NHS Evidence Specialist Collections – Annual Updates

NHS Evidence Specialist Collections are web-based collections containing clinical and non-clinical information on the major health priority areas. Each specialist collection identifies and provides access to quality assessed information of relevance to the community that it serves. An aspect of this involves the Annual Evidence updates, which aim to highlight the best current evidence for selected healthcare topics.

The following Annual Evidence Updates are scheduled to be produced by NHS Evidence in September:

7 September

Annual Evidence Update on Hepatitis B/C  (NHS Evidence – Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases)

www.library.nhs.uk/gastroliver

Annual Evidence Update on Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Supportive and Palliative Care (NHS Evidence – Supportive and Palliative Care)

www.library.nhs.uk/palliative

14 September

Annual Evidence Update on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia (NHS Evidence – Later Life)

www.library.nhs.uk/laterlife

Annual Evidence Update on Eczema (NHS Evidence – Skin Disorders)

www.library.nhs.uk/skin

21 September

Annual Evidence Update on Osteoarthritis (NHS Evidence – Musculoskeletal and NHS Evidence – Trauma and Orthopaedics)

www.library.nhs.uk/musculoskeletal and www.library.nhs.uk/trauma_orthopaedics

28 September

Annual Evidence Update on Antenatal and Pregnancy Care (NHS Evidence – Women’s Health)

www.library.nhs.uk/womenshealth

Annual Evidence Update on Hyperthyroidism (NHS Evidence – ENT and Audiology)

www.library.nhs.uk/ent

If you would like further information about the NHS Evidence Specialist Collections or any other resource, please do not hesitate to contact the library.

NHS Evidence

NHS Evidence is an important new service which has been created as a result of Lord Darzi’s report High Quality Care for All, which called for quality to be at the heart of the NHS. NHS Evidence provides easy access to a comprehensive evidence base for everyone involved in health and social care. Simple searching can be undertaken without the need for a password and the uncluttered search screen will be familiar in many ways to users of search engines such as Google. Primary research and electronic journals and books can still be accessed using an NHS Athens username and password.

How can I find out more?

The library is running a week of information sessions to give you the opportunity to see how NHS Evidence works. These sessions will run from 15th to 19th June between 12pm-2pm. There is no need to book, just pop in and take this opportunity to familiarise yourself with this important new resource. For more information contact the library team.

Tel: 01244650343         Email: library@wcheshirepct.nhs.uk