Eastern Electronic Library for Health and Social Care: the blog

Intute - the new name for OMNI and NMAP

OMNI and NMAP, the search engines that enable you to find quality medical, nursing and allied health resources on the Web, are now called Intute.

Access Intute: Medicine (formerly OMNI) at http://www.intute.ac.uk/medicine
Access Intute: Nursing (formerly NMAP) at http://www.intute.ac.uk/nursing

Website on refugee & overseas healthcare professionals

With international doctors' work permits in the news at the moment, here's a website bringing together information for refugee and overseas qualified healthcare staff & their employers: http://www.rose.nhs.uk.

Cochrane

The latest edition of the Cochrane Library  - issue 2, 2005 - is now available free through the National electronic Library for Health  http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/cochrane.asp

Interview help for doctors

If you've got an interview coming up, here are some resources to help with the preparation:

http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/healthManagement/. Particularly useful here are the Hot Topics and Management Briefings which give "what you need to know" summaries on e.g. clinical governance, emergency planning etc. with links to further information.

http://careerfocus.bmjjournals.com/collections/ lists articles in the BMJ Careers supplement by topic - there are pieces on preparing for interview, as well as info on working in particular specialties. You could also try the Hospital Doctor websites: http://www.hospital-doctor.net.

http://www.bma.org.uk - the BMA website, for news and reports - some only accessible if you log in as a member

The relevant Royal College - see http://www.eel.nhs.uk/eel/proforgs.htm for a list.

Don't forget off-line resources - your local NHS library will have books on interview skills, current journals, and sympathetic librarians who can help you find information quickly.

Primary care contracts

Details of the new contracts for GPs (the 2004 General Medical Services contract), community pharmacy and NHS dentistry can be found on the NHS Employers website at http://www.nhsemployers.org/PayAndConditions/ primary_care_contracting.asp

NLH user survey

The National Library for Health website, www.library.nhs.uk, is carrying out a survey of the information needs of NHS staff.

The survey can be accessed at http://www.tfpl.com/questionnaire/nhs/nhs01.cfm and they're interested in the views of all NHS staff - not just clinicians.

They say:

The survey, which covers all NHS staff, is designed to identify the information needs people experience in the daily course of their jobs. The results of the survey will be used to develop the content and services available via the NLH and through local NHS library and information services, with the aim of supporting not only clinical and management decision making, but also continuing professional development and skills training. The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.