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WHAT'S NEW

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Unstaffed Library 17th April 2024

11 April 2024

The library at Whiston Hospital will be unstaffed on Wednesday 17th April as the team are attending a training day with colleagues from the Southport & Ormskirk library team.

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Craft-ernoon with Health, Work and Wellbeing Team

8 April 2024

As part of Stress Awareness Month, Yvonne and Colette will be joining up with members of the Health, Work and Wellbeing (HWWB) Team to bring you a 'Craft-ernoon' on Floor 2 at Whiston Hospital.

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For library users with 24 hour access

29 February 2024

We’ve received some feedback that the library can be noisy in the evenings when the library staff have left. We expect that library users in the silent study area should be able to work or study without being disturbed by others.

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CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS

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UpToDate is an evidence-based physician-authored clinical decision support resource which assists in making the right point-of-care decisions. NB: Only available to Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (St Helens and Knowsley) employees.

BMJ Best Practice is a clinical decision support tool, uniquely structured around the patient consultation, with advice on symptom evaluation, tests to order and treatment approach. This resource is available to ALL NHS employees using their NHS OpenAthens account.

REQUEST AN ARTICLE OR BOOK

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Need a copy of a journal article or want to borrow a book? Use the links below to send us your requests.

 

JOURNALS @ BROWZINE

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NHS staff and students can access over 7,000 full-text electronic journals via BrowZine.

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