There’s talk in the Lancet: “NHS Evidence: better and faster acccess to information” and “A UK Google for Guidlines” (log in with RAVEN or NHS ATHENS to read the full text) But have you tried it yet? www.evidence.nhs.uk You can link to the

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj09/mj09_pm_redesign_2009.html

On Bank Holiday Monday 25th May, the Library will be open from 9am till 6pm.

The Library will be open on Sundays in the run up to the exams:Open from 2pm till 6pm on the following Sundays: 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st May, and 7th and 14th June. Best of luck to those with exams!

http://www.le.ac.uk/library/clinical/influenza/index.html – Keith Nockles of University of Leciester Clinical Sciences Library gathers together information on Swine Flu, Avian and Pandemic Influenza. http://blog.tripdatabase.com/2009/04/swine-influenza.html – Jon Brassey, of TRIP has gathered together these links. http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/swineflu.html – from US National Library for Medicine http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8024611.stm from BBC http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&Page&HPAwebAutoListName/Page/1240732817665?p=1240732817665 Health Protection Agencyhttp://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/health/flu/ and finally, University of Cambridge advice.

You will probably not have noticed much difference yet, but the National Library for Health has changed. After 10 years of operation, the National Library for Health moved, as of 1st April 2009, to NHS Evidence: “a web-based service that will help people find, access and use high-quality clinical and non-clinical evidence and best practice”. […]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments “Guardian readers can now access the BMJ Group’s independent, high quality patient information on a wide range of health issues, from cancer, depression and back pain to every day ailments like the common cold and period pains.Written in plain English, the British Medical Journal has detailed information about the causes and symptoms of your […]

Easter The Library will be closed for the Easter weekend (Friday 10th – Monday 13th April inclusive). Services resume at 8am, Tuesday 14th April. May Bank Holidays On May Bank Holidays, the library will operate restricted hours: 9am – 6pm.Bank Holidays: Mondays 4th and 25th May

From today, 1st April 2009, the National Library for Health (NLH) has transferred to NICE and become NHS Evidence. NHS Evidence will go live on 30 April 2009. NHS Evidence will provide an integrated online portal and a comprehensive source of fast, free, relevant and trustworthy information about clinical and non-clinical evidence and best practice. […]

An interesting post on the BioMed Central blog regarding what happens to the results of clinical trials.