Useful links

This page contains links to websites that contain information relating to the work of the NJR. If there are any other websites that you have found particularly useful which are relevant to the NJR please let us know.

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Patient organisations

Arthritis Care	www.arthritiscare.org.uk
Arthritis Research Campaign	www.arc.org.uk
Association of Welsh Community Health Councils	www.wales.nhs.uk/chc
Help the Aged	www.helptheaged.org.uk
The Patients Forum	www.thepatientsforum.org.uk
National Health Service organisations	www.nhs.uk

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Surgical professions

Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland	www.asgbi.org.uk
British Hip Society (BHS)	www.britishhipsociety.com/British
Orthopaedic Association (BOA)	www.boa.ac.uk
General Medical Council (GMC)	www.gmc-uk.org
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)	www.nice.org.uk
Royal College of Surgeons (RCS)	www.rcseng.ac.uk

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Nursing profession

Association of Operating Department Practitioners	www.aodp.org
Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP)	www.afpp.org.uk
Nursing and Midwifery council	www.nmc-uk.org
Royal College of Nursing	www.rcn.org.uk

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Regulatory and information bodies

Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI)	www.abhi.org.uk
Central Office for Research Ethics Committees (COREC)	www.corec.org.uk
Department of Health	www.doh.gov.uk/
Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)	www.mhra.gov.uk/
National Assembly for Wales	www.wales.gov.uk
National Care Standards Commision	www.carestandards.org.uk/
National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths	www.ncepod.org.uk

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National Health Service

Central Office for Research Ethics Committees (COREC)	www.corec.org.uk
Health of Wales Information Service	www.wales.nhs.uk
National Assembly for Wales	www.wales.gov.uk
National Health Service	www.nhs.uk/
NHS Direct	www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA)	www.pasa.nhs.uk/PASAWeb

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Independent healthcare

Independent Healthcare Forum (IHF)

www.ihf.org.uk/

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Other registries

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	www.aaos.org
Australian National Joint Replacement Registry	www.dmac.adelaide.edu.au/aoanjrr
Canadian Joint Replacement Registry	secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=services_cjrr_e
Finnish Arthroplasty Register	www.nam.fi/english/publications/medical_devices.html
New Zealand National Joint Register	www.cdhb.govt.nz/NJR
Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register	www.ort.lu.se/knee/
Swedish National Hip Arthroplasty Register	www.jru.orthop.gu.se/