Changes to The Knowledge Network
Published: 30/04/24
The Knowledge Network for health and social care has had a refresh!
NHS Scotland employees and contractors are eligible for an account to access the range of resources available through the Knowledge Network.
Resources include the digital library (eBooks, journal articles), databases (e.g. Medline, Embase), evidence summary resources, medicines information resources, local NHS library collections (print) and help & training support.
To access these resources users need to register for an NHS Scotland Open Athens account.
There is now a dedicated medicines information page with all the relevant resources to support your practice including:
BNF and BNFC,
eMartindale,
Stockley’s Drug Interactions,
The Palliative Care Formulary,
Meyler’s side effects of drugs,
Briggs Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation,
Handbook of drug administration via enteral feeding tubes,
Kucers’ the use of antibiotics,
Travax
Plus many more….
Key Links:
Register for a Knowledge Network NHS Scotland Open Athens account
Getting started
Help and training
Finding evidence to inform practice: A guide for Community Pharmacy staff
Over the last 12 months, NES have been supporting our network of Designated Supervisor’s (DS) to increase their confidence in the use of physical assessment skills and their ability to assess trainee pharmacists utilising these skills in practice. Due to the success of this training NES are running another series of events in the coming months.