Transforming NHS Libraries in England: CILIP Press Release, 23 July 2008Dear
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Health Strategy Group welcomes Review of NHS Libraries report in Open Letter
to Peter Hill
The Health Strategy Group (HSG) has given a warm welcome to the Hill Report,
"A National Review of NHS Health Library Services in England". The Group,
co-sponsored by CILIP (The Chartered Institute of Library & Information
Professionals) and SCONUL (Society of College, National and University
Libraries), provides an important professional endorsement for the approach
and recommendations in the report.
"It is an excellent report," states Kath O'Donovan, Chair of the Health
Strategy Group, "It acknowledges the contribution already made by libraries
and librarians working in healthcare but sets out a challenging agenda to
put them at the centre of supporting an evidence-based healthcare system in
England".
The Group have identified a number of areas where they would like to work
with the National Library of Health and other bodies in realising the
ambitions and vision of the report. They are set out in an open letter to
Professor Peter Hill and include:
. Education, training & continuing professional development for NHS Library
staff - equipping staff for new roles and responsibilities and enhancing the
leadership skills of those providing the service
. Researching the impact of the provision of information on health outcomes
. Partnership working, especially between the NHS and higher education, in
areas such as joint content procurement, copyright licensing and the
provision of open access repositories
Bruce Madge, Vice-Chair of HSG and President of CILIP, comments: "Although
the Hill report was produced just before the Darzi report it plays to the
same themes and acts as a signpost for the proposed new NHS Evidence Service
recommended by Darzi. The opportunities will be there for libraries to
become established as the lynchpin of this new service and for librarians to
become navigators of evidence sources, informing best clinical practice and
quality commissioning within the NHS, and supporting the lifelong learning
and development of all healthcare staff".
"We shall be writing to the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health
and the Chief Executive of the NHS seeking their formal endorsement of the
Hill report," adds Kath O'Donovan, "We also commend it to the Boards and
Chief Executives of NHS Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities and
encourage all librarians to be guided by its recommendations when planning
and delivering their services locally. It is good to note that progress is
already being made in implementing a number of the recommendations in the
report".
Press contacts:
Kath O'Donovan - Chair, Health Strategy Group
Tel: (0)114 222 7227
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Bruce Madge - Vice-Chair, Health Strategy Group
Tel: 0207 637 2888
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Guy Daines - Joint Secretary, Health Strategy Group
Tel: 0207 255 0632
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Notes to editors:
1. The full text of the Open Letter from the Health Strategy Group to
Professor Peter Hill follows can be accessed at:
http://www.sconul.ac.uk/groups/health_strategy/reports/nlhreview.pdf
And also
http://www.cilip.org.uk/policyadvocacy/statements/healthstrategy/openlettert
oprofessorhill.htm
2. National Review of NHS Health Library Services in England - The report,
commissioned from Professor Peter Hill, makes detailed recommendations to
strengthen library/knowledge services in the NHS so that they are fit for
purpose for the future, and as efficient and effective as possible in making
a positive impact on the health of patients and the population. A number of
technical issues and implications are raised.
http://www.library.nhs.uk/aboutnlh/review
3. The Darzi report - High Quality Care for All. The Stationery Office, June
2008. (Cm 7432). ISBN: 978-0-17322-8 - The final report of Lord Darzi's NHS
Next Stage Review. It responds to the strategic visions produced by the ten
Strategic Health Authorities and sets out a vision for an NHS with quality
at its heart and fully evidence-based.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsP
olicyAndGuidance/DH_085825
4. NHS Libraries and National Library for Health (NLH) -
There are 267 NHS-funded library services in NHS England, with approximately
365 libraries and a total of nearly 1300 employees. NLH is a confederation
of these local library services, a range of nationally commissioned
information services and products, and a single national hub (
www.library.nhs.uk ).
5. The Health Strategy Group is a joint working party of SCONUL and CILIP
that advises its parent bodies on strategic health information issues and
engages with other stakeholders in promoting the value and contribution of
libraries and librarians across all sectors to healthcare.
6. CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and
knowledge managers. It forms a community of around 36,000 people engaged in
library and information work, of whom around 21,000 are CILIP Members and
around 15,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises. CILIP members work
in all sectors, including business and industry, science and technology,
further and higher education, schools, local and central government, the
health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries. For
more information about CILIP go to www.cilip.org.uk
7. SCONUL - the Society of College, National and University Libraries - is
the membership body for UK and Irish higher education and national
libraries. It works to promote excellence in library services in higher
education and national libraries across the UK and Ireland and most of its
activities are carried out by the heads of library services, often through
SCONUL's range of expert groups or our Executive Board. More information
about SCONUL can be found at www.sconul.ac.uk
Melanie Brocklehurst
Chair - CILIP Health Libraries Group
Academic Liaison and Development Manager
Centre for Learning Support and Development
London South Bank University
250 Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 6NJ
Tel: 020 7815 6695
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Melanie Brocklehurst
Academic Liaison and Development Manager
Centre for Learning Support and Development
London South Bank University
250 Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 6NJ
Tel: 020 7815 6695
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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