Useful Websites

Here is a selection of links to other websites which you may find useful.

• Hull City Council

  • Health and Social Care Services
    Information on the health and social care services provided by the Council.
  • Health and Social Well-Being Overview and Scrutiny Commission
    Information on issues being investigated by the Scrutiny Commission.
  • Hull Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board

• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

  • Hull's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
    Details of the current JSNA in Hull
  • Local Government Improvement and Development
    Good practice advice for local authorities including tools to assist with transfer of JSNA to health and well-being boards, using JSNA to inform commissioning, and making ready JSNA contribution to scrutiny function. Also explains how JSNA’s emerged.
  • NHS Evidence
    Enables access to a range of clinical and non-clinical evidence.
  • Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG)
    This site provides toolkits, briefing notes and guidance on JSNA for voluntary organisations, LINks, and commissioner & policy leads.

• Local NHS Trusts

  • City Healthcare Partnership
    Independent social enterprise providing health services in Hull.
  • Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
    Information on the work of the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
  • Humber NHS Foundation Trust
    Information on the work of the NHS Foundation Trust (formerly known as Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust).
  • NHS Hull
    Information on the work of NHS Hull, our local PCT.
  • Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
    Information on the work of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

• Local Voluntary and Community Organisations

  • Hull CVS
    Host organisation for Hull LINk

• National Bodies

  • Care Quality Commission
    Established by the Health and Social Care Act 2008, from 1 April 2009, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will bring together work of the Healthcare Commission, the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) and the Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC).
  • Counselling Directory
    A counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs
  • Department of Health
    The Department of Health provides health and social care policy, guidance and publications for NHS and social care professionals.
  • LINks Exchange
    Dedicated website enables you to access and share information, guidance and best practice about LINks. Access to the site is open to all. To use the site you will need to register to become a user.
  • NHS Yorkshire and the Humber
    The Strategic Health Authority (SHA) acts as the key link between the Department of Health and local NHS Trusts. Its functions cover: strategic leadership; organisational development; ensuring local systems operate effectively.
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council
    The Council sets standards of education, training, conduct and performance for nursing and midwifery staff and ensures those standards are maintained.

• ONE HULL Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)

  • ONE HULL
    Information on the work of ONE HULL the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) and its health and well-being partnership.

• Other LINks

  • East Riding of Yorkshire LINk
  • North East Lincolnshire LINk
  • North Lincolnshire LINk
    ‘Who Cares’ is the name of the North Lincolnshire LINk. Their website is accessed via Voluntary Action North Lincolnshire’s (VANL’s) website.