Here at Nottingham City Hospital we were visited by CHI last year. We
supplied them in advance with fairly substantial packs of Library
information (strategy, statistics, copies of bids, implementation update
etc.) and then got a visit from the entire review team that lasted over an
hour. They showed a clear interest in Libraries and their questions during
the visit were intelligent and perceptive, but we got no more than a few
passing comments in the final report, mainly relating to internet access
(which we offer to all NHS staff and students).
My own impression is that the level of interest in Libraries taken by CHI
visit teams varies greatly depending on the individual reviewers involved.
If CHI genuinely see libraries as having an important role in clinical
governance (I hope they do, and I think the team that visited us did!) then
they need a standard checklist (possibly derived from LINC/Helicon
accreditation?) which relects this, in order to bring a degree of
consistency and transparency to the library element of their reviews.
Yours aye,
Dr. John S. Rule,
Library and Information Services Manager,
Library,
PGEC,
City Hospital,
Hucknall Road,
NOTTINGHAM.
NG5 1PB
Tel. 0115-969-1169 ext. 45735
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