1st February 2022
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Health Education England launches evidence and knowledge portal
The new hub will give NHS staff access to a vast range of resources to support clinical decision-making
“Whether searching for published knowledge and evidence for patient care, management decision-making, education, research, or just professional curiosity, the NHS Knowledge and Library hub is set to become the starting point for every search." Sue Lacey-Bryant, national lead for NHS library and knowledge services, HEE
Health Education England (HEE) has launched a new portal to provide NHS staff with access to published evidence and research.
The portal, known as the NHS Knowledge and Library hub, is, says HEE, a “one-stop” national gateway that connects staff to a wide range of knowledge and evidence resources, services and databases – bought on their behalf by the NHS.
This means that staff who want support in answering a question will be able to do so by searching the portal rather than looking through multiple resources in different places.
The portal includes:
- Thousands of journals
- Books, reports and e-publications, including OUP handbooks and textbooks
- High-quality open access content
- Clinical decision support tools such as BMJ Best Practice
- NICE pathways and guidelines
- Databases like Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL and PsycInfo
HEE says the range of content will grow significantly over the coming months.
It is clearly a substantial resource: a search for “Covid-19” turns up more than six million results.
The starting point for every search
Sue Lacey-Bryant, national lead for NHS library and knowledge services at HEE, said: “NHS staff make millions of health and care decisions every single week – and the challenge of ensuring these decisions are based on up-to-date knowledge married with decades of evidence and research is being met head-on by the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub.
“Whether searching for published knowledge and evidence for patient care, management decision-making, education, research, or just professional curiosity, the NHS Knowledge and Library hub is set to become the starting point for every search – powering the bright minds of health staff, students and trainees and ensuring they can be confident that the care they deliver is based on the most up-to-date information possible.
“Offering an intuitive search experience for both quick and in-depth study, the platform provides access to nationally and locally-funded knowledge and evidence resources.”
Users are able to access the hub via their one-time-registration NHS OpenAthens account.