Summary
This policy was approved by the Health Education England Executive on 29 November 2016. The policy sets out our approach to delivering on the key objective of enabling access to knowledge and evidence for healthcare decision makers.
Commitments
In the policy there is a commitment to:
- developing NHS library and knowledge specialists to use their expertise to mobilise evidence obtained from research and organisational knowledge to underpin decision-making in the National Health Service in England
- enabling all NHS workforce members to freely access library and knowledge services so that they can use the right knowledge and evidence to achieve excellent healthcare and health improvement
- developing NHS library and knowledge services into a coherent national service that is proactive and focused on the knowledge needs of the NHS and its workforce.
Go to the NHS Library and Knowledge Services in England Policy.
Go to the Accessible version NHS Library and Knowledge Services in England Policy
Approved: Health Education England Executive 29 November 2016 Reviewed: Knowledge for Healthcare Board 18 January 2023