Clinical guidelines
Formularies
Clinical management
BMJ Best Practice
BMJ Best Practice was ranked equal first in an independent review of CDS tools for breadth of disease coverage, editorial quality and evidence-based methodology.
Needs a free Open Athens account or a BMJ account (££) to access.
BMJ Best Practice was ranked equal first in an independent review of CDS tools for breadth of disease coverage, editorial quality and evidence-based methodology.
Needs a free Open Athens account or a BMJ account (££) to access.
Clinical Knowledge Summaries (NICE)
"The NICE CKS service which provides primary care practitioners with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and practical guidance on best practice in respect of over 330 common and/or significant primary care presentations."
"The NICE CKS service which provides primary care practitioners with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and practical guidance on best practice in respect of over 330 common and/or significant primary care presentations."
GP notebook.
If you register (free) with Univardis you can have access to more than 5 pages of GP notebook per day, and it will keep a log of what you looked up.
If you register (free) with Univardis you can have access to more than 5 pages of GP notebook per day, and it will keep a log of what you looked up.
NICE Pathways.
"Everything NICE says on a topic in an interactive flowchart."
"Everything NICE says on a topic in an interactive flowchart."
Local referral guidelines
Local referral guidelines:
Bristol
Cornwall
Devon: North & East
Devon: South and West
North Somerset
South Gloucestershire
Bristol
Cornwall
Devon: North & East
Devon: South and West
North Somerset
South Gloucestershire
Journals and databases
Evidence services (Provided in partnership by HEE and NICE)
"Quick access to reliable information for health and social care professionals.
Use the healthcare databases advanced search (HDAS), or search journals, databases and specialist evidence."
Open Athens
"Simplifies access to subscription-based content by giving you a single username and password.Provides access to healthcare databases, e-journals and ebooks."
FREE to NHS England users.
"Quick access to reliable information for health and social care professionals.
Use the healthcare databases advanced search (HDAS), or search journals, databases and specialist evidence."
Open Athens
"Simplifies access to subscription-based content by giving you a single username and password.Provides access to healthcare databases, e-journals and ebooks."
FREE to NHS England users.
Regular updates
NICE guidelines monthly update for Primary Care (Free)
Essential Knowledge Update programme (RCGP, free to members)
Five minutes of General Practice (Free to BMA members)
A monthly email with selected content from across BMJ.
Log in then select My emails.
Essential Knowledge Update programme (RCGP, free to members)
Five minutes of General Practice (Free to BMA members)
A monthly email with selected content from across BMJ.
Log in then select My emails.
Health Libraries
NHS local libraries
Each area has a comprehensive health library with trained staff who can do literature searches, signpost to the evidence and offer advanced training eg critical appraisal.
For example the Cornwall Health Library has a dedicated page for GPs.
Each area has a comprehensive health library with trained staff who can do literature searches, signpost to the evidence and offer advanced training eg critical appraisal.
For example the Cornwall Health Library has a dedicated page for GPs.
Oxford University press
Courtesy of Health Education England, NHS staff and students on placement in England have access to over 130 Oxford University Press medical and healthcare books online.
Log in with your NHS Open Athens details for free access to:
Log in with your NHS Open Athens details for free access to:
- The Oxford Textbook of Medicine
- Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine
- Oxford Handbook of General Practice
- Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis
- and many more.