The National Library for Health (NLH) is a central information resource which is freely available to all NHS staff. Patients, carers and the public are also welcome to use the majority of the site. Included in this resource are a number of specialist libraries containing collections of the best evidence in particular subject areas.

As part of the King's Fund aim to provide information resources for people working in health and social care, the information and library service manages and updates three of the specialist libraries - Health Management, Commissioning and Patient and Public Involvement.

Health Management Specialist Library

The Health Management Specialist Library aims to provide timely and efficient access to high-quality information resources for health managers, clinical managers and leaders and those involved in commissioning health services. Recent resources added to the Health Management Specialist Library include:

 
'Hot topic' web pages on:

• Joint commissioning
• Financial balance in the NHS
• New providers in primary care: social enterprise organisations
  
  

Commissioning  Specialist Library

The Commissioning Specialist Library aims to be a one-stop shop, providing timely and efficient access to high quality information resources for all those involved in commissioning for health and wellbeing. The Commissioning Specialist Library endeavours to include the best available evidence, examples of good practice, policy and data to support world class commissioning.

'Key topic' web pages on:

• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
• Demand management
• Contracts and Law
  
  

Patient and Public Involvement Specialist Library

The Patient and Public Involvement Specialist Library (PPI) aims to support the implementation of patient, user, carer and public involvement in health care by providing access, in one location, to the best information which is available on the web. Resources are collected in a number of areas including:

• Policy on PPI
• Techniques for PPI
• Collective involvement in PPI

 

• Health Management Specialist Library
• Commissioning Specialist Library
• Patient and Public Involvement Specialist Library