You
can find out about the latest government initiatives and policies related to
public health, social care and the NHS via the Department of Health website.
You can also access a range of reports that they publish and can sign up to
bulletins to keep yourself up-to-date with their news releases.
Browse:
They
have an A-Z list of popular topics from Ageing Well to Information Policy to
Urgent and Emergency Care where you can find a range of topic-specific documents
and news items.
Sign
up for:
- Updates via email (you will need to register your email address)
- RSSFeeds (you will need to have a feed reader to view RSS feeds)
Archived material:
Don’t
forget that as governments change so priorities and policies may change too.
Any out-of-date information should be kept by the National Archives, so you if
you search the Internet you may find web pages with the National Archives
banner indicating that this is now archive material.
For
example here is an archived web page about swine flu.
Remember
that it doesn’t necessarily mean that the information is invalid but you need
to think about the implications of using archived material.
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