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 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. What is NHS OpenAthens and are you eligible? Complete our quick quiz NHS OpenAthens – what’s fact or fake? to learn… What is NHS OpenAthens? Are you eligible? What resources you can access? How can you register? home page for the nhs openathens quiz Practice evidence-based healthcare by accessing the best evidence using your NHS OpenAthens username. More help Contact the Health Library for more help finding and accessing the information you need.

 Your NHS OpenAthens username gives you access to to excellent healthcare-based resources. Are you using them efficiently and effectively to get the evidence you need? Make the most of NHS resources; develop your skills by making the most of the training opportunities available at the Health Library. Read our latest NHS OpenAthens bulletin below or open the bulletin in a new browser tab . NHSOpenAthens bulletin April 2026 by Cheryl Kent

  NHS staff can easily access 1000s of articles for free – simply register for your NHS OpenAthens username; use it to log in to 100s of websites, journals and databases to access full-text articles for free. You need good quality healthcare information for research, professional development and to support clinical decisions in patient care. The NHS and the Health Library subscribe to a range of excellent resources to support you. Access these resources easily with just 1 username / password – your NHS OpenAthens username. Why is the NHS OpenAthens account so important? Complete this short quiz – NHS OpenAthens, what’s fact or fake? – to learn what you can use an NHS OpenAthens account for. Register for your NHS OpenAthens account Register for your NHS OpenAthens account by completing the online form . For more help completing the form see our blog post Register for your NHS OpenAthens Username – step-by-step instructions . Access key resources You can find links...

 All NHS staff should register for their NHS OpenAthens username to access resources for the best evidence.  Not sure if you should?  Complete our updated quiz - NHS OpenAthens: what's fact or fake - to find out if you are eligible and what you can access Not sure if you understand the point of NHS OpenAthens? Read our short blog post - What is NHS OpenAthens? - to get the key information Need to keep your account up-to-date? Get the essential information to register for your account and keep it up-to-date by reading our blog post - NHS OpenAthens: the essentials for managing your account Need more help? Check our OpenAthens help page  for instructions and help Contact the Health Library if you have any queries about NHS OpenAthens - we're always happy to help

 The latest NHS OpenAthens bulletin is now available on the Health Library website. Read this for articles on  managing your NHS OpenAthens username, a welcome to new starters, key information on the website, getting your evidence updates and relevant library news. If you have not received your OpenAthens bulletin to your UHNM email inbox please check whether your account can receive external emails. It is important that you can receive emails from OpenAthens in order to maintain your account and continue to access resources. Contact UHNM IT if you are experiencing problems with your email account.

  Are you open to learning something new? UHNM staff should take a look at our latest NHS OpenAthens bulletin In this issue:   BMJ Case Reports, Journal of the Week, a look back to #KNOWvember 2023, how to get easy access to full-text, trials and tribulations of full-text access   NHS OpenAthens Updates January 2024  

  This #KNOWvember we’re sharing lots of key healthcare resources to help you to refresh and improve your knowledge. Make sure you can access the key evidence you need. The Health Library provides a wide range of resources to support your work, studies, professional development and patient care. It’s easy to access our resources – just follow these steps. Join the Health Library Borrow from our collections. You can access healthcare specific books as well as leadership and management topics and exam revision texts. Our Patient Voices collection helps you to learn more about the patient perspective. Whilst our Reading Well collection can help you to learn more about yourself. Complete our membership form and start browsing Register for your NHS OpenAthens username Many of the resources you can access are available online. Get your NHS OpenAthens username so that you can log in and read the full-text. You’ll be able to read ebooks and journals as well as search databases a...

 Read the latest issue of the NHS OpenAthens Update (October 2023)  for UHNM staff. Get hints and tips on using the Health Library and OpenAthens resources to find evidence quickly and save you time.

  Whether you are treating patients, starting a research project, updating your skills or completing professional training you need the best evidence. Make sure you register for your NHS OpenAthens username Access up-to-date, reliable information You can access multiple online resources with a single username / password. Resources include healthcare specialist ebooks, journals, databases, calculators, overviews, guidelines and clinical decision support tools. Stay up-to-date Get the latest information you are interested in, straight to your inbox; follow updates, sign-up to alerts or register for our KnowledgeShare service. Save time Use resources that get you straight to the evidence you need quickly and use the right tools to link to full-text immediately. Improve patient care Use the right resources to help you to make confident clinical decisions complete literature searches for comprehensive research projects improve your skills develop your career NHS Op...

 The latest bulletin with NHS OpenAthens updates is out. In this issue:     New titles at Oxford Medline Online, Exam Support from the Health Library, OrthoEvidence, news from TRIP, Clinical Key App, new journal NEJM Evidence, UHNM training, LibKey Nomad on the Intranet, Health Library Showcase, Health Information Week 3rd to 9th July 2023.  Go to the bulletin:   NHS OpenAthens Updates July 2023  

NHS staff can now access full-text of 2 new journal titles: BMJ sexual and reproductive health BMJ supportive and palliative care These titles are part of NHS core content, being purchased by HEE. You can find the titles directly from the BMJ platform, NHS Knowledge and Library Hub or via the Health Library website . Log in with your NHS OpenAthens username to read full-text articles. Contact the eresources librarian if you have any problems.

  Do you make evidence-based decisions? Do you need to get the best evidence? Make sure you register for your NHS OpenAthens username. This single username will give you access to hundreds of resources: Essential ebooks Key journals Comprehensive specialist databases Vital decision support tools Register now! All NHS staff working in England can register for an NHS OpenAthens username. Complete the online form to register. Make sure you: Register with your work-based email address Select the right organisation that you work for Enter your work-based job title and address Want to learn more? Find out more about the resources you can access from our etutorial – Finding NHS Resources Go to our NHS OpenAthens page for help using your username Need more help? Contact your NHS OpenAthens administrator for help setting up and using your NHS OpenAthens username University Hospitals of North Midlands – Cheryl Kent c.kent@keele.ac.uk North Staffordshire Combined Health...

 I have had notification of a change to the openathens password policy ie the rules determining what password is acceptable. Rules: New minimum password length of 10 characters for users and administrators. The password must meet a minimum complexity score assessed by an industry-standard password strength checker. When does this happen? Begin July (date unspecified) - rules applied to all new accounts created. If existing accounts are amended, then users will be prompted for password change. 1st September - admin account holders will start to see prompts to change password if it does not comply with the new rules. You can defer but account will be expired if not done within the month. 1st October - user account holders will start to see prompts to change password if it does not comply with the new rules. They can defer but account will be expired within the month. Begin November - accounts where password is not compatible with new rules will be ex...

 You can find a wealth of information from the Health Library. But how do you get access? Access the Health Library - come along to the health Library to access our book collection and use the library facilities. You’ll need to swipe with your Library card to enter , borrow books and use the print/photocopy/scanning facilities . Access NHS online resources - you need an NHS OpenAthens username and password to log in to the plethora of online resources , especially selected for NHS users. It’s free to register, just complete the online form. Find out more from our OpenAthens web page . Access Keele online resources - Keele staff and students can access the Keele University subscribed resources using your Keele login details. Resources include healthcare-based ebooks, journals and databases. Learn more from the Campus Library page.

  NHS OpenAthens is an authentication system. It allows NHS staff to access a wide range of different online resources using a single username / password. Complete our online tutorial  NHS OpenAthens Registration  to get the essential information about OpenAthens, how it can help you and help completing the registration form Do you just want a reminder on how to do something? Just follow our quick step-by-step instructions: Register for an OpenAthens username using the online form Move your username to a new organisation Reset your password Renew your OpenAthens account Access online resources Want more help? All the information you'll need about your NHS OpenAthens username is available on  our NHS OpenAthens web page . Or feel free to  contact your OpenAthens administrator .

 Your NHS OpenAthens username gives you access to some great resources, specially selected to help you in your work and career development. These resources are not freely available on the Internet but you can get easy access with your NHS OpenAthens username. When you need… Confirmation of guidelines for diagnosis and treatment Try… BMJ Best Practice – key information for a wide range of conditions and diseases Clinical Key [UHNM only]   – articles, clinical summaries and ebooks; accessible via an easy to use clinical search engine Oxford Medicine Online – great set of renowned online handbooks, providing information for all healthcare professions When you need… To complete a literature search Try… HDAS (including Medline, Amed, CINAHL, PsychInfo, Emcare and Embase) –the HDAS interface offers a comprehensive set of features to allow you to search key healthcare databases   When you need… Full-Text Access Try… Library Search – search our library...

 Want to find good quality, healthcare-specific information and evidence? Need to get the full-text of that key article? If you work for the NHS, you need an NHS OpenAthens username. This is a single username / password that gives you access to key databases, full-text journals, online books and tools to support clinical decisions. Not convinced? Not sure that it is for you? Try our quiz: NHS OpenAthens: What's Fact or Fake? Have you heard about an NHS OpenAthens username? Do you know how it can help you? Do you want to learn the facts? We get some strange comments from people about what NHS OpenAthens is. Go to this Sway Have you registered yet? Complete our online tutorial to learn more Take a look at our blog post for help completing the form Register now! For more help: Contact your NHS OpenAthens administrator

We are encountering an intermittent problem with the automatic approval process for new and renewed NHS OpenAthens accounts. Accounts which are registered with an NHS-based email address should be approved automatically by the system. However it looks like some are not being approved but are being added to the "waiting" list. These accounts will be processed manually. However if you are experiencing problems do get in touch with your OpenAthens administrator. The problem has been reported. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Here is a quick run-down of how you can access the NHS-subscribed online resources you need: Log In You will need your NHS OpenAthens username and password to get access to subscribed resources. Please see our NHS OpenAthens page for information about how to register and maintain your account. If you are having problems with your account please contact your OpenAthens administrator or the eResources Librarian. Library Search You can use Library Search to find ebooks. The journals and articles available via Library Search are Keele subscriptions and you will not be able to access these Many of our popular print books are also available as ebooks. Follow these simple steps to read an ebook . Oxford Handbooks Online We have an online collection of Oxford handbooks for UHNM staff. Note that this collection is not available via Library Search. Please go to the Oxford handbooks page on our website for a list of titles available and link to the ebook. You will ...