Benefits to patients Quality patient care Individualised care

Benefits to patients: Quality patient care Individualised care on the basis of the best evidence available Benefits to busy clinical staff: Time saved Bridging the literature-practice gap, overcoming barriers to getting information into practice Quality assurance that the best evidence has been identified Benefits to UHL Trust: Meeting the clinical governance agenda Promoting evidence based practice Providing a mechanism to support a questioning and learning culture Contact the CL supporting your directorate as below. Louise Hull Medical Library, GH Phone: 0116 250 2309 [internal ext 2309] Email: louise. hull@uhl-tr. nhs. uk Sarah Sutton Clinical Sciences Library, LRI Phone: 0116 252 3290 [internal ext 709 3290] Email: sas 27@le. ac. uk Pip Divall Education Centre Library, LGH Phone / Fax: 0116 258 8078 [internal ext 8078] Email: pip. divall@uhl-tr. nhs. uk Blog : http: //www. bloglines. com/blog/Pip. Divall For more information about the service, please see our web site http: //www. uhl-library. nhs. uk February 2008 Clinical Librarian Service CHI inspection report said “ a service the rest of the NHS can learn from” Bringing research evidence to the patient’s bedside

A librarian joins the clinical team: Supporting: - On ward rounds, at clinical meetings… Responding to questions that arise in the clinical setting: Delivering patient centred information. Working in partnership with clinical staff. Using information retrieval and critical appraisal skills. Developing a database of evidence summaries from clinical questions and answers. Contributing to the development of guidelines / care pathways. Doctors Nurses Midwives Allied Health Professionals Anyone who needs to find the research evidence to support their clinical work Two Clinical Librarians work with staff in 12 clinical areas at UHL, supporting the clinical areas indicated. . The Clinical Librarian (CL) provides: - A digest / summary of the search results, highlighting the quality of evidence found. - Abstracts of relevant articles. - Full text documents as appropriate. - Details of search strategies and resources used. Please feel free to contact us for a literature search, or just ask when you see us on ward rounds, at clinical meetings, around the hospital, or even in the library. Louise Hull / Pip Divall Gastroenterology Critical Care / ITU Anaesthetics & Pain Management Stroke Surgery Cardiorespiratory Musculoskeletal Sarah Sutton Emergency Department Cancer & Haematology Children's Services Diabetes Care Renal Transplant & Urology Women's, Perinatal & Sexual Health