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WHAT'S NEW

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World Health Day 2025 - Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures

7 April 2025

World Health Day 2025 - Blog by Miles Cheshire

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National Apprenticeship Week 2025

6 February 2025

This year, for National Apprenticeship Week, we will be running daily webinars to show you how the library and knowledge service can help support you if you have started an apprenticeship or are thinking of doing so.

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Annual Survey 2025 - Amazon gift card for one lucky entrant

3 February 2025

It’s that time for our Library Survey  again! We have lots of questions for you, to find out what you want from your  Library and Knowledge Service and how we can make it better for you.

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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 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.

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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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