Operating Department Practice (ODP): Useful Websites
This guide contains resources, help and support from the library for Operating Department Practice
Not all websites are of academic standard or trustworthy. The following websites are related to your profession and have standing within your industry. They may be helpful for current awareness, your professional development, or specific forms of information relevant to your studies.
- Health and Care Professionals CouncilThe HCPC home page.
- Department of HealthThe Department of Health (DH) helps people to live better for longer. They lead, shape and fund health and care in England.
- NHS EnglandNHS England provides links to key policy documents and statistics.
- College of Operating Department Practitioners (CODP)CODP are the recognised professional body for all Operating Department Practitioners. Their role is to promote your profession, and to develop its future. They define standards of practice, ensure these are backed up through documentation and a professional curriculum delivered by universities. They engage with the Health and Care Professional Council and other professional bodies to ensure that Operating Department Practitioners will continue to bring appropriate expertise to the perioperative team.
- Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)Set of eight critical appraisal tools designed to be used when reading research, including tools for Systematic Reviews, Randomised Controlled Trials, Cohort Studies, Case Control Studies, Economic Evaluations, Diagnostic Studies, Qualitative studies and Clinical Prediction Rule
- Health and Social Care Information CentreHealth and Social Care data analysis and quality assurance standards.
- National Confidential Inquiry into Patient Outcome and DeathThe distinctive feature of NCEPOD's contribution is the critical examination, by senior and appropriately chosen specialists, of what has actually happened to the patients. Our recommendations have covered everything from individual clinical practice to national healthcare organisation, always with the aim of improving patient care and safety.
- Royal College of AnaesthetistsAnaesthesia is the largest single hospital specialty in the NHS. The Royal College of Anaesthetists is the professional body responsible for the specialty throughout the UK, and it ensures the quality of patient care through the maintenance of standards in anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine.
- Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandThe Royal College of Surgeons of England is a professional membership organisation and registered charity, representing surgeons in the UK and abroad. We advance surgical standards and improve care for patients.
- British Association of Aesthetic Plastic SurgeonsThe BAAPS is based at the Royal College of Surgeons and was established for the advancement of education in, and the practice of aesthetic surgery for public benefit.
- Vascular Services Quality Improvement ProgrammeThis website is the home of the Vascular Society and partner organisations quality improvement programmes. Our aim is to drive up the quality of care for patients with vascular disease in the UK.
- RSPH Allied Health Professionals HubResources to support all UK AHPs to protect and improve public health
- NHS Acronym BusterNHS Acronym Buster has over a thousand commonly used healthcare abbreviations for you to access when you need them.
- UK Health Security AgencyOne of the organisations taking the place of Public Health England. Responsible since April 2021 for UK-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability, and replacing Public Health England. It is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care..
- Office for Health Improvement & DisparitiesOne of the organisations (together with the UK Health Security Agency) taking the place of Public Health England. This Office focusses on improving the nation’s health so that everyone can expect to live more of life in good health, and on levelling up health disparities to break the link between background and prospects for a healthy life..