Document supply leads to more clinical time

Worcestershire Health Libraries: Saving you time as you improve patient care

We have recently conducted an impact study on how our document supply service is utilised.

These are the results:

· 941 Documents supplied in one quarter (Feb - Apr 2011)
131 individuals – 59 replies to survey – 45% return rate
· 98% found the information increased their clinical knowledge
· 89% said the new information would contribute to a higher quality of patient care
· 170 clinical hours saved by library staff supplying documents
(4½ weeks of clinical time)
· 100% of requests reached clinicians in time
· Information received was used for clinical queries, practice development, education and research, guidelines and journal clubs

Below are just a few of the comments we received:

“extending evidence-based treatment”
“better informed decision making”
“I will assess them (patients) rather than waiting for a doctor”
“more knowledge, better understanding”
“ensuring appropriate dose of drug use”
“information on breasting feeding has been used for guidelines”
“very simple request process and timely response”


The results show that if you need information fast, Worcestershire Health Libraries will save you time and effort by delivering documents directly to your workplace whilst you focus on delivering Evidence-Based Care.

New NHS Evidence

NHS Evidence has changed. Find out more about the exciting changes and how NHS Evidence can help you easily access evidence-based information to deliver high quality care.

Amongst the new features are

• An A-Z of topics directing you to topic pages for selcted clinical areas
• Nice Pathways A new online tool provides quick and easy access, topic by topic, to the range of guidance from NICE
• New Journals and Databases section

Visit www.evidence.nhs.uk today to explore and find out more.

WHL May 2011 Newsletter

Click on the image on the left to access the May 2011 Worcestershire Health Libraries Newsletter.

In this edition you will find...

• The latest on our Evesham Health Library move
• News on our literature search impact survey
• Electronic journals update and more...