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The library provides access to a range of bibliographic databases, clinical search engines, point of care tools, full-text ejournals and ebooks via the library website. Search our databases and tools to find the latest or best evidence to support your decisions for patient care or improving services. You’ll find a full list of resources on  our healthcare resources page . Get Access: Register for an NHS Athens username / password  so that you can access our databases and full-text resources. We manage Athens access locally and help you to maintain your username. UHNM Values:

The Health Library and Library, Education and Resource Centre support the UHNM Values: Commitment to quality of care Working together for patients   We facilitate access to the literature and evidence UHNM staff use to inform their decisions for the care of patients and improvements to services, with our: Literature search service Literature searching training courses and e-tutorials Provision of access to literature databases, and point of care information tools Dynamed and Clinical Key . UHNM values:

NHS staff in the community can sign up for bulletins. Recent journal articles and reports, news, updated guidelines, and systematic reviews are included in the bulletins we produce. They are designed to give you a concise overview of some of the newly available literature in a range of practice areas. Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin (Monthly) Produced for staff working in the primary care in North Staffordshire. This aims to draw attention to key documents, guidance and evidence-based reviews on clinical effectiveness. Sources used include: NHS Evidence ** Department of Health ** Cochrane Library ** King's Fund Health Inequalities Bulletin (Bi-Monthly) Produced for staff working in the primary care in North Staffordshire. This aims to draw attention to key documents, guidance and evidence-based reviews on health inequalities. Sources used include: NHS Evidence ** Department of Health ** Cochrane Library ** King's Fund Mental Health & Social Care Current...

How can we help support you to make decisions? To base your decisions on the available evidence, invariably some sort of search for the current evidence or literature is needed. You get your list of results and what happens – there may be some items that you are unable to access in full text from the NHS electronic resources. Our document supply service can help you get access to this crucial information: Inter-library loans If it is an item that the library does not hold at all in electronic or print format, we can search for the item in other libraries which we have an inter-lending arrangement with. We can then request a copy to be sent to us and forward it on to you or make available for collection from the library. To request an article or book via inter-library loan the request forms can easily be found on the Health library website in the  Find a Form section . There is a charge per item for this service. Copies from stock The item may be available in ...

Healthcare workers make over a million decisions every day, impacting on patients’ lives. How can we help? Health decisions are based on a number of factors including the available research evidence. The 4 factors to consider in evidence-based practice The Health Library purchases a range of good quality online resources and provides you with access to those resources to support your decision-making. Get Access: Register for an NHS Athens username / password  so that you can access our databases and full-text resources. We manage Athens access locally and help you to maintain your username. Find the Evidence You can access bibliographic databases, clinical search engines, point of care tools, full-text ejournals and ebooks to help you to identify the best evidence. You’ll find a full list of resources on  our healthcare resources page . Learn more about the #amilliondecisions campaign.

Want to find information quickly? Need to brush up on your literature searching skills? Why not  book yourself onto one of our training courses ? Health Library training courses are presented by qualified librarians, usually to small groups and offer you plenty of time for hands-on practice. Our courses include opportunities to: ·                   Get help finding the right information via the Internet ·                   Learn how to conduct a literature search and use our databases to get information quickly ·                   Find high-level good quality systematic reviews and evidence summaries using the Cochrane Library and similar resources ·          ...

We supported our members by delivering 87 training sessions last quarter, Jan-Mar 2017. To find out more about our available training and book on a course see the training section of our website . 87 training sessions delivered last quarter

Last quarter (Jan-Mar 2017) 323 NHS staff registered for an Athens username, so as to access our online resources . For information about NHS Athens and how to register see our web page here . 323 new athens users last quarter

Last quarter - Jan to Mar 2017 - we supplied 93 inter-library loans. Remember if you can't find what you are looking for within our collections, then you can apply or an inter-library loan. Complete the online form or ask for a form at the library. 93 Inter-Library Loan Requests Supplied last quarter

The Health Library service completed 70 literature searches for our members Jan-Mar 2017. To request a literature search complete our online form or speak to a member of staff . 70 Literature Searches complete last quarter

Last quarter 81 training sessions were delivered at the Health Library. Healthcare staff can develop their skills to help them find the evidence to support decision-making. Learn more about the #amilliondecisions campaign.

Last quarter we supplied 78 inter-library loans, allowing staff to access evidence to support healthcare decision-making. Learn more about the #amilliondecisions campaign.

We support NHS staff by providing access to good quality, evidence-based information. Last quarter 303 new Athens users registered to access our resources. Learn more about the #amilliondecisions campaign.

Last quarter we helped to support NHS staff make evidence-based decisions by completing 35 literature searches on their behalf. Learn more about the #amilliondecisions campaign.

The Health Library can help you in many different ways. Here is an example from our NHS Outreach Service. Research: One of our Outreach Librarians, Clare,  carried out literature a search on the topic of group psychological interventions alongside clients with long term physical health conditions. North Staffs Combined Healthcare has patients with a variety of conditions including medically unexplained symptoms, epilepsy, and chronic pain. A systematic search was carried out across all relevant databases and a report document was prepared which included all references, listed any systematic reviews separately, and provided links to full text using NHS Athens. Purpose:  To provide information for an evidence base of knowledge which may be used to improve service delivery and patient care in the future. For more help from the Outreach Service  contact the team here . If we can help…  Let us know .

NHS staff in the community can sign up for bulletins. Recent journal articles and reports, news, updated guidelines, and systematic reviews are included in the bulletins we produce. They are designed to give you a concise overview of some of the newly available literature in a range of practice areas. Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin (Monthly) Produced for staff working in the primary care in North Staffordshire. This aims to draw attention to key documents, guidance and evidence-based reviews on clinical effectiveness. Sources used include: NHS Evidence ** Department of Health ** Cochrane Library ** King's Fund Health Inequalities Bulletin (Bi-Monthly) Produced for staff working in the primary care in North Staffordshire. This aims to draw attention to key documents, guidance and evidence-based reviews on health inequalities. Sources used include: NHS Evidence ** Department of Health ** Cochrane Library ** King's Fund Mental Health & Social Care Cur...

How can we help support you to make decisions? To base your decisions on the available evidence, invariably some sort of search for the current evidence or literature is needed. You get your list of results and what happens – there may be some items that you are unable to access in full text from the NHS electronic resources. Our document supply service can help you get access to this crucial information: Inter-library loans   If it is an item that the library does not hold at all in electronic or print format, we can search for the item in other libraries which we have an inter-lending arrangement with. We can then request a copy to be sent to us and forward it on to you or make available for collection from the library. To request an article or book via inter-library loan the request forms can easily be found on the Health library website in the Find a Form section . There is a charge per item for this service. Copies from stock   The item may be available...

Healthcare workers make over a million decisions every day, impacting on patients’ lives. How can we help? Health decisions are based on a number of factors including the available research evidence. The 4 factors to consider in evidence-based practice The Health Library purchases a range of good quality online resources and provides you with access to those resources to support your decision-making. Get Access: Register for an NHS Athens username / password so that you can access our databases and full-text resources. We manage Athens access locally and help you to maintain your username. Find the Evidence You can access bibliographic databases, clinical search engines, point of care tools, full-text ejournals and ebooks to help you to identify the best evidence. You’ll find a full list of resources on our healthcare resources page . Learn more about the #amilliondecisions campaign.

Want to find information quickly? Need to brush up on your literature searching skills? Why not book yourself onto one of our training courses ? Health Library training courses are presented by qualified librarians, usually to small groups and offer you plenty of time for hands-on practice. Our courses include opportunities to: Get help finding the right information via the Internet Learn how to conduct a literature search and use our databases to get information quickly Find high-level good quality systematic reviews and evidence summaries using the Cochrane Library and similar resources Start to develop your critical appraisal skills Get to grips with Refworks Book yourself on a session by getting in touch with our Training Team or book online .

The Health Library can help you in many different ways. Here is an example from our NHS Outreach Service. Activity: Research was carried out to find information on transgender specific services for children and young people, in terms of the prevalence of transgender issues and referrals to mental health services, as well as guidance and pathways from existing services in other organisations. A systematic literature search using a wide variety of search terms was carried out on PsychInfo, further searching over six other databases and an advanced internet search. The results were collated into two reports covering prevalence and “service issues” which contained full text access to the relevant documents wherever possible. Purpose: To support and inform the development of local programmes through the gathering of information on existing initiatives For more help from the Outreach Service  contact the team here . If we can help…  Let us know .