Leadership & Management

Key Leadership & Management resources. Find further information in the Online Library and other Specialty pages. Register for an OpenAthens account to make the most of the healthcare resources.

Look under Evidence for research reviews, evidence-based guidelines, validated research articles and research-based clinical options.

Literature contains indexes of published information from journals, conference abstracts, reports and academic theses. Critically appraise results to exclude poorly conducted clinical trials, reports and articles and to locate relevant, valid information.

The ‘NHS Knowledge and Library Hub’ connects NHS staff and learners to high quality knowledge and evidence resources in one place.

Funded by Health Education England, it includes:

Journals, books and databases
Clinical decision support resources including NICE Guidelines and BMJ Best Practice
Resources purchased nationally and locally
One-click links to full-text, request a copy or contact an NHS library

Evidence Resources

All require OpenAthens unless otherwise indicated

BMJ Best Practice: Clinical decision support tool, structured around patient consultation, advice on symptom evaluation, tests and treatment approach. Access thousands of clinical topics and 6000+ clinical guidelines. Create a personal account and download the app. Password free access onsite via the Trust intranet Applications page

ClinicalKey: Provides access to a large collection of reference material, books, journals, images and videos*

Cochrane Library: Reliable evidence on the effectiveness of healthcare interventions and treatments

NICE Evidence: Free, open access to a range of selected and authoritative health and social care evidence-based information

NICE Evidence Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP)

Trip: A clinical search engine providing quick and easy access to high quality research evidence. Filter by evidence type, images, date

(*Not available to all organisations)

Literature Resources

The ‘NHS Knowledge and Library Hub’ links to journal citations, abstracts and some full-text articles.

These require OpenAthens

HMIC: UK focused data and records from the Department of Health and the King’s Fund on health service policy, the quality of health services, management and administration