Get started with the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

The Health Education England funded NHS Knowledge and Library Hub, is a ‘one-stop’ national gateway which, for the first time nationally, connects NHS staff and learners seamlessly to a significant range of free, high-quality knowledge and evidence resources, services, and databases all in one place.

Content of the easy-to-use platform includes:

over 7,000 journals
books and e-publications including Oxford handbooks
one-click access to full-text
option to request an article copy
contact an NHS library
clinical decision support tools such as BMJ Best Practice
NICE pathways and guidelines
databases like Medline, EMBASE and CINAHL

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Whether searching for published knowledge and evidence for patient care, management decision-making, education, research, or just professional curiosity, the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub is set to become the starting point for every search; ensuring users can be confident that the care they deliver is based on the most up-to-date information possible.

Access your Knowledge and Library Hub from our NHS Resources web page.

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Diabetes Awareness Month - November 2024

According to the charity Diabetes UK, there are 4.3 million people living with a diagnosis of diabetes in the UK. The NHS spends approximately £10 billion a year on diabetes – almost 80% of this is spent on treating the complications. Diabetes Awareness Month takes place every November with the aim of highlighting the health challenges diabetes presents and providing help and support to those affected. RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES   The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books , journals , journal articles and patient information . BOOKS Textbook of diabetes ; Holt, Richard I. G.; Flyvbjerg, Allan; 2024 (Wiley-Blackwell); 6 th edition. Diabetes care at a glance ; Phillips, Anne; 2023

Discover even more resources in the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub!

We’ve added even more resources to the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub. The print books at the Health Library (Royal Stoke) and the Health Library at County, and more e-books can now be found in the Hub. What does it mean? When you carry out a search in the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub, print books and e-books from our library catalogue LibrarySearch will be included in the results; along with the items from our other NHS resources. If you wish to narrow the results down to just the items from our library catalogue – click on the ‘Library catalogue only’ limiter on the left hand side of the screen. This is also the best option to use if you want to restrict your results to view the print stock from both health libraries. If you wish to filter the results to just the print stock from a particular library - scroll down the left hand side of the screen to ‘Library Location’. Click on ‘Library Location’ to open the list of libraries and select the library you wish to

Request Online...

We have a number of services that you can request online via our website: Inter-Library Loan (ILL) – if we don’t have a book or article that you need, you can request an inter-library loan and we will try to find it from another library. Literature Search Service – if you don’t have time to do your own literature search we can do it for you. Complete our online form to make your request. Information Skills Training – we offer a comprehensive training programme throughout the year. You can book on a scheduled course via our online booking form . Stock Suggestion – if you think we are missing a vital text from our collection you can make a stock suggestion online . Anything else? Just use our Contact Us Online form if you want to get in touch about any other issues. You’ll find all our contact details on our website if you want to contact us in any other way.

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