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Joining the Library

Who can join the library?You can join the library if you are employed by any of the trusts below. Trust ID/proof of employment will be required.

  • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • NHS Hounslow & Richmond (Membership fee required, contact Library for details)
  • West London Mental Health NHS Trust (Membership fee required, contact Library for details)
  • Medical students on attachment from Imperial College School of Medicine
  • Nursing students on attachment from Buckinghamshire College/TVU (refundable deposit required)
  • Other students on placement at West Middlesex hospital (refundable deposit required)
  • Local General Practitioners, practice staff and overseas doctors and students on clinical attachment at any of the aforementioned trusts (Membership fee required)
  • Public Health staff (Membership fee required)

Library Joining forms are available at the counter in the library. Contact Library for more details.
Library News

Staff Publications Repository is a database of academic papers published by Trust staff, past and present. If you’ve had a paper published recently, please let us know so we can add it to the Repository. Check here for most cited articles from October publications list

We have a collection of educational board games covering a range of subject matters, which can be used in training sessions and to gain CPD credits. You can play one-on-one or in teams.

Health Information Week 3-9 Jul- To celebrate the week we are organising displays in the library and virtual health literacy  awareness sessions.

Access more than 800 Nursing E-books across Many Nursing Topics. Sign in with your OpenAthens account. 

- Check what you can access with your account

BMJ Best Practice -  You can now access Comorbidities Manager

Evidence Updates and Evidence Summaries- save time and make better decisions

Access CINAHL Ultimate – Collection of Nursing and Allied Health Literature

More News

Access Journals, eBooks, Staff Publications and Point of care Tools (login with OpenAthens)

Search e-journals



DynaMedAccess DynaMed, clinical decision support tool on the Trust intranet without password, access remotely with NHS OpenAthens, download the app to access on mobile devices anywhere. See the quick guide for details.

 

Access BMJ Best Practice, clinical decision support tool on the Trust intranet without password, access remotely with NHS OpenAthens, download the app to access on mobile devices anywhere. See the  user guide for details.


Staff Publications lists:

COVID- 19 Staff Publications

WMUH -2024

CWMH (can download only on the Trust computers)

Institutional Repository of Staff Publications

Latest Health Management Bulletin

BBC News- Health

'Frustration is a huge part of my life with ADHD'
Henry has ADHD and struggles with everyday tasks and remembering appointments.
New hope for patients with breast cancer gene
Treating patients with a drug before surgery greatly reduced the chances of the cancer coming back, a small trial found.
Charity boss slams 'reprehensible' health trusts
NHS trusts "try to stop" coroners issuing Prevention of Future Death reports, an inquiry hears.
Child obesity clinics seeing BMIs over 50
Many are from the most deprived areas, and a significant number are neurodivergent or have other health conditions, a study says.
Care providers say overseas worker crackdown 'short-sighted'
Many care workers say it is a rewarding job, so the task is how to get more people in the UK to apply.

Accessing Articles
Articles from journals marked in green are freely available or available in print in the library, or are available by using your NHS Athens account. You may need to click on 'Log in with Athens' to get an Athens login box.

If you don't have an NHS Athens account, you can register online, and if you do this on an NHS PC, you'll receive a confirmation email the same day.

Journals marked in orange aren't available online, but we hold print copies in the Library.

Journals marked in red aren't available online or in the Library but we can order articles  via our Inter Library Loan Service. Please contact the library on ext 5968 or email chelwest.library.InfoService@nhs.net for more information.

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