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NHS Evidence - Health Information Resources – Medline, PsychoInfo, Cinahl, Embase, Cochrane
MY Journals - Sign in with your Athens to access full-text Journal Articles
NHS Evidence – Quick Search – Evidence in Health & Social Care
NHS Evidence - Help Guides to using the Advanced Search (HDAS)
NICE - National guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health
NICE Online Educational Tools - NICE have developed a number of e-learning packages for some clinical guidelines, including anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder and depression in adults. The tools are free to use and only require a simple registration process with BMJ Learning website
SIGN – The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) develops evidence based clinical practice guidelines for the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland
PEP-Web - PEP is a digital archive of many of the major works of psychoanalysis, searchable database
EBSCOhost - The CINAHL database indexes over 2,931 journals and provides extensive coverage literature related to nursing and allied health disciplines, including physiotherapy,occupational therapy, nutrition, health education and dental hygiene. Use your Athens
HIGHWIRE Press - As the leading ePublishing platform, HighWire Press partners with independent scholarly publishers, societies, associations, and university presses to facilitate the digital dissemination of 1527 journals – Full-text access
MDLinx – Psychlinx. Part of Medlinx. Very useful site. You can sign up for newsletters in whatever specialty you like and then you get sent daily e-mails of new articles in that area. You can also use it to search for articles.
Proquest - Database of searchable journals - Nursing and Medical coverage – Use your Athens
Pubmed - biomedical literature, citations and abstracts
Pubmed Central - free , full-text journal articles
Quertle - is the easiest to use, yet most powerful search engine for the biomedical literature
Free Medical Journals - Free access to medical journals
SpringerLink – Searchable Journal Database - Links to free full-text journal articles and book chapters
Health Information Resources – Evidence Based Reviews
Use when you want to find a high quality review of the best available evidence for effective health care. This resource links you to secondary sources that have synthesised the known evidence on your behalf e.g. the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Bandolier Evidence based thinking about healthcare
- Cochrane Library Full text systematic reviews of health care interventions, prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration
- DARE Critical appraisal of systematic reviews published in the medical literature
- HTA Database Completed and on-going health technology assessments from around the world
- NHS EED Reliable information about the costs as well as the effects of drugs, treatments and procedures, to inform decisions
- UK Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments Publishes those patients’ and clinicians’ questions about the effects of treatments which cannot currently be answered reliably by referring to up-to-date systematic reviews of existing research
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123Doc
123Doc is a medical publisher and education provider specialising in high quality online and blended learning courses for medical professionals including Foundation/Junior Doctors, medical students, allied healthcare professionals, GPs, Consultants and nurses.
BestBETs
A full-text collection of shortcut evidence-based reviews (BETs – best evidence topics) written by healthcare practitioners for healthcare practitioners answering everyday clinical questions with the evidence. Published, completed and incomplete BETs are searchable via the database. Critical appraisal database and resources are also available on this website.
BMJ Learning
BMJ Learning is an online learning resource for healthcare professionals allowing you to asses your learning needs online. Choose from over 270 interactive evidence based modules (clinical and non-clinical) with real life case scenarios. Prepare for appraisal and revalidation. Consultants can earn CPD points.
EPPI-Centre database of health promotion research
The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) is part of the Social Science Research Unit (SSRU), Institute of Education, University of London provides free access to 3 databases in the field of health promotion:
BiblioMap, the EPPI-Centre database of health promotion research, has been compiled over a number of years as a result of searching and coding research for inclusion in systematic reviews. It contains approximately 13,000 records at present and is being added to each time a systematic review is completed.
The Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews (DoPHER) is a specialised register concentrating on reviews. It currently contains over 1,700 reviews.
The Trials Register of Promoting Health Interventions (TRoPHI) is a web-based database of randomised controlled trials and controlled trials (non-randomised) of Public Health and Health Promotion interventions. It currently contains over 2,300 trials.
National Research Register
The National Research Register (NRR) is a database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). The Register provides a reasonable record of projects that were ongoing from early 2000 onwards.
OT Seeker
OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist you to evaluate their validity and interpretability. These ratings will help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials for informing clinical interventions.
TRIP
Search across EBP resources using the TRIP database. Currently searches over 111 different resources and separates the results into categories; Evidence-based, Guidelines, Query-answering, Medical images, E-books, Patient Information Leaflets, Peer-reviewed journals. NB TRIP relies on authors submitting links to them to add to the TRIP database, therefore it may not contain the most up-to-date evidence and original sources may need to be searched also.
The Joanna Briggs Institute - The Joanna Briggs Institute is an International not-for-profit Research and Development Organisation specialising in Evidence-Based resources for healthcare professionals in nursing, midwifery, medicine, and allied health. Systematic Reviews and more ……
CEBM – Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
CEBM – Click here to register (Right hand side) for Email Alerts to the fortnightly Current Awareness Bulletin
Tools for EBM - Tools for each step of the evidence-based medicine process
CASP Tools - The tools were developed by the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) to help with the process of critically appraising articles of the following types of research: Systematic reviews, RCTs, Qualitative and more..
Drugs Databases
BNF - The British National Formulary
BNF for Children – The British National Formulary for Children
Choice in Medication - This is a site run by the UK psychiatric pharmacy group and NIMHE
MHRA - Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency – An executive agency of the Department of Health
National electronic Library for Medicines - Provides timely and relevant information on medicines and support prescribing to the NHS at the point of care.
National Prescribing Centre - The aim of the NPC is to ‘promote and support high quality, cost-effective prescribing and medicines management across the NHS, to help improve patient care and service delivery’.
Pharmacy – a one-stop resource for pharmacists
The Royal College of Psychiatrists - Provide information on medication and other treatments
YELLOW Card – Helping to make medicines safer
HealthCare Databases
Audit Commission - they publish independent reports highlighting risks and good practice to improve the quality of financial management in the health service
BAOT/COT – British Association of Occupational Therapists
BNF - British National Formulary – Access the latest copy of BNF 58, latest updates resources and more ..
CKS – Clinical Knowledge Summaries
Cochrane Library – Evidence for healthcare decision-making
CPA – Centre for Policy on Ageing, Resouces, guided reading and more ..
Current Controlled Trials – Current Controlled Trials allows users to search, register and share information about randomised controlled trials. Access to all the information on this site is free.
Department of Health – Whats New
Depression Alliance - For patients, for healthcare professionals a wealth of information for you.
DeNDRoN – The NIHR Dementias & Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (NIHR DeNDRoN)
Drug & Alcohol Findings - bridges the divide between UK-relevant research on the effectiveness of responses to drug and alcohol problems and the practitioners who provide those interventions.
DrugScope - DrugScope is the UK’s leading independent centre of expertise on drugs and the national membership organisation for the drug field.
DSM-IV – Complete List of DSM-IV Codes
Early Intervention - Yorkshire & Humber early intervention service
Emerald – The world’s leading publisher of management research
Equality & Diversity - Better Health – Using evidence to promote race equality in health
Gold Standards Framework, The - GSF is a systematic evidence based approach to optimising the care for patients nearing the end of life
Health & Social Care – The information search engine
Health Foundation Inspiring Improvement – Working to improve the quality of healthcare
Intute - Web resources for education and research
King’s Fund - Research, reports, stories and much more …
Mental Health Foundation - Leading UK charity, provides information, carries out research, campaigns and improve mental health
NCCMH – National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health – is responsible for developing mental health guidelines
National Mental Health Development Unit (The) - Implementing mental health policy, Best Practice, Care Pathways and more …
NMHDU – Replaces NIMHE - Best practice to improve mental health & services
North West Commissioning RoadMap
North West Mental Health Improvement Programme
PEDro - Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy
Pharm-line - Database for medicines management, pharmacy practice and prescribing – NHS
Physiotherapy Choices - Physiotherapy Choices is a database designed for use by consumers of physiotherapy services
Race Equality Foundation - Evidence-based practice should combine the best research with the values of service users and the expertise of frontline staff”
Rowntree, Joseph – Joseph Rowntree Foundation – Publications and social understanding
Social Care Online – SCIE – The UK’s most complete range of information and research on all aspects of social care – for free
Social Enterprise - Advise and support over 80 local social enterprises and organisations moving towards social enterprise.
Social Policy & Social Work – SWAP - SWAP is the UK subject centre for social policy and social work
Social Work, Alcohol and Drugs - The objective of the website is to provide social workers with accessible information on substance use that is geared specifically towards the social work profession, its roles, values and responsibilities.
Sainsburys Centre for Mental Health - Influencing policy and practice in mental health and related services. Reports and research
ABI – Acquired Brain Injury
ARBIAS - ARBI is a term used to describe the physical impairment to the brain sustained as a result of alcohol consumption. Links to research, publications and more..
BIRT – Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust - The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) helps people regain the skills lost as a result of brain injury – whether caused by road accident, assault, stroke or illness.
Headway – The Brain Injury Association - Acquired brain injury covers all situations in which brain injury has occurred since birth, and includes traumatic brain injury as well as tumour, stroke, brain haemorrhage and encephalitis, to name a few.
Innovation
International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications – Free full-text access
National Innovation Centre - At the NHS National Innovation Centre (NIC), we support innovators, commissioners, and clinicians to speed up the development and use of innovations that will benefit the NHS. On this website, you will find a range of free-to-use, secure and confidential tools to help you.
Young Foundation - The Young Foundation brings together insights, innovation and entrepreneurship to meet social needs. We have a track record of over 50 years success with ventures such as the Open University, Which?, the School for Social Entrepreneurs and Healthline (the precursor of NHS Direct).
Physical Health
BMC Public Health – Open access journal
Change 4 Life – Links to resources, helping you change your diet, exercise a bit more and change your life.
Diabetes UK – Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.
Faculty of Public Health - The UK’s faculty of Public Health, (FPH) is the standard setting body for specialists in public health.
Food Standards Agency – The Food Standards Agency is an independent Government department set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public’s health and consumer interests in relation to food. Download useful publicatins including, Eatwell, tips for healthier choices and more…
Information Centre NHS for Health & Social Care - The aim is to revolutionise the use of information to improve decision making, deliver better care and realise increased productivity, click on to the Health and Lifestyle link for uptodate statistics and more…
NHS 5 a day – Healthy Choices – Links to advice, meal plans, nutrition information and more
National Heart Forum - Our focus is the prevention of cardiovascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancer, overweight and obesity, respiratory disease and hypertensive disease and the shared, modifiable risk factors of physical inactivity, poor nutrition and tobacco and alcohol use.
NOO – The National Obesity Observatory - NOO provides a single point of contact for wide-ranging authoritative information on data, evaluation and evidence related to weight status and its determinants.
Obesity Learning Centre – This website has been developed to support people who work, either directly or indirectly, on promoting a healthy weight and tackling obesity.
Public Health - health and social wellbeing improvement, publications to download
Walking for Health - WfH aims to get more people walking in their own communities particularly those who take little exercise or who live in areas of poor health.
Statistics
OHE – Office of Health Economics - provides independent research, advisory and consultancy services on policy implications and economic issues within the pharmaceutical, health care and biotechnology sectors.
Hospital Episode Statistics - Searchable database, information on many subject areas, click on here for the Monthy Topic of Interest which included the following and more .. Eating Disorders, Self Harm
The NHS Information Centre – Statistics & Data Collection
North West Public Health Observatory -Promoting and delivering health intelligence to decision-makers to improve health and reduce health inequalities. Monitoring health and disease trends and highlighting areas for action. Acting as advocates for population health information, ensuring that high-quality, relevant information is available to a range of stakeholders. Looking ahead to give early warning of future health problems. Developing a skilled health intelligence workforce.
Office of Health Care Economics – OHE Health Statistics and information (OHESI) is the one-stop source for health statistics and data on population and health trends in the UK, and on the changing finances and structure of the NHS
