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• Tropical Health Education Trust (THET)
  THET is the charity that creates links between the UK's health institutions and their counterparts overseas, to fight disease and neglect. Find out more about the nature of THET's work and how you can get involved at:
  
  http://www.thet.org.uk
  
  
• Association of Radical Midwives
  An association of midwives, student midwives and others in the UK committed to improving the maternity care provided by the NHS.
  
  http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/
  
  
• British Association of Chartered Physiotherapists In Amputee Rehabilitation
  The British Association Of Chartered Physiotherapists in Amputee Rehabilitation aims to promote best practice in the field of amputee and prosthetic rehabilitation for the benefit of patients and the profession.
  
  http://www.bacpar.org.uk/
  
  
• Careerscene.com
  Current Biomedical Science Vacancies in the UK.
  
  http://www.careerscene.com/
  
  
• CPDConference.org
  An online healthcare conference, focusing on continuing professional development (CPD) for allied health professionals. The site contains career advice and a recruitment directory.
  
  http://www.cpdconference.org/
  
  
• The Institute of Biomedical Science
  The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) is the professional body for biomedical scientists in the United Kingdom. It aims to promote and develop biomedical science and its practitioners.
  
  http://www.ibms.org/
  
  
• Medschoolguide.co.uk
  The site is for medical students and applicants to medical school. With a busy community of over 7,000 members it features useful information on careers in medicine, medical electives, and working abroad.
  
  http://www.medschoolguide.co.uk/
  
  
• RNID
  RNID is the largest charity representing the 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK. RNID aims to achieve a radically better quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing people. We do this by campaigning and lobbying vigorously, by raising awareness of deafness and hearing loss, by providing services and through social, medical and technical research.
  
  http://www.rnid.org.uk/
  
  
• Royal Association for Deaf People
  RAD exists to promote the welfare and interests of Deaf people (by which we mean deaf people whose first or preferred language is sign language). We work primarily with the Deaf community, but when relevant and appropriate with other people (e.g. deaf, deafened, hard of hearing, sign language students, etc.) Our website compliments the RAD information service, we publish information relevant to deaf and hearing people.
  
  http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk/
  
  
• Royal College of Midwives
  The RCM is the only professional organisation and trade union run by midwives for midwives. It is the voice of midwifery, providing excellence in professional leadership, education, influence and representation for and on behalf of midwives.
  
  http://www.rcm.org.uk/
  
  
• Speechmag.com
  This site is aimed at speech and language therapists and students. It complements the UK-based, quarterly magazine Speech & Language Therapy in Practice.
  
  http://www.speechmag.com/