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Clinical Key: stay up-to-date for continuous learning

 Use Clinical Key to help you and your team stay up-to-date with the latest clinical developments.

Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, giving you access to a wealth of evidence-based resources to support confident clinical decision-making and in-depth reading for research and professional development.

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Check the latest content added to Clinical Key. From the home page you can check for the latest items added to Clinical Key such as new books and updated Clinical Overviews.

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Clinical Key is available to UHNM staff. Access it via the Health Library NHS Resources page or log in here via OpenAthens.

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