Public Sector

Resources

• NHS England provider directory: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/

• NHS Wales health boards and trusts: https://www.gov.wales/nhs-wales-health-boards-and-trusts

  • NHS Wales delivers services through 7 local health boards and 3 NHS trusts.

• NHSScotland Organisations: https://www.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/

  • NHSScotland consists of 14 regional NHS Boards which are responsible for the protection and the improvement of their population’s health and for the delivery of frontline healthcare services and 7 Special NHS Boards and 1 public health body who support the regional NHS Boards by providing a range of important specialist and national services.

• Northern Ireland Health and Social Care trusts: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/health-and-social-care-trusts

  • There are five Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland.

• UK Government departments, agencies and public bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations

  • Consists of 601 organisations:

    • 24 Ministerial departments

    • 20 Non ministerial departments

    • 424 Agencies and other public bodies

    • 110 High profile groups

    • 19 Public corporations

    • 3 Devolved administrations

    • The Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

• All councils in England and Wales and links to their official website: https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/guidance-and-resources/communications-support/digital-councils/social-media/go-further/a-z-councils-online

• COSLA: https://www.cosla.gov.uk/

  • COSLA, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, is the representative voice of Local Government in Scotland

• List of Scottish Councils: https://www.cosla.gov.uk/councils

• List local councils in Northern Ireland: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/local-councils-in-northern-ireland

• England and Wales Local Government Association: What is local government?: https://www.local.gov.uk/about/what-local-government

• Information about English Schools: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/

• Office for National Statistics: Public sector personnel: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel

  • People employed in central and local government, and public corporations, including second jobs in the public sector. Includes Civil Service employment with regional and diversity analyses.

• Office for National Statistics: Public sector employment, December 2022 (Excel file download): https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/december2022/datasets33.xlsx