Friday, 25 February 2022

NHFT virtual book club - our next read is The Illumination of Ursula Flight

Following our visit to contemporary Japan in Sayaka Murata's Convenience Store Woman, for our next read we are stepping back in time to the 1600s with The Illumination of Ursula Flight by Anna-Marie Crowhurst.

Born on the night of an ill-auguring comet just before Charles II's Restoration, Ursula Flight has a difficult future written in the stars.

Against the custom of the age she begins an education with her father, who fosters in her a love of reading, writing and astrology.

Following a surprise meeting with an actress, Ursula yearns for the theatre and thus begins her quest to become a playwright despite scoundrels, bounders, bad luck and heartbreak.

'...offers a joyous romp through Restoration England, with a heroine who lingers long in the imagination after the final page.' - The Guardian

The next meeting will be Thursday the 31st of March at 7pm via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there.

Sunday, 13 February 2022

A new way to find the evidence you need - the NHS Library and Knowledge Hub

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff and learners seamlessly to a range of high quality knowledge and evidence resources all in one place.

Funded by Health Education England, the Hub is a single gateway and offers an intuitive search experience for quick searches and options for in-depth searches.

On it you can find:
  • Thousands of electronic journals you can search or browse
  • Basic, advanced and PICO searching options
  • books and e-publications including OUP handbooks
  • one-click access to full-text, request a copy or contact an NHS library
  • clinical decision support tools such as BMJ Best Practice
  • NICE pathways and guidelines
  • databases like Medline, EMBASE and CINAHL
Full access is free to all NHS staff and learners through their NHS OpenAthens account.

If you haven’t got an OpenAthens account you can register for online in just a few minutes.





To access the Knowledge and Library Hub, go to http://library.nhs.uk/knowledgehub, click “Start your search” and log in with your OpenAthens account via the yellow link at the top of the page (to ensure you can access all of our content).

Want to know more? 

We have a short guide to getting the most from the hub on our website here.

There is also a handy short tutorial video on YouTube giving an overview of how the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub works. Of course, you can always contact us if you have questions.