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NHS staff can get free access to thousands of ebooks and articles

 Get the best evidence from essential resources such as ebooks, journals and databases. Whenever you’re looking for the right information for confident clinical decisions, career development, research projects or support for patient care, make sure you can access the best evidence.

Access NHS and Health Library subscribed resources using your NHS OpenAthens username and password.

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Practice evidence-based healthcare by accessing the best evidence using your NHS OpenAthens username.

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