Most people working in health and care in North East London - including some working in the voluntary sector and social enterprises - are entitled to FREE access to online resources (including ebooks, journals and online resources such as the Royal Marsden Manual and BMJ Best Practice). You access these with an NHS OpenAthens account.
You can check if you are eligible via the NICE website: OpenAthens Eligibility checker.
To register for an OpenAthens account you need to choose an organisation. The table below shows the different organisations within North East London Integrated Care Trust, along with their contact details. If your organisation is not listed and / or you are not sure about your eligibility for NHS Knowledge and Library Services/OpenAthens, please contact any of the services below for help. The video below also shows you how to register.
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
Jackie Blanks Library, Queens Hospital
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service email
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
Barts Health Knowledge and Library Services
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service email
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account
Barts Health NHS Trust
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
You receive an evidence support service under a contract with Newcomb Library and Information Service, Homerton Hospital.
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service email
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
You used to receive an evidence support service – including health literacy awareness training – from NELFT Library & Knowledge Service as part of the nationally funded NEL ICS Library and Knowledge Services Study contract. The funding for this study ended in May 2024.
You are still entitled to FREE access to online resources (including ebooks, journals and online resources such as the Royal Marsden Manual and BMJ Best Practice). You access these with an NHS OpenAthens account.
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account.
Other eligible staff in London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
Newcomb Library and Information Service, Homerton Hospital
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service email
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
You used to receive an evidence support service – including health literacy awareness training – from NELFT Library & Knowledge Service as part of the nationally funded NEL ICS Library and Knowledge Services Study contract. The funding for this study ended in May 2024.
You are still entitled to FREE access to online resources (including ebooks, journals and online resources such as the Royal Marsden Manual and BMJ Best Practice). You access these with an NHS OpenAthens account.
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account.
Primary care and ICB staff in North East London
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
NELFT Library & Knowledge Service
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service email
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account
NELFT
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
You used to receive an evidence support service – including health literacy awareness training - from NEL Primary Care Library & Knowledge Service as part of the nationally funded Primary Care Knowledge Specialist vanguard project. The funding for this service ended in July 2024.
You are still entitled to FREE access to online resources (including ebooks, journals and online resources such as the Royal Marsden Manual and BMJ Best Practice). You access these with an NHS OpenAthens account.
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account.
Primary care and ICB staff in North East London
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
You receive a full evidence support service under a contract with NELFT Library & Knowledge Service
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service email
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account
Public health staff in North East London, Suffolk and Thurrock
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
You used to receive an evidence support service – including health literacy awareness training – from NELFT Library & Knowledge Service as part of the nationally funded NEL ICS Library and Knowledge Services Study contract. The funding for this study ended in May 2024.
You are still entitled to FREE access to online resources (including ebooks, journals and online resources such as the Royal Marsden Manual and BMJ Best Practice). You access these with an NHS OpenAthens account.
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account.
Public health staff in England
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
You used to receive an evidence support service – including health literacy awareness training – from NELFT Library & Knowledge Service as part of the nationally funded NEL ICS Library and Knowledge Services Study contract. The funding for this study ended in May 2024.
You are still entitled to FREE access to online resources (including ebooks, journals and online resources such as the Royal Marsden Manual and BMJ Best Practice). You access these with an NHS OpenAthens account.
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account.
Social care provider in London, Kent, Surrey or Sussex
Your NHS Knowledge & Library Service webpages
You used to receive an evidence support service – including health literacy awareness training – from NELFT Library & Knowledge Service as part of the nationally funded NEL ICS Library and Knowledge Services Study contract. The funding for this study ended in May 2024.
You are still entitled to FREE access to online resources (including ebooks, journals and online resources such as the Royal Marsden Manual and BMJ Best Practice). You access these with an NHS OpenAthens account.
Your OpenAthens organisation – choose this when you register for your FREE NHS OpenAthens account.
Other eligible staff in London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex