Useful resources externally produced to the
RCGP
Academy of Medical Royal
Colleges
promotes, supports and facilitates the work of the Medical Royal
Colleges and their Faculties for the benefit of patients and
healthcare professionals
Best
Treatments
Uses the most up-to-date medical research (BMJ Clinical Evidence)
to tell patients which treatments and drugs work for which
conditions.
BMJ
publishes original scientific studies, review
and educational articles, and papers commenting on the clinical,
scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting
health.
British National Formulary
Online resource providing UK healthcare professionals with
authoritative and practical information on the selection and
clinical use of medicines. For access need Athens login or can
register free.
Centre for Evidence-Based
Mental Health
Organisation promoting and supporting the teaching and practice of
evidence based mental healthcare.
Clinical Evidence
Subscription required (but freely available to NHS staff) this BMJ
resource provides a regularly updated guide to evidence about the
effectiveness of care.
Clinical Summaries Service
(CKS)
Source of clinical knowledge helping healthcare professionals and
patients in managing common conditions seen in primary care
Cochrane Library
contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare
decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane, other
systematic reviews and clinical trials
Department of Health
The Department provides strategic leadership to the NHS and social
care organisations in England.
Database of Individual Patient Experiences
(DIPEX)
Site where patients share experiences of treatments and
conditions.
Doctors Net
Free resource for UK doctors providing news, education, medical
resources and forum discussions.
European Union of General Practitioners
(UEMO)
The organisation for GPs and specialists in family medicine in
Europe. To promote the highest standard of training, practice and
patient care within the field of general practice throughout Europe
as well as to defend the role of general practitioners in the
healthcare systems.
Health Technology Assessment Database
The HTA database contains information on healthcare technology
assessments.
Map of Medicine
Produced in collaboration with NLH MoM provides an evidence-based
approach to enable GPs to identify best practices for all major
conditions.
Medicines and healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
(MHRA)
Government agency responsible for ensuring medicines and medical
devices are safe and effective.
Medline
US National Library of Medicine bibliographic database covering
medicine and the health care system.
Merck
Manual
Covers most disorders, describing symptoms and signs, etiology and
epidemiology, prognosis and prophylaxis and treatment.
National Library for Health. Aims
to be ‘the best, most trusted health related knowledge service in
the world’. It comprises NHS funded services across the country
and, a digital hub, plus commissioned information services and
products. Need an Athens ID to access
bibliographic resources, full text journal and local resources.
National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence (NICE)
The body responsible for providing national guidance on the
promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill
health. Has a searchable database of current and previous guidance.
To learn about how NICE Clinical Guidelines are developed,
click
here.
National Institute for Health Research
(NIHR)
The NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) has been
established by the Government to improve the evidence base for
primary care practice. The NIHR operates Biomedical Research
Centres – NHS-University partnerships located in London, Oxford,
Cambridge, Liverpool and Newcastle.
National Research Developments (DH)
Holds information on the national health research strategy, and
further policy developments.
Patient
Voices
short (typically less than three minutes)
digital stories combining video, audio, still images and music that
reveal patients’ stories in a unique way.
PubMed
Free Medline service provided by the National Library of Medicine.
It includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life
science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed
also includes links to full text articles and other related
resources.
Scottish
Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
National clinical guidelines for Scotland.
UK Pubmed Central
A free version of Medline providing particular access to medical
articles with a UK orientation.
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