The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry is the essential evidence-based handbook on the safe and effective prescribing of psychotropic agents. Covering both common and complex prescribing situations encountered in day-to-day clinical practice.  Login via Open Athens 

British National Formulary (BNF and BNFC)

Key information on the selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines.  Click on the logo to access the resource. 

Clinical Knowledge Summaries

Clinical Knowledge Summaries are concise, accessible summaries of current evidence for primary care professionals.  Providing practitioners with a readily accessible practical advice on best practice for over 370 topics grouped into specialities and organised alphabetically.  Click on the logo or title to access the resource. 

BMJ Best Practice is a point of care, decision support, tool.  It is provided by Health Education England for all NHS staff in England.

How do I access it? - Click on the logo above and login with your NHS OpenAthens username and password.  Don't have one?  Register online for free here

Click on 'Institutional Login' and type in your organisation when prompted.

Is there an APP? - once you are logged in you can create a BMJ Best Practice personal account to access additional features like the mobile app and CME/CPD activity tracking. 

• Make sure you have created a BMJ Best Practice personal account. 
• Search for BMJ Best Practice on the App Store or Google Play and click download (available for Android 4.2 (API version 17+), IOS 7 and above)
• Enter your BMJ Best Practice 'personal account' login details and complete the download.

Who can use it? - any NHS member of staff who works in England and who has an NHS OpenAthens account.

What can I use it for? - 'BMJ Best Practice gives medical professionals the best available information for any clinical situation'.   

You can use it to:

• search for information on thousands of clinical topics and over 6,000 guidelines
• get step by step guidance via their unique treatment algorithm tables
• stay current with important updates and Cochrane Clinical Answers highlighted with each topic
• Find answers fast using the layout that mirrors the patient consultation
• Check prescription guidance using BNF, BNFC and over 250 medical calculators
• Ensure your ongoing professional development with the automatic CME/CPD tracking
• Access anywhere, online and offline with the BMJ Best Practice app
• Watch videos on common procedures

BMJ Best Practice for NHS staff and learners in England

NICE Guidance

Evidence-based recommendations developed by independent committees, including professionals and lay members, and consulted on by stakeholders.

What is Clinical Key?

ClinicalKey is a clinical knowledge solution (search engine) designed to" help healthcare professionals and students find the right answers at the right time, every time, through a wide breadth and depth of trusted content".  Further information can be found here and here

How do I access it? - Click on the logo above and login with your NHS OpenAthens username and password.  Don't have one?  Register online for free here

Is there an APP?​

There is a mobile app for Apple and Android smart phones.

Who can use it? - any East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust member of staff and students with an NHS OpenAthens account.

What can I use it for? 

It contains over 1,000 e-books, over 600 e-journals (published by Elsevier, including The Lancet) and over 9,000 medical and procedural videos. 

It searches across all of this content plus Medline to pull together information to answer your clinical question.  It can be used for clinical decisions, reference, learning, patient education and more.

Check out this short video which explains more or visit the Clinical Key channel on YouTube