Skills & Procedures

The Royal Marsden Manual Online

The Royal Marsden Manual Online provides you with easy, straightforward access to evidence-based skills and procedures. The ninth edition is mobile optimized and supports smartphones and tablets.

How to Access?

You can access the Royal Marsden Manual without passwords on the Trust computers by using the quick links/clinical Apps/ Royal Marsden online listed on the Intranet homepage. To access remotely you need to login with OpenAthens. If you don’t have NHS Open Athens account you can register now.

ClinicalSkills.net – ClinicalSkills.net provide access to step-by-step illustrated clinical procedures. Password free access is available on the Trust intranet, to access remotely OpenAthens login is required.

Procedures related to COVID would be useful (login with OpenAthens), you can access the other respiratory procedures depending on your role.

Videos from Public Health England on donning and doffing safely.

Health Education England- Essential Skills for Deployed Staff – Just in time training for those deployed in the COVID response January/February 2021

Evidence searches

The librarians can undertake COVID-19 evidence / literature searches for Trust staff. Complete the online form or send us an email to let us know the details. Request a search

COVID-19 Staff Publications

Information for Patients & Carers

Health Information for Patients

BBC Health News

Dr Chris asks: 'Why do so many of us have problems with our feet?'

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'I'm not being listened to' - new health plan launched as women say they are still ignored

New plans to improve healthcare for women and girls have been set out, but will they change anything?

'I'm not being listened to' - new health plan launched as women say they are still ignored

New plans to improve healthcare for women and girls have been set out, but will they change anything?

A cold could kill my daughter - hospital visits feel like a death sentence

Rebecca Quayle, who has terminal cancer, has had to wait in A&E with people coughing and taking Covid tests.

Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

Time your workout to your body clock, health researchers advise based on latest evidence.

What is the UK Covid inquiry and how does it work?

The third report from the inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic says the NHS was close to collapse.

Single-sex space guidance for organisations to be published after May elections

Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson says election rules mean a new draft cannot be published until next month.

'I was kicked out of bar because of my wheelchair'

Maddie Haining, 18, says she was told she was a safety risk and escorted out of a Manchester nightspot.

Why did resident doctors go on strike and how much are they paid?

Resident doctors in England have returned to work after the 15th walkout in a long-running dispute.

Doctors' strikes can have surprising benefits - but are they sustainable?

Some hospital trusts tell the BBC previous action has seen shorter waits, faster decisions and calmer corridors.