChoiceUk www.birthchoiceuk.com/ 

Informed choice for women:  www.infochoice.org/

Royal College of Gynaecologists (RCOG) general information www.rcog.org.uk/ 

Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health in the United Kingdom www.cemach.org.uk/ 

Births and Babies

Scottish Cot Death Trust: www.sidscotland.org.uk 

National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (Oxford): www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/ 

UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative: www.babyfriendly.org.uk/home.asp 

Children

Read Coding, ISD Scotland: www.isdscotland.org/isd/NHSiS_services/National_data_standards/read_codes

Scottish Birth Record Project: www.nhsis.co.uk/sbr 

Children and Young People's Health Support Group: www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cyphsg/ 

MMR The Facts: www.mmrthefacts.nhs.uk/ 

Drug Misuse: www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/index.shtml 

Child Health Informatics Consortium: www.chiconsortium.org.uk/ 

Scottish Executive's Plan for Action on Drug & Alcohol Problems: www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/health/Drugs-Alcohol

Consultation with Children & Young People on the Scottish Executive's Plan for Action on Alcohol Misuse: www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/red/ccyp-00.asp 

Health Promotion England: www.immunisation.org.uk/ 

National Childbirth Trust: www.nctpregnancyandbabycare.com/ 

Scottish Executive: Scottish Breast Feeding Group: www.scotland.gov.uk/library2/doc15/bfrw-00.asp 

Getting the Point - Best Practice in Vaccine Administration: http://www.rcn.org.uk/publications/pdf/guidelines/rcn_vaccine_uk_guidance.pdf  (1791kb)

Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association(CPHVA): www.msfcphva.org/ 

International Obesity Task Force (IOTF): www.iotf.org/ 

Children in Scotland: www.childreninscotland.org.uk/ 

National Children's Home: www.nch.org.uk/ 

General

For further information on health and local NHS services: http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/public/publicindex.htm 

General Register Office for Scotland GRO(S) (Births, Stillbirths and infant deaths):

www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/ 

Public Health Laboratory Service: www.phls.co.uk/ 

Health Protection Scotland: http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/

Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD): www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/ 

NHS Health Scotland (previously Public Health Institute Scotland and Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS)): www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk/