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NHS Resources – supporting your clinical decisions

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 NHS staff can access a wide range of resources provided by the Health Library. These are specially selected to help support your clinical decisions, career progression and, ultimately, patient care. 

Browse the list below to learn about the types of information available to you and make sure to use the right type of information for the right scenario. 

Categories - use the right type of resource to get the right information 

Case Reports 

 View unusual clinical cases and examples of healthcare practice 

Clinical Decision Support Tools 

   Evidence-based information presented in an easy-to-read format, supporting decisions by providing information on epidemiology, diagnosis, recommendations, guidelines, calculations, complications, monitoring, prognosis, images, references, patient information and more

Drugs Reference 

   Essential drug and medicine reference texts 

Exam Support 

   Revision support for major medical exams 

Full-Text Access 

   Full-text access to articles, journals and books 

Guidelines and Procedures 

   Key evidence-based recommendations for services and treatments 

Literature Searching 

   Sophisticated tools to enable your own literature searching 

Patient Information 

   Patient information leaflets to support education and adherence 

Topic Overviews 

   High-level, evidence-based overviews of major health conditions, diseases and treatments

 

Infograph of Resource Categories


Learn More 

  • Complete our online tutorial Finding NHS Resources to learn more about the resources we have purchased for you. 

For more help accessing online resources, contact your eresources librarian, Cheryl, at c.kent@keele.ac.uk. 


Infograph of NHS Resources


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