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On the Web
- NHS Sheffield - Includes information on health services and agencies in the Sheffield area, including news, job vacancies, publications, and local health events.
- Newcastle and North Tyneside Health - Provides information on local health services and agencies in Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.
- NHS in Bradford and Airedale - Contains information about health services and advice in Bradford and Airedale, including a search facility for local dentists, GP s, chemists, and opticians.
- Pan Leeds Health Portal - Provides information on health services in Leeds, including GP surgeries, dental practices, opticians, pharmacies, hospitals, and social care.
- Sunderland NHS - Provides information on health services and facilities in Sunderland, including a search facility and useful links.
- Southwark Primary Care Trust - Replaced the local health authority in April 2002. Search engine for GPs, dentists and opticians.
Wikipedia Articles
- Local board of health - Local Boards or Local Boards of Health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. They were formed in response to cholera epidemics and were given powers to control sewers, clean the streets, regulate slaughterhouses and ensure the proper supply of water to their districts.
- NHS Primary Care Trust - NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are English statutory bodies, part of the National Health Service, responsible for delivering health care and health improvements to their local area. They grew out of committees or Primary Care Groups of the former Health Authorities (see article Strategic Health Authority).
- Environmental health officer - Environmental health officers (EHOs) are usually employed by local government or state health authorities to advise on and enforce public health standards. However, many are employed in the private sector and in the military.
- Department of Local Government and the Environment - In the Isle of Man, the Department of Local Government and the Environment () or DLGE/DoLGE is responsible for the environment, social housing policy, local authorities, building control, health and safety, town planning, listed buildings and historic sites, waste disposal, conservation areas, management of the government estate, and provision of a Government Laboratory to monitor pollution, air and water quality, and radioactivity.
- Local government in Canada - Local government in Canada lies at a lower level than federal and provincial government. Local government includes general municipalities, as well as more specific bodies such as school boards, and regional health authorities.