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Anne (and indeed other list recipients) I agree that this is a positive and indeed long overdue mention, thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention. Without trying to sound too negative or uninformed about excellent work which I am sure is being carried out by libraries with CCGs and CSUs, I wonder how easy some CCG staff would find it to actually get library support? After such a time of great change the picture is I think complicated as regards provision for groups like CCGs and CSUs. Although I work for a CSU, my role isn't that of a traditional librarian any more, and whilst we do provide the sort of electronic access indicated, we don't necessarily provide other services. Whilst I can see that any of the intended audience could sign up for electronic alert services and Athens, the text mentions a range of other library services, some of which I suspect just don't exist in some areas. In my own CSU area, whilst services may exist for some staff I am farily confident that they don't exist for all CCGs - at least not without further investment. The point that I am trying to make here is that in some areas library support is very thin on the ground (many of our services having lost staff in recent reorganisations). Whilst getting our services publicised like this is useful, and I really am wrestling with the rights and wrongs of this, the idea that everyone has a local LKS, and that they can access it free, isn't reflecting reality. It will be interesting to see if we see an effect as a result of this but sadly it is my view that some staff reading this bulletin may believe that they have access to services above and beyond that which we are able (and funded) to provide). This is a genuine question - we've always been very good at providing excellent service - sometimes for little or no money. Can we keep on doing this with resources reducing? Not trying to offend anyone here, but this is something I have come to feel very strongly about, having seen services eroded over a number of reorganisations. I hasten to add that these are just my own views..... Helen Helen Spence Benefits Realisation Analyst North and East London Commissioning Support Unit [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 020 3 688 1041 1st Floor, Clifton House 75-77 Worship Street London, EC2A 2EJ Tel: 020 7683 5106 ________________________________ From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gray Anne Commissioning.Libraria (5CQ) Milton Keynes PCT [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 16 July 2013 13:50 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Knowledge4Commissioning Website Apologies for cross posting The role of LKS to support commissioning is being recognised at last - see Bulletin for CCGs: Issue 37, 11 July 2013 16. NHS Library and Knowledge Services working in partnership with commissioners http://www.england.nhs.uk/2013/07/11/ccg-bulletin-issue-37/ 16. NHS Library and Knowledge Services working in partnership with commissioners Library and Knowledge Services (LKS) are an integral part of the core business of the NHS. They enable staff to have the relevant skills and knowledge to make evidence based decisions, resulting in excellent patient care. LKS offer a unique service to commissioners that complement and build on the work of other commissioning support units (CSUs) to provide comprehensive business intelligence. Services add value by: * searching and gathering evidence on the topics of your choice * developing bulletins and alerts to keep you up to date with new research guidelines, best practice and policies * tracing and supplying specific publications you request * assisting staff in their professional and personal development through study skills, a dedicated learning environment and supplying texts. What to do next: Step 1: Contact your local LKS search online<http://www.hlisd.org/> to find your nearest service Step 2: Sign up<https://register.athensams.net/nhs/nhseng> for an NHS Athens account use your NHS Athens account to access a wide variety of electronic resource. Step 3: Search for national, regional and local electronic content at NICE Evidence Services<http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/> and on theHealthcare Databases Advanced Search<http://www.library.nhs.uk/> pages. Step 4: For bespoke services please contact your regional LKS Lead<http://www.knowledge4commissioning.nhs.uk/contacts> The contacts link in Step 4 points to the new Knowledge4commissioning website http://www.knowledge4commissioning.nhs.uk/ Do have a look and if you have any comments or find any issues or errors on the website please let us know asap, and dont forget to use the [log in to unmask] list to get support from your colleagues. Sign up here: http://lists.libraryservices.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/commissioning.<http://lists.libraryservices.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/commissioning> It would be good to hear about any enquiries which you receive from CCGs resulting from this item. Send as a comment via the Knowledge4Commissioning website A group of librarians are currently working to migrate the Commissioning Handbook for Librarians http://commissioning.pbworks.com/ onto a Word Press platform and updating the contents watch out for it in the autumn. Meanwhile continue to forward any content you find which you think would be useful to others. Best wishes Anne Anne Gray, Knowledge Officer [log in to unmask] NHS Milton Keynes CCG 01908 278686 www.miltonkeynesccg.nhs.uk<http://www.miltonkeynesccg.nhs.uk> Please consider the environment, do you really need to print this email? The information contained in this message or any of its attachments may be privileged and confidential and should not be disclosed to any other party without valid consent. The views expressed may not be official policy but the personal views of the originator. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please advise the sender and delete it all and any attachments from your system. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution, other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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