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East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Knowledge and Library Services: Hertfordshire Community Trust Staff (HCT)

Welcome to the ENHT Knowledge and Library Home page

Services to HCT Staff

The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (ENHT) Knowledge and Library Services (KLS) provides high quality, multi-disciplinary resources and services to staff and students working across Hertfordshire Community Trust (HCT) as part of our Service Level Agreement (SLA) with HCT.  

 

Memberships All users must register with us to use our services and facilities. Self-register here https://elms.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgibin/koha/opac-memberentry.pl


OpenAthens You can self-register for a free OpenAthens account by clicking on this link https://openathens.nice.org.uk/. Under ‘organisation’ type in and select ‘Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust’ from the drop-down list. Once you have been successfully registered you will receive an email asking you to complete the activation process and create a password.


Online Request forms If you need to get hold of a journal article, book chapter or to request training, please complete our online request form https://oaks.libguides.com/Lister/onlinerequestforms

 

Current awareness  Receive targeted current awareness updates/alerts based on your chosen topics of interest. Self-register on Knowledgeshare using your OpenAthens login details to add your professional interests: https://www.knowledgeshare.nhs.uk/

 

Further information about services available to HCT staff please look at other sections of our website or email: librarylister.enh-tr@nhs.net 

Journals

Key Journals

Journal of Community Health https://www.springer.com/journal/10900/

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health https://jech.bmj.com/

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health (JPC) https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jpc  

The Journal of Community Health Nursing https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hchn20

Journal of Public Health https://www.springer.com/journal/10389/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIg53Px5L8_QIVD7_tCh2ghgWEEAMYASAAEgIBkPD_BwE

Health & Social Care in the Community https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13652524  

Journal of Community Health Research https://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/

Induction and Training Sessions

Library Inductions for HCT Staff and Students on Placement

The ENH Knowledge and Library Services (KLS) are offering a series of virtual induction sessions aimed at HCT staff and students on placement. The induction sessions will cover how to join the library, register for Open Athens to access key resources including eBooks, journals, databases, request evidence searches via KnowledgeShare, book on library training courses, eLearning and find out about support available from the friendly library team. Each session will last for 30 minutes.  

The available dates and times for 2025 are listed below:

 

Date

Time

Friday 17th January

1.00pm – 1.30pm

Tuesday 11th February

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Wednesday 5th March

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Wednesday 2nd April

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Monday 12th May

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Friday 6th June

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Thursday 3rd July

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Tuesday 19th August

1:00pm - 1.30pm

Wednesday 10th September

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Friday 10th October

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Wednesday 12th November

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Friday 5th December

2:30pm - 3:00pm

 

The KLS team provide a range of support sessions throughout the year.   Scheduled training courses for 2025 are attached.  

Please email the library librarylister.enh-tr@nhs.net and indicate which session/s you would like to attend.  Once your booking is confirmed a Microsoft teams link will be emailed to you to join the session.  

Publications

Publications

Guidance: Community-centred practice: applying All Our Health. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-centred-practice-applying-all-our-health/community-centred-practice-applying-all-our-health

The state of community health services in England

https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/the-state-of-community-health-services-in-england

Community health services explained https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/community-health-services-explained

Key milestones in community health services policy  https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/community-services-assets/timeline

Child Health Information Services

https://www.local.gov.uk/topics/social-care-health-and-integration/public-health/children-public-health-transfer/child-health-information-services

Community services data set technical guidance for the two-hour urgent community response standard NHS England https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/community-services-data-set-technical-guidance-for-the-two-hour-urgent-community-response-standard/

Five Ways Public Libraries Have Become Community Health Libraries - https://www.elevancehealth.com/our-approach-to-health/community-health/five-ways-public-libraries-have-become-community-health-libraries

The role public libraries play in community health and wellbeing https://blog.pressreader.com/libraries-institutions/role-public-libraries-play-in-community-health-and-wellbeing

 A guide to community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing:  full report 2015  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/768979/A_guide_to_community-centred_approaches_for_health_and_wellbeing__full_report_.pdf