New Department of Health website

On 16 February 2004,  the Department of Health migrated to a new website, and all DH documents now have a new website address, http://www.dh.gov.uk .  The new website is a complete redesign, and this means that the many links from the SSNW website to DH documents will no longer work.  

This page describes the structure of the new site, providing links to key pages related to social care.  It also reports progress in updating the links on this site, and provides tips to search for documents which are no longer linked directly.  In these ways we hope to keep readers informed of how they can access important DH documents on social care. 

Click here to go to the DH page about its new website

Click here to go to the DH page: Changing to www.dh.gov.uk

Structure of the new DH website

The new DH website is structured into six main sections: Homepage, Policy and guidance, Publications and statistics, News homepage, Consultations and Procuremnt and proposals.  We now provide links to the front pages of each of those sections, and thereunder to pages covering relevant topics beneath each heading.

Homepage

What's new on the site

Press Releases

Health and social care topics

Policy and guidance

Policy and guidance A-Z

About Social Services Inspectorate

Alcohol misuse

Children's services (clearly focussed on children's health services)

Children's Social Services (semi-detached site!)

Direct payments

Emergency planning

Health act 1999 partnership arrangements

Health inequalities

Information for Social Care project

Joint investment plans

Learning disabilities

Valuing People Support Team

Mental health

NHS funded nursing care

Older people's services

Public and patient involvement

Residential care

Social care

Social care training

Social services performance assessment

Social services star ratings

Substance misuse

Publications and statistics

Publications

Publications policy and guidance

SSI Chief Inspector Annual Reports

SSI Inspection reports

Publications library - search

Letters and circulars

Chief Inspector letters

Local authority circulars

Local authority social services letters

Legislation

News homepage

Latest news

Ministerial speeches

Consultations

Procurement and proposals

Progress in updating the SSNW website

The links from the Latest page to Department of Health documents have been updated to refer to the new site.  (There are two exceptions where the new address has not yet been found: these links are now shown in italics.)

The links from the DH Archive files October 2000 - January 2004 have not yet been updated: to trace those documents on the new DH website, try using the Search Tips below.

Search tips

If you need to search for a DH document listed on this site, and the link does not work, you can try this:

1. Drag your cursor over the whole title to highlight it, then either click Edit - Copy, or right-click then click Copy
2. Go to http://www.dh.gov.uk    
3. Click your cursor in the Search box at the top right hand side of the Home Page, then either click Edit - Paste, or right-click then click Paste.
4. Insert quotation marks at the beginning and end of the title you have inserted.
5. Click Go

Hopefully you will find the document you seek.  If not, try the procedure again with part of the title.

Click here to go to the DH page about its new website

Click here to go to the DH page: Changing to www.dh.gov.uk