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OpenAthens
An NHS OpenAthens account makes accessing a wealth of knowledge resources to support evidence-based healthcare and continuing professional development available through a single sign-on.
For free, secure access to a range of high-quality digital resources from the extensive, NHS-funded collection including e-books, journals, study aids, databases of clinical management and social policy information and more, you need an NHS OpenAthens account.
NHS OpenAthens is the ‘key’ that unlocks a range of quality, trusted, evidence-based information for health and care staff throughout their career, including community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. So, it is important you have an active account.
The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub and the national clinical decision support tool, BMJ Best Practice are accessed through NHS OpenAthens, as well as a large collection of OUP medical handbooks, the Royal Marsden Manual, Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines and more.
One of the primary advantages of having an up-to-date NHS OpenAthens account is being able to get to these online resources wherever, whenever you need them, from any connected device at work, in practice, on call, while studying and at home, 24/7.
To apply for an OpenAthens account visit https://openathens.nice.org.uk and register using an email address ending with nhs.net or nhs.uk
More information and a link to the ‘how to register’ video is available at https://library.nhs.uk/knowledgehub/nhs-openathens-the-key-that-unlocks-so-much/
If you are working in community pharmacy and your employer has not provided you with an nhs.net email address, please see the guidance provided here on creating an nhs.net email account.