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The Directory: Public Bodies: Health

Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products  

Gives advice with respect to safety and quality in relation to any homoeopathic medicinal product for human use, or homoeopathic veterinary product which satisfies the conditions set out in Article 7 of the Veterinary Homoeopathics Directive (92/74/EEC).

Subjects: Health and Medical

Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA)  

Gives awards that recognise and reward the exceptional contribution of NHS consultants, over and above that normally expected in a job, to the values and goals of the NHS and to patient care.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens  

Advises on all aspects of hazards and risks to workers and others from exposure to pathogens.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Advisory Group on Hepatitis  

Advises on appropriate policies for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis in the community and in health care settings (this excludes advice on the microbiological safety of blood and tissues for transplantation, and of health care equipment).

Subjects: Health and Medical

British Pharmacopoeia Commission (BPC)  

Sets publicly available standards for the quality of medicines.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Care Quality Commission  

Regulator of health and adult social care services, whether provided by the NHS, local authorities, private companies or voluntary organisations.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Committee of Postgraduate Dental Deans and Directors  

Charged with developing and quality assuring opportunities for trainees in primary and secondary care so that they can reach their full potential. Required to work alongside local organisations to ensure that sufficient training places are available to meet the future needs of the NHS.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC)  

Independent advisory committee that provides advice to Government departments and agencies on the potential carcinogenicity of chemicals, from natural products to new synthetic chemicals used in pesticides or pharmaceuticals.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (comare)  

Independent advisor to all Government Departments and Devolved Authorities, responsible for assessing the health effects of natural and man-made radiation. Also assess the adequacy of the available data and advises on the need for further research.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Committee on Safety of Medicines  

One of several committees operating within The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, and are acceptably safe.

Subjects: Health and Medical; Food and Drugs

Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP)  

Provides advice to Government Departments and Agencies on all matters concerning the potential toxicity and effects upon health of air pollutants.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Committee on the Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM)  

Independent advisory committee providing advice to Government departments and agencies on matters concerning the potential mutagenicity of chemicals, from natural products to new synthetic chemicals used in pesticides or pharmaceuticals.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Dental Reference Service  

Employs a team of experienced and calibrated dentists to monitor and advise on quality within the General and Personal Dental Services through a risk-based monitoring system.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Expert Advisory Group on AIDS  

Independent, non-statutory, non-departmental body providing advice on such matters relating to HIV/AIDS as may be referred to it by the Chief Medical Officers of the Health Departments of the United Kingdom.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Gene Therapy Advisory Committee (GTAC)  

Committee with UK-wide responsibility for the ethical oversight of proposals to conduct clinical trials involving gene or stem cell therapies.

Subjects: Health and Medical

General Social Care Council  

Body responsible for setting standards of conduct and practice for social care workers and their employers, for regulating the workforce, and for regulating social work education and training.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Genetics and Insurance Committee (GAIC)  

Non-statutory advisory NDPB whose remit includes developing criteria for the evaluation of specific genetic tests, their application to particular conditions and their relevance to particular types of insurance. Also monitors insurance company use of genetic tests.

Subjects: Health and Medical; Insurance

Health and Safety Laboratory  

Originally set up to help the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) minimise risks to people's health and safety at work.

Subjects: Health and Safety; Health and Medical

Health Information Resources (formerly National Library for Health)  

Online medical library.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Health Protection Agency - Radiation  

Provider of expert advice on all aspects of radiological protection.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Healthy Schools  

An initiative of the Department of Health and the Department for Education providing young people and their teachers access to relevant and appropriate health information, linking to accurate, clear and credible websites on a variety of health issues.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)  

Ensures that all UK treatment clinics offering in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or donor insemination (DI), or storing eggs, sperm or embryos, conform to high medical and professional standards and are inspected regularly. Also licenses and monitors all human embryo research.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Human Genetics Commission  

Advises government on the social, ethical and legal issues surrounding human genetics.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Human Tissue Authority (HTA)  

Licensor and regulator of organisations that store and use human tissue for purposes such as research, patient treatment, post-mortem examination, teaching and public exhibitions.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation  

An independent advisory body to the Secretaries of State for Health, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on matters relating to communicable diseases, preventable and potentially preventable through immunisation.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)  

Enhancing and safeguarding the health of the public by ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.

Subjects: Health and Medical

Medicines Commission  

One of several committees operating within The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, and are acceptably safe.

Subjects: Health and Medical; Food and Drugs

National Blood Service  

Informative website about all aspects of blood donation and the blood reserves in the UK.

Subjects: Health and Medical

National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS)  

Advisory body helping to resolve concerns about a given practitioner's performance through specialist interventions and shared learning.

Subjects: Health and Medical; Medical Negligence

National Institute for Biological Standards and Controls (NIBSC).  

A centre of the Health Protection Agency (HPA) with a mission to assure the quality of biological medicines.

Subjects: Health and Medical