Clinical librarian services
Clinical librarians work in partnership with clinical and non-clinical staff to provide information to support patient care, service delivery, and quality improvement. They help ensure that questions arising in clinical encounters are answered on the basis of good-quality, reliable evidence. They also assist in the development of clinical guidelines, policies and procedures.
The role of the clinical librarian is well-established within the NHS, and a mixed methods study on the impact of their work concluded that “clinical librarian services are beneficial to NHS trusts and impact on the use of evidence-based health care, and assist in decision-making surrounding patient safety, quality of care and efficiency” ()
How can our clinical librarian support you?
Evidence searches (a systematic and thorough search of the published literature) can be requested by any member of staff. Upon completion, the search results will be emailed to you. Evidence searches can be requested using , or alternatively you can email us to discuss your requirements.鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧��
Our clinical librarian can attend team and departmental meetings on either a regular or ad hoc basis to help ensure that evidence is available when and where it’s needed and can also provide training and support on accessing and using a wide range of evidence-based resources. Please contact us 鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�媐or further information.