Information Skills for Health

 NHS staff make a multitude of health and care decisions every single day. The challenge of ensuring these decisions are based on the latest insight married with decades of evidence and research is being met head-on with the arrival of a brand-new online search. Health Education England (HEE) has introduced the new NHS Knowledge and Library Hub as a ‘one-stop’ 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, databases, all in one place. Each trust has a tailored view of the Hub. Your library team has worked with HEE to ensure that when our staff use our version of the Hub includes links to all locally-funded resources as well as nationally funded resources. Content includes: journals, books and e-publications one-click access to full-text, request a copy or ‘ask a librarian’ clinical decision support tools NICE pathways and guidelines databases like

 What is current awareness and what tools can you use to stay up-to-date? Staying up-to-date with changes in information and research is an important aspect of current healthcare management.  As you progress through your career you’ll need different levels of current awareness – whether your studying, completing a dissertation or research project, whether your working, moving into a new clinical area or managing a department. You’ll need to make sure that you make the best decisions using the best, most up-to-date information. Learn more from our etutorials. What is current awareness? Learn about the different types of information you may need to stay up-to-date with, at different points in your career. Complete our current awareness tutorial . C urrent awareness tools Use the right tool to get the right information easily. Complete our current awareness tools tutorial More help If you need more help please contact our training team or the eresources librarian .