Welcome to the Network for National Health and Social Care website. This website has been created in order to provide a one stop portal for all your national health and social care questions.
We are here to showcase the tireless and peerless work done by staff in our local hospitals, social workers attending to care needs in the community, and also government agencies like the Health Protection Agency.
Thanks to the men and women of these institutions we have a social provision that is the envy of the globe. Please feel free to email us directly to learn more about health and social care.
Welcome to the Network for National Health and Social Care website. We are here to promote the work done by the National Health Service and to ensure that the requirement for quality social care does not get forgotten by both the wider public and by our policy makers.
We champion the efforts of local hospitals, care in the community workers, and also agencies like the health protection agency that give us what we have: a world class national health provision that is the envy of many developed nations. Get in touch today and let us know your health and social care experiences.
The Health Protection Agency
The Health Protection Agency's role is to provide an integrated approach to protecting UK public health through the provision of support and advice to the NHS, local authorities, emergency services, other Arms Length Bodies, the Department of Health and the Devolved Administrations. The Agency was established as a special health authority (SpHA) in 2003.
On 1 April 2005, the Agency was established as a non-departmental public body, replacing the HPA SpHA and the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) and with radiation protection as part of health protection incorporated in its remit.
The HPA has a large network of approximately 3000 staff based at three major centres (Colindale, Porton and Chilton) and regionally and locally throughout England. There is a small central office based in London. The Agency works closely with locally based colleagues employed within the Devolved Administrations.