Association of Public Health Observatories - HIA Gateway
The Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) produces information, data and intelligence on people's health and health care for practitioners, policy makers and the wider community. The HIA Gateway provides access to Health Impact Assessments.
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Cancer Research UK- ethnicity
A collection of news stories and links relating to cancer prevalence amongst different ethnic groups.  The site also provides access to a small collection of translated leaflets which provide information on cancer.
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Contact a Family
Contact a Family is a national organisation representing disabled children and their families. It provides advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children, including publications in a number of different community languages, and interpreted service for its helpline.  
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data.gov.uk
A major new website which gives free access to government data in one place. The site contains more than 2500 sets of data from across government.  All of the data is non-personal and in a format that can be reused by any individual or business to create innovative new software tools, such as applications about house prices, local amenities and services, or access to local hospitals.
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Department of Communities and Local Government- Race Research and Statistics
The Communities and Local Government- Race Research and Statistics website provides access to a number of reports relating to race issues, including some touching on ethnicity and health provision.
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Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) - publications
The IPPR website provides access to papers on a variety of social issues, including health, housing, democracy and equality.  The Health and Social Care and Migration and Integration papers are particularly useful.
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King's Fund
The King’s Fund seeks to understand how the health system in England can be improved. Using that insight, it helps to shape policy, transform services and bring about behaviour change. Its work includes research, analysis, leadership development and service improvement. It also offer a wide range of resources to help everyone working in health to share knowledge, learning and ideas.
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Newcastle refugee & Asylum Seekers Health Action Group
The Newcastle refugee & Asylum Seekers Health Action Group have created a series of resources that are free to use, including refugee/asylum seeker welcome packs, phrasebooks, appointment letters and pharmacist cards.
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Newham Language Shop
This site is aimed at organisations who work with ethnic minority communities and is designed to provide information, support and to educate users about the many different communities living in the UK.
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NHS Evidence - Ethnicity and health
NHS Evidence provides resources relating to the specific needs healthcare needs of migrant and minority ethnic groups. 
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NICE
NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
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Office for National Statistics
Free access to health data and statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics, and some data from government departments and devolved administrations.
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Race for Health
Race for Health is a Department of Health-funded, NHS based programme that works with PCTs and Trusts to drive forward improvements in health for people from black, and minority ethnic backgrounds.
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Searchmedica
SearchMedica is a dedicated medical search engine for healthcare professionals which allows searching of selected health sites or the whole web.
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Social Care for Excellence - Black and Minority signposting
One of SCIE's key objectives for 2006-09 is to address gaps and inadequacies in service provision for black and minority ethnic groups and seldom-heard groups. As part of this commitment, they have reviewed their publications, resources and websites, and prepared a brief synopsis of each product that includes black and minority ethnic content. 
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Social Care Institute for Excellence- Social Care Online
A free database of information and research on all aspects of social care and social work.
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Sounds Healthy
Sounds Healthy provides health information in audio and text formats in several languages (Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu). Sounds Healthy is the result of a Health Action Zone Pilot Project in Sheffield Leicester and Nottingham. The project aimed to make health information more accessible for people from black and minority ethnic communities. It covers the preventive aspects of heart disease, diabetes, cervical screening and TB.
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UK Centre for Evidence in Ethnicity, Health and Diversity
The CEEHD was established in 2001 as part of the ESRC research network for evidence-based policy and practice.  The Centre is located in the Warwick Medical School and The Mary Seacole Research Centre at De Montfort University, Leicester. CEEHD supports interdisciplinary, collaborative research in the field of ethnicity and health, working with Trusts, community groups and other academic centres.
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